The Runaway

Brooke has been running all her life from the ghost of the people killed because of her. From a dreadful past, and from a monster with undeniable connections to her. Half a decade later, she is settled in a little town tucked in the corner of the world, keeping to herself and others at bay, and revealing nothing. Not that the townsfolk counted her as one of them either. People whispered about her, gossiped about the social pariah living alone. But, she was at peace with a dozen weapons, the nonchalance, the woods around her cottage and solitude. And of course, thinking about sweet and caring James Logan. Serial murders were buried deep in her chest, as she relived them each day, her mind reeking of guilt.
Until the bestselling author Richard Halden reaches Applecross in search of his own answers - the weight of his secrets threatening to destroy his sanity and Brooke’s world. But he isn’t prepared for what he finds in the little town. Not the little spitfire who brought out the worst in him. His arrival stirs in her forgotten memories of screams and blood, emotions that she has shielded herself from all through her adult life, and she fears he will shatter through her carefully built walls with his uninhibited charm. But, he is also the harbinger of the past that she once escaped from. A forbidden passion blossoms, but their secrets might just destroy what they hold dear as Brooke runs out of time, with the clutches of her dark past closing in on her.

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The Runaway

Brooke has been running all her life from the ghost of the people killed because of her. From a dreadful past, and from a monster with undeniable connections to her. Half a decade later, she is settled in a little town tucked in the corner of the world, keeping to herself and others at bay, and revealing nothing. Not that the townsfolk counted her as one of them either. People whispered about her, gossiped about the social pariah living alone. But, she was at peace with a dozen weapons, the nonchalance, the woods around her cottage and solitude. And of course, thinking about sweet and caring James Logan. Serial murders were buried deep in her chest, as she relived them each day, her mind reeking of guilt.
Until the bestselling author Richard Halden reaches Applecross in search of his own answers - the weight of his secrets threatening to destroy his sanity and Brooke’s world. But he isn’t prepared for what he finds in the little town. Not the little spitfire who brought out the worst in him. His arrival stirs in her forgotten memories of screams and blood, emotions that she has shielded herself from all through her adult life, and she fears he will shatter through her carefully built walls with his uninhibited charm. But, he is also the harbinger of the past that she once escaped from. A forbidden passion blossoms, but their secrets might just destroy what they hold dear as Brooke runs out of time, with the clutches of her dark past closing in on her.

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The Runaway

The Runaway

by Aritri Gupta
The Runaway

The Runaway

by Aritri Gupta

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Overview

Brooke has been running all her life from the ghost of the people killed because of her. From a dreadful past, and from a monster with undeniable connections to her. Half a decade later, she is settled in a little town tucked in the corner of the world, keeping to herself and others at bay, and revealing nothing. Not that the townsfolk counted her as one of them either. People whispered about her, gossiped about the social pariah living alone. But, she was at peace with a dozen weapons, the nonchalance, the woods around her cottage and solitude. And of course, thinking about sweet and caring James Logan. Serial murders were buried deep in her chest, as she relived them each day, her mind reeking of guilt.
Until the bestselling author Richard Halden reaches Applecross in search of his own answers - the weight of his secrets threatening to destroy his sanity and Brooke’s world. But he isn’t prepared for what he finds in the little town. Not the little spitfire who brought out the worst in him. His arrival stirs in her forgotten memories of screams and blood, emotions that she has shielded herself from all through her adult life, and she fears he will shatter through her carefully built walls with his uninhibited charm. But, he is also the harbinger of the past that she once escaped from. A forbidden passion blossoms, but their secrets might just destroy what they hold dear as Brooke runs out of time, with the clutches of her dark past closing in on her.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940046192513
Publisher: Aritri Gupta
Publication date: 09/23/2014
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 296 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Aritri Gupta, 25, was born into a family of arts and culture, in West Bengal, India. A consultant working with Bristlecone, Mahindra, writing has always been her passion and something she pursued with diligence. She loves observing the candid shades of life through the lens of her creativity. Though an engineering degree in Metallurgy and an MBA from one of the top schools in India sounds otherwise, her alter ego is one with the creative hues of art and culture. Reading, dance, music and painting are her other interests.
Life, with all its mysteries, and people have always been her inspiration to write, and that's what her stories essentially comprise of - emotions!

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