“Solid writing that never drops the ball. I cannot recommend ‘Kayla’s Gone’ strongly enough.” It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. Morgan LaFlare returns from work to find her fourteen year old daughter, Kayla, missing. The police are convinced that she ran away. Morgan’s gut tells her otherwise. The only one she can turn to is Mark Spence, the former top secret government agent who murdered her ex-boyfriend. Mark, she finds, is facing his own demons. He wants free of his secret agent life, and he’s not sure he can make it out alive. Together they seek the truth, and quickly learn that there is far more going on than a simple missing person’s case. The daughter she raised is not the same person the rest of the world knew. Kayla led a secret life, one of darkness, torment, and heartbreak. It was a life Morgan knew nothing about, and it soon becomes apparent that she could be in serious danger…. All Morgan wants is to bring her daughter home safely, but what if it’s too late? “Kayla’s Gone” is a powerful thriller about the secrets children keep from their parents, the covert lives they lead, and the pain they keep buried deep down inside. Monsters are real, and wear the faces of your neighbors, friends and the people you trust most. When everything you know turns out to be a lie, what can you truly believe