Exciting news! Today, Apr.
28, 2016 the novel Runaway by Michelle Areaux is being released. Below is a
sneak peak of this new novel.
Excerpt provided by the
author, Michelle Areaux of "Runaway"
My life ended when I was
seventeen years old with four simple words: “Do you trust me?”
Those four words compiled
together still send my mind into an instant craze. It was those four words that
violently took me away from my comfortable known existence and into a life of
hiding. What was I to do? I was only
seventeen years old and had no other way out than to trust him. But could I trust
him? Sure, Jackson was my best friend. He was the undeniably gorgeous boy who I
had spent my entire life with, the one person I trusted more than anyone else.
“Do you trust me?” Jackson asked again, this time with a slight
hint of frustration in his normally smooth voice. His sparkling hazel eyes
smothered me as he kept his anxious gaze on my bewildered face. Everything
around me seemed to spin, as if I were spiraling into some strange world. The
world around me became a blur as I became paralyzed by fear.
Nodding, I found myself
unable to open my mouth and utter a single word. He pushed away the loose strands
of hair that had fallen over his eyes revealing a slight wrinkle over his brow.
He was as scared as I was, but he was too stubborn to admit it. Knowing
Jackson, he would rather scream on the inside than tell me he was unsure of
what he was about to do.
Let me back up for just a
minute. My name is Hallie Romano and I am now a seventeen year old runaway. This
sudden change of occupation, for lack of a better term, was totally not my
choice. I swear. I mean, I had a very, very comfortable life back home in New
York City. It’s not that I am angry and am trying to make some insane and bold
statement. No, it’s not that I am some rebel or poverty stricken mess. Actually,
it’s the complete opposite. As the daughter of the CEO of the nation’s largest Insurance
‘giant,’ I was feared and envied; something I absolutely loved. Mine and
Jackson’s lives were like something out of Gatsby or a Kardashian episode. We
parties, shopped, and gossiped without any cares. We had money, lots of money,
and we didn’t care where it came from. All we knew was that we were the elite
of our upscale New York City prep school.
But last night something
happened to me and my friend Jackson that I cannot explain just yet. This event
was so major, so completely and totally twisted that I had no other choice than
to allow Jackson to take me into his care.
I was given the choice: take
my own life or allow them to take it for me. So, I decided to fight and use every
ounce of strength I could find in my body.
As I closed my eyes, the events replayed in my mind like a terrifying
nightmare I couldn’t escape from…
Link to purchase Runaway
or purchase the Paperback on Amazon
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