The Most Wanted

The Most Wanted

by JacquelynMitchard (Author)

Synopsis

A naive teenage girl in south Texas falls in love with her prison pen pal. The object of her affection--a charming, dangerously handsome young felon who romances her through his letters to her. After a love affair that defies all conventions, they marry and have a child while the father is still imprisoned. But when he escapes prison to claim his wife and child, what started as a passionate romance turns into a terrifying ordeal of obsession and desire. The young girls only hope is a fiercely dedicated public aid lawyer who is more of a mother figure than the girl has ever known, and the only one who can avert disaster for mother and child! Praise for The Most Wanted : Poignantly told...Anyone who has ever fallen for an unsuitable love will respond to Mitchard's tale of the yearning that transcends reason. -- People Compelling, appealing, distinctive. -- Chicago Tribune Even more daring and powerful than her debut...superb. -- Booklist Mitchard has created unforgettable characters in evocative Texas settings in this assured, accomplished, and achingly lovely novel. -- Library Journal Deeply affecting....readers will undoubtably be engrossed. -- Publishers Weekly

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Publisher: Viking Pr
Published: May 1998

ISBN 10: 0670878847
ISBN 13: 9780670878840