Finding You

Book excerpt: Taken from home and family, all they have is each other: a young woman learns to rely on her inner strength in this suspenseful debut that celebrates the power of true love and never giving up. Isla is kidnapped from a train platform in broad daylight and thrust into a nightmare when she is sold to a sadistic aristocrat. Locked in a dungeon with a dozen other girls, Isla's only comfort is a locket and the memory of the boy she loves. But as the days pass and more girls disappear, she realizes that help is not coming... If they're going to survive, they'll have to escape on their own. Chosen by readers like you for Macmillan's young adult imprint Swoon Reads, Lydia Albano's debut novel Finding You is a powerful story of a teen girl finding strength and hope even in the worst circumstances. Praise for Finding You, from the Swoon Reads community: “A timely reminder that female subjugation must always be fought." —VOYA "Isla’s determination to reunite with her beloved Tam will captivate romance fans, and all will cheer her newfound self-reliance." —Booklist "Beautifully and thoughtfully written, suspenseful, engaging, and wonderfully substantive." —Suellen Foreman, reader on SwoonReads.com