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The Lovely and the Lost 
The Lovely and the Lost, Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Title: The Lovely and the LostAuthor: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: May 7, 2019
Kira Bennett’s earliest memories are of living alone and wild in the woods. She has no idea how long she was on her own or what she had to do to survive, but she remembers the moment that Cady Bennett and one of her search-and-rescue dogs found her perfectly. Adopted into the Bennett family, Kira still struggles with human interaction years later, but she excels at the family business: search-and-rescue. Along with Cady’s son, Jude, and their neighbor, Free, Kira works alongside Cady to train the world’s most elite search-and-rescue dogs. Someday, all three teenagers hope to put their skills to use, finding the lost and bringing them home.
But when Cady’s estranged father, the enigmatic Bales Bennett, tracks his daughter down and asks for her help in locating a missing child—one of several visitors who has disappeared in the Sierra Glades National Park in the past twelve months—the teens find themselves on the frontlines sooner than they could have ever expected. As the search through 750,000 acres of unbridled wilderness intensifies, Kira becomes obsessed with finding the missing child. She knows all too well what it’s like to be lost in the wilderness, fighting for survival, alone.
But this case isn’t simple. There is more afoot than a single, missing girl, and Kira’s memories threaten to overwhelm her at every turn. As the danger mounts and long-held family secrets come to light, Kira is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her adopted family, her true nature, and her past.
Book Quotes: The Lovely and the Lost
The things that haunt us, they make us human.
It’s not the things you can’t find that haunt you. It’s when you choose not to look.
About Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Jennifer Lynn Barnes (who mostly goes by Jen) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been, in turn, a competitive cheerleader, a volleyball player, a dancer, a debutante, a primate cognition researcher, a teen model, a comic book geek, and a lemur aficionado. She's been writing for as long as she can remember, finished her first full book (which she now refers to as a "practice book" and which none of you will ever see) when she was still in high school, and then wrote Golden the summer after her freshman year in college, when she was nineteen.
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This is going right on my to read list! I like everything about it!
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Yay!! I hope that you love it! 🙂
It does sound like an interesting read, thanks for sharing it!
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Haven’t read anything from the author but this sounds amazing! I’ve also wanted to read Barnes’ The Naturals series. 🙂
Luxe @ Mind of Luxe recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday: Enchantée by Gita Trelease
I am really hoping to get one of her books in my reading schedule this year. It’s time!! 🙂
The title alone does sound good. And the cover looks very mysterious. Thank you for sharing. Guess, that will go on my wishlist.
Best wishes
Vi
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I hope that you love it! 🙂
This sounds good and this is the first time I’m seeing it. Hope you enjoy it and I agree with some others, that title is pretty awesome.
It does have a fantastic title! 🙂
That sounds awesome. Family secrets plus her abilities in the wild- I love the sound of this!
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Ah! Those family secrets always intrigue me! 😉
This does sound really interesting, and I love that cover!
I agree about the cover! 🙂
Wow, I hadn’t heard of this one. I really liked her earlier series –the one about the FBI profilers and the political thrillers — but this sounds different in a good way!
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Oooh! I need to check that one out! 🙂
I hadn’t heard of this one and now I want to read it too! It sounds mysterious and captivating! I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks! I have high hopes for it! 🙂
I was a lot younger when I last read JLB… I think the last book of hers I read had a werewolf in it? She does come up with some very interesting concepts and this one sounds no different!
Annie recently posted…Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Warrior of the Wild
I think you are right! 🙂
I also wanted to read a Jennifer Lynn Barnes novel too! I hope this one will meet your expectations 😉
Maybe this will be the year! 😉
Great pick! I have this on my tbr. I enjoyed reading her Naturals series and the Fixer series. Hopefully we will both enjoy this one!
Thanks for stopping by My WoW yesterday.
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The Fixer is one that I have been anxious to read! 🙂
Oooh, family secrets. That’s always something that gets my attention. This sounds excellent!
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Same! I hope that it delivers! 🙂
I thought we would get a new Debutants book before Barnes moved on, but this does sound interesting.
I still need to start that series. Maybe it will come next! 😉
I felt like Little White Lies had just came out, so I was kind of surprised when I heard about this one!
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It is amazing how quickly some authors can produce books, isn’t it?!
Cry, cry and cry some more! But I actually really love the concept of this novel. The ‘ is life really worth living or is it better to just move on” I am definitely curious about this one without a doubt.
Ha! I know! I have headed into a contemporary spiral again! 😉
Another book to add to want to read list! Definitely intriguing.