Elizabeth's Missing

While on her honeymoon, Elizabeth Darcy is abducted, trafficked, and transported overseas on an ocean cargo ship. Alone and vulnerable, she is auctioned and sold into slavery to George Wickham, an old family nemesis, to labor in the fields of a large fruit and vegetable farm. Wickham takes a personal interest in Elizabeth and plans to use her for his personal revenge against the Darcy family. After two years of searching, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam, cousin to her husband, discovers Elizabeth's location. As he arranges a military task force to liberate her and the other trafficked victims, Elizabeth becomes more physically and mentally scarred. If she returns to her family, she'll surely return as a different person. Will George Wickham continue to haunt her? How will she overcome her past trauma?
This book is intended for adults and older teenagers. It describes the inhumanity of human trafficking for farm labor and contains a powerful, urgent message about personal safety and the responsibility readers have to help end human trafficking.

Writing under the pen name of Ginger Schlegel, the author rediscovered the characters Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy while watching the original 1940 movie, Pride and Prejudice, starring Greer Garson and Lawrence Olivier. She immediately connected with their combination of innocence and complexity. Ginger spent 43 years of devoted service in the fields of nursing and education. She earned a Master of Science degree from Syracuse University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from St. John Fisher College. She now spends time quilting, reading, and writing. She recently discovered jet skiing and loves the combination of wind and water. Ginger grew up in upstate NY and now lives in central Virginia. She spends summers on the St. Lawrence River with her husband of 53 years. They have three children and six grandchildren.