{"id":103,"date":"2011-01-16T20:09:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T03:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jcowensauthor.net\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2025-10-28T22:32:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T04:32:38","slug":"taken","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jcowensauthor.net\/?page_id=103","title":{"rendered":"Taken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jcowensauthor.net\/?attachment_id=1093\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" size-medium wp-image-1093\" src=\"https:\/\/jcowensauthor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TakenFinaljpg-2025-5-3-20-4138.jpg\" alt=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Available At:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/bM8jya\">Universal Buy Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0F7HZ4QZH\">Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B0F7HZ4QZH\">Amazon.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Book of the &#8216;Taken&#8217; Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kidnapping the brother of a mob boss was madness. 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