Not your grandmother's sugar-coated INSPIRATIONAL FICTION, The Missing Manuscript-A Story of Redemptive Love- is relevant to the growing cultural cancers of drugs, human-trafficking, and homelessness. While not explicit, it exposes the small ways we may be allowing the enemy to penetrate our families. This format opens the dialogue with twenty-six follow-up questions suitable for your BOOK CLUB or SMALL GROUP discussions. Ultimately, victory is gained through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It's time to start the conversation... SYNOPSIS: Inspirational writer, Margaret Scott, just heard from her editor that the print-ready version of her latest manuscript would arrive by USPS two-day mail. Two weeks and then two months passed with no trace of the book. Tracking confirmed that it had been delivered, but nobody could explain the disappearance. However, that was not the only thing lost. About the same time, during spring break following a beach party Charity Blumenthall goes missing. Her abductor has plans for her beyond what she could imagine. The story drags her innocence through the filth of human trafficking, drugs and homelessness. She becomes known as Char on the streets, a sensitive feeler of feelings that often lead her to make wrong choices. Assuming that she would bring shame to her family in her present condition, she embeds herself amidst a population of homeless living in the parks and eating from the gleanings of trash cans. Griffin is her ruthless recruiter. Once she gave him the slip he vowed to recoup the price invested to make her a star. Nightly he stalks the streets in search for his missing treasure. One way or another she will pay! Meanwhile, the Blumenthall family hires Mitch, a private detective, whose specialty is solving run-aways, abductions, and ransom cases. He has a network of helpers to go after the missing girl. Margaret, aka Maggie, volunteers at a community shelter assisting the homeless in attaining job skills, mental and medical help, and the occasional shower. Each night she helps feed the hungry. Through what can only be described as "divine coincidence", Char discovers a discarded manuscript that transforms and redeems her life from its destructive path. In so many ways she finds her way home and a new purpose for living. Maggie finds her missing manuscript and so much more in the bargain. This is a story of redemptive love. It's a God-thing!