Review: Delayed Justice by Cara Putman

Wow, what a powerful story! In Delayed Justice Jaime Nichols has spent years working in counseling to be able to speak up for the wrong done to her as a child. She chose a profession in law to stand up for others that couldn't stand up for themselves. When she was a child and her father was stationed out of the country her mother often needed help. Jaime's uncle happily offered his assistance, but sadly her mother didn't know what was happening on those visits. Jaime never felt she could tell, but as she grew older she worked hard to have the voice to stand up and accuse her uncle of his wrong doings. Shortly after Jaime went to the local prosecutor she found out her uncle was in line to become a 1 star general. She knew that he wouldn't let anything or anyone stop his career path and she realized she'd have the fight of her life on her hands. Thankfully Jaime's parents were supportive when they learned the truth. The pain they felt at not protecting their child was terrible, but they weren't going to let her uncle get away with it again. As Jaime struggles through this process she meets Chandler, a military veteran, that lives in her building. She tends to shy away from people in the military due to what her uncle did to her. Chandler uses a therapy dog, Aslan, to help other veterans and realizes that maybe Aslan can help Jaime. He sees the pain in her eyes, but doesn't know the reason. When he does learn what happened to her at the hands of her uncle he knows that he won't stop helping her until she learns what a special person she is to others.  As Jaime is dealing with the case against her uncle she is relieved of her job pending an investigation for misconduct. Thankfully her friends jump in to help her with a special project to keep herself busy. Tiffany is a little girl that has suffered the same terrible pain that Jaime did as a child. Her mother's boyfriend abused her and threatened her mother if Tiffany told. Thankfully she told her mother and her mother was trying hard to get justice for her daughter. Jaime's  friends are fighting passionately for the little girls protection and justice and ask Jaime to help. Knowing her past they know it will be hard for Jaime. They also know that she can reach Tiffany in ways that others can't. As she fights for Tiffany to regain any type of normalcy to her life and not struggle as Jaime did she learns that she is stronger than she thinks.  

Cara Putman starting writing in 2005. She's now written 21 books with more on the way. She was homeschooled back when homeschooling was still in the new stages.  I truly enjoy her books because they are a mixture of suspense, romance, struggling faith and social issues. She writes a blog as well as can be found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.  You can check out all the books she's written as well as follow the progress on her blog for her upcoming books.