In Pursuit of Love by Rebecca Bender

 In Pursuit of Love: From Trafficked to Triumphant by Rebecca Bender

"Born and raised in a small Oregon town, all-American girl Rebecca Bender was a varsity athlete and honor roll student with a promising future. Then a predator pretending to be her boyfriend lured her into a web of lies that sent her down a path she never imagined possible.

"For nearly six years, Rebecca was sold across the underground world of sex trafficking in Las Vegas. She was branded, beaten, told when to sleep and what to wear, and traded between traffickers. Forced into a dark sisterhood, Rebecca formed bonds with her trafficker and three other women, creating a false sense of family. During that time, God began revealing himself to her. And in the midst of her exploitation, she found the hope she needed to survive.

"After a federal raid, Rebecca escaped. Her life was forever changed as she felt the embrace of her heavenly Father guiding her to healing and wholeness. Rebecca soon began to use her own experiences to change the lives of others as she went back into the darkest places she had known - assisting FBI, VICE, and law enforcement across the country in some of their most difficult cases." --from the publisher

The book is well written and informative without being gruesome. I'm still processing her story and recognizing changes I need to make in my perspective. It definitely opened my eyes to some of the subtle, insidious ways women and children are trapped into human trafficking, and young men are groomed to become traffickers. I give it five out of five stars.