Protected (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781450291132)

No one believes young Tommy when he tells the story of how he was saved from drowning by the hand of his dead father. Reiko is a girl living in Japan when she is saved from certain death in a blazing barn by mysterious spiritual forces. Years later, Reiko travels to America, where she meets Tommy and soon discovers they have more in common than just the love they share.

Since the day his father pulled him to the shore, Tommy has known he was saved for a special reason. Now, he is waiting to find out why. Reiko barely remembers anything from the day when her life was spared, but her father secretly hopes the gods will eventually reveal their plans for her. But when Tommy and Reiko's romance is interrupted by a devastating bus crash that once again finds them miraculously protected, their life's journey take an unexpected turn that leads them to a cult hidden deep within a forest.

With a future threatened by a dangerous sociopath who will stop at nothing to have Reiko for himself, Tommy must prove to Reiko that his love for her is real-before it is too late.