Finding Justine
An animal rights activist. A sadistic billionaire and his beautiful young victim.
Adam Hurst felt his reason for existence crumble as all hunting with hounds became outlawed. The battle against an ancient barbarity had been won, and he had become redundant. Yet one target remained. The titled owner of vast estates who presumed that he lived above the law. Adam's new crusade; to expose the Earl of Silverleigh for the monster that he knew him to be.
Earl Marcus, bloodsports enthusiast, and devotee of the sixteenth century libertine the Marquis de Sade. A man of unimaginable wealth, and unspeakable depravity, Driven by the writings of his hero, a man determined to translate the sordid fiction of Justine, his favourite book, into terrifying fact.
Theresa. The very essence of virtue. Stolen from her home, her identity erased. A girl desperate for love, but finding submission as her only hope of survival.
Theresa has become Justine, but her nightmare has only just begun.
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I have to admit that I didn't read this book quickly, stopping and starting several times I had to keep back tracking to pick up the story again. This book is quite a change of pace from the first two trafficking books, it is actually very dark and quite disturbing in places. Without any spoilers it follows five main characters, Adam Hurst, a mild mannered and quite boring man on the surface, but a driven animal rights activist in private. Earl Marcus, a billionaire sadist who has a passion for the writings of The Marquis de Sade, (particularly Justine), Theresa Vasilev, the poor Bulgarian girl who finds herself trafficked to become the fictitious Justine, Edgar Mackie a despicable and depraved gamekeeper in the Earl's service, and Joel, another billionaire from Texas who finds himself dragged into a surreal fantasy of torture and cruelty made real. A host of side characters help drive the plot, and there are stories within the story which guarantees plenty of twists. I think this book highlights aspects of human trafficking that are not as well known as the usual forced prostitution / slavery. For me, despite the sensitive subject matter (torture, rape and murder) this is an easy 5 stars. This is definitely a book worth reading if you don't have a sensitive constitution, not that it is filled with gore, it's just that some readers may find some of the situations disturbing.