Title: Pearl

Series: GEM, #2

Author: Freya Barker

Genre: Romantic Suspense 

Release Date: August 25th

Pearl Now Available!

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Start the series with Opal!

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Preorder Onyx:

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Blurb:

GEM: A PRIVATELY-FUNDED ORGANIZATION OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY IN THE SEARCH FOR—AND THE RESCUE AND RECOVERY OF—MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. ALTHOUGH, AT TIMES WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, GEM AIMS TO ENSURE THE VICTIMS RECEIVE JUSTICE…BY WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY.
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Operator Pearl; layered, mysterious, a protector.
She appears delicate, analyzes, and moves stealthily.

Hot on the trail of a young accomplice in a child exploitation ring, Pearl finds herself posing as a teenager to get close. Unfortunately, joining a group of kids on a wilderness quest means stepping out of her comfort zone and into uncertainty. But with the target in her sights her focus stays razor-sharp.

The last thing she needs is the dogged journalist who’s been close on her heels catching up and rattling her cage. When he inserts himself into her investigation, she has no choice but to go along.

Thrown together in a mutual pursuit of justice, the negative energy between them sparks up in a new way.

BLP REVIEW – Tracy

I do love a new Freya Barker read….. and I’ve been looking forward to Pearl since we met her in the first book in the series.

Pearl’s first meet with Lee was entertaining (maybe not for him but definitely for us!!) and showed that the lady could take care of herself.

We knew very little about Janey/Pearl, mainly that she met the other girls when they were young and had been taken on by Jacob along with the others to form the team but finding out her own story was interesting.

I have to admit, I wasn’t sure I was gonna like Lee. I didn’t entirely take to him in Opal and did wonder about his motives…. even when we had previously found out a little about his family history. Truth be told, he took a little time to grow on me, but he did it! By the end of the book I was rooting for him and Pearl to ge together.

I liked that the story continued on from the end of book one and that we discovered more about who was involved in the nefarious goings on. The team is growing, they have some leads on names of the bad guys. I cannot wait for the completion of the story arc and to find out the full story of their start AND who Jacob is, what was his drive for bringing the trio together and what are his ultimate motives?… Finally, who is gonna be Onyx’s person?!?!?!

Another great read from Ms Freya!!!! 4.5*

Author bio:

USA Today bestselling author Freya Barker loves writing about ordinary people with extraordinary stories.

With forty-plus books already published, she continues to create characters who are perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy. 

Recipient of the ReadFREE.ly 2019 Best Book We’ve Read All Year Award for “Covering Ollie, the 2015 RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for Best First Book, “Slim To None”, Finalist for the 2017 Kindle Book Award with “From Dust”, and Finalist for the 2020 Kindle Book Award with “When Hope Ends”, Freya spins story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!

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