Emi's Hero — Elle James

From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Elle JamesCaptured as a young college coed on vacation while in Honolulu, Emi Sands is held captive for eight years, drugged and abused. Using her daughter born in captivity as leverage to control Emi, her captor takes them for a 'family' outing on his yacht, during questionable weather. Fearing for her daughter's life, Emi urges him to return to shore, only to be backhanded, and knocked overboard. Emi is swept away in the gathering storm. Afraid her daughter will fall victim to her captor's abuse, she fights to stay afloat in a churning sea, desperate to get back to her daughter and rescue her from the monster. Former Marine Force Recon, George Ingram, gladly accepts a position with the Brotherhood Protectors in Hawaii. It's Hawaii, after all. Who wouldn't? Having already participated in a couple of protector efforts, he's between assignments, and taking advantage of his location to get in some fishing on a rented boat. When a storm blows in, he turns for shore only to find a woman in his path, barely keeping her head above water. He pulls the half-drowned woman aboard and rushes to shore for medical help. She refuses medical attention, insisting she remain dead. Confused by her request, George takes her to his cottage and nurses her back to health.Once he learns her story, George insists he can help her rescue her daughter and bring her captor to justice. Having been abused for years, Emi doesn't trust easily but has no choice if she has any chance of saving her daughter.