When your child is kidnapped and put up for auction, there are no rules.

Ten-year-old Maddy Powers vanishes without a trace—no witnesses, no ransom note, just one chilling, vanishing text.

For her mother, Roxy—a psychic—it's the start of a nightmare beyond imagining. Maddy isn't just missing. She's a key to billions: a psychic prodigy whose abilities can crack the world's most secure vaults.

As the online auction ticks down, Maddy is passed between predators who will kill to keep her. This is no ordinary kidnapping—it's a race against a threat more dangerous than Roxy could have foreseen.

From Hampstead's quiet streets to the shadows of international cybercrime, Roxy must risk everything to bring her daughter home—before the final bid closes.

THE TAKING is the fIfth book in the Roxy Powers Mysteries—a tense, standalone thriller packed with psychological suspense and supernatural intrigue.

Can be read as a standalone or enjoyed as part of the series. Delivers fearless heroes, and twists you won't see coming.
Perfect for fans of Taken

Dive into The Taking and discover the dark world of corruption and conspiracy.

Ideal for readers who love:

• Gripping female-led psychological fiction

• Chilling emotional suspense

• Mysterious twists in high-stakes thrillers

• Stories of mothers pushed to the edge