A Survivor Story Featuring Strong Female Characters, an Undercover Cop, and the Hills of San Francisco “After you read… ‘human trafficking’ will never be a concept for you again—but instead a personal affront to your very soul.” — Jacquelyn Mitchard , author of  The Deep End of the Ocean Winner 2020 Indie Book Award for Most Inspirational Fiction With the perfect mix of tragedy and humor, love and loss, pain and redemption, this riveting novel explores the lives of two spectacularly brave and resilient trafficked women living in a San Francisco safe house. A contemporary survivor story. Raised in Thailand and brought to the United States against her will, quiet and intelligent Suda is hiding from a sex trafficking ring and the man she believed was on her side. Claire, admired as bright and beautiful in high school, now hides her striking looks and wears her sharp wit as a protective shield. Determined to show Suda and Claire a path that allows for a life of their own, Simone, the safe house operator, offers them a haven and a healing path to the future. Part suspense, romance, and social novel. Moving between the hills of Thailand and San Francisco, this incredible novel traces the journey of two trafficked women pursuing healing and hope. With strong female  characters, an undercover cop, and a warmhearted Christian, Across the Deep is an unforgettable, alluring, suspenseful story  about the resilience of the human spirit, of lives stolen and enduring hope for the future. If you enjoyed novels like Girl in Pieces, The Sea of Lost Girls, Please See Us, and Then She Was Gone, then you’ll love Across the Deep. “As compassionate as it is compelling, Across the Deep plunges us into a brutal underworld of predatory abuse while uplifting us with the warmth of fresh-baked bread, lattes, and an unlikely sisterhood that brims with love, determination, and the joy of getting a second chance at life.” ―Catherine Armsden, author of Dream House “Crashing against our numbed modern sensibilities, Across the Deep delivers a heart-rending wake-up saga that bears graphic witness to the scourge of international sex-trafficking through the compassionate telling of the life-stories of a cadre of young women whom we instinctively recognize as our daughters and neighbors. At times funny, at times tragic, always poignant, McGuinness skillfully weaves a fast-paced tale that is hard to put down and harder to forget, surreptitiously shaving off yet another layer of callousness to this global epidemic that is as much next door as it is across the sea.” ―Jeff Reed, poet, Wind in the Reeds Publishing “If so much of Lisa McGuinness's novel Across the Deep had not been written down in blood, tears, and newsprint, it might seem to be a horrific fantasy of what could happen to young girls bought and sold as casually as cattle―no, much more casually than cattle, for, unlike young girls, cattle are presumed to have value in most places on earth. And yet, deep in every atrocity nestles a pearl of redemption. After you read the story of a safe house and the unlikely collaboration between Simone and Chai to save the life of a stolen young Thai girl, ‘human trafficking’ will never be a concept for you again―but instead a personal affront to your very soul.” ―Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean “In Across the Deep , Lisa McGuinness takes us from a shipping container in Thailand to the docks of San Francisco, putting names and faces on the real and growing tragedy that is human trafficking. We fall hard for these characters who slide between victim, survivor, and hero. No one is safe. Yet, despite the darkness, this is a story of caring for others in a world of faith, hope, and love.” ―Cynthia Newberry Martin, author of Tidal Flats Lisa McGuinness is the founder of Yellow Pear Press. A veteran of the publishing industry, she has worked on books for Chronicle Books, Running Press, Barefoot Books, and Accord Publishing, as well as custom publications for Starbucks, Gap, the Exploratorium, Cooper's Hawk Winery, and Nordstrom. She is co-author of several children's books including the New York Times bestseller Bee & Me and Baby Turtle's Tale . Lisa currently resides in California. For more information about Yellow Pear Press, visit www.yellowpearpress.com or email info@yellowpearpress.com!