Desperation in Death - J. D. Robb

Nora Roberts is an American author of more than 225 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in Death series

The place known as the Pleasure Academy may be a living nightmare wherever kidnapped girls are, trained for a lifetime of abject service whereas their souls are slowly destroyed.

It begins by describing, the Pleasure Academy which abducted girls in the range of twelve to 13-year-old are trained to perform sexual favors and alternative activities to please their masters.

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Dorian, a thirteen-year-old runaway who’d been jailed there, would possibly ne'er have created it out if not for her fellow imprisoned Mina, who’d planned the escape set up. Mina was the a lot of daring of the two—but they’d been equally desperate.

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When Mina and Dorian are ready for their escape, security kills Mina whereas Dorian manages to cover and avoid recapture. Police discover Mina’s body, and Eve Dallas and Elizabeth Peabody begin work and investigating.

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Eve and Elizabeth Peabody begin to collect the evidences on suspicions of a sex trafficking ring that kidnaps twelve and 13-year-old women, trains them, so sells them.

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Meanwhile, Dorian finds shelter with a loose cluster of teens beneath the steerage of a fellow named Sebastian, who is friends with Mavis, a friend of Eve’s.

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No matter what, she must keep her head clear--because above all, she is desperate for justice and to take down those who prey on and torment the innocent. Books