Out of Control
Author: Sarah Alderson
Genre: YA Thriller
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Description:
A girl looking to escape her past in New York City ends up on the run from a dangerous conspiracy in this sizzling, high-stakes novel.
When seventeen-year-old Liva came to New York City, all she wanted was to escape the painful memories of her past and finally find a fresh start. Her hopes for a new future were dashed the moment she became the sole witness to a brutal murder. When she’s taken into police custody—supposedly for her own protection—she realizes something isn’t right, but it’s too late. Soon, bullets start flying, and Liva realizes that she is not just a witness, but the target—and she needs to escape before it’s too late.
With the help of a sexy car thief that she met at the station, Liva manages to get away from the massacre unharmed, but now the two of them are alone in New York, trying to outrun and outwit the two killers who will stop at nothing to find them. Liva and Jay are living on the edge, but when you’re on the edge, there’s a long way to fall.
My heart is hammering hard and sweat trickles down my back. I strain
to listen. Are they following?
Just then we hear footsteps pounding the sidewalk. They come to a halt
right by the entrance to the alleyway and Jay presses further against me, the
buttons of his jeans cutting into my waist, my forehead against his collarbone.
Neither of us breathes. My hand slides down Jay’s back and closes around the
butt of the gun. He hadn’t thought to draw it. I ease it out as he tenses and
pulls back enough that I can see the whites of his eyes. He gives a tiny shake
of his head and puts a finger to his lips.
I stare up at him and we wait, listening, me with the gun still in my
hand, my finger sliding the safety free, Jay still pressing me tight up against
the wall. The voices start arguing about which direction we’ve gone in. Someone
takes a few steps into the alleyway but stops just an inch or so shy of seeing
us. I hear the sound of a zipper and then the sprinkle of urine spraying
against metal. I wrinkle my nose and press my face into Jay’s T-shirt.
If he takes one more step he’ll see us. I picture what I’ll need to
do. If I can push Jay aside I can aim the gun and we can hopefully hold them
off until we’re far enough away to make a run for it.
We listen in absolute silence as the guy re-zips himself and heads
back out towards the street. The three of them talk some more – though I can’t
make out what they’re saying – and then finally, after what feels like an
eternity, they walk away. Jay’s shoulders drop fractionally, but he doesn’t
take a step back. No, he keeps me pressed up against the wall. And I notice
that we’re both breathing fast again – as though we’re still sprinting. I tip
my head back against the brick behind me so I can see his face. He’s looking
down at me, and in the shadow all I can make out is the strong line of his jaw,
the soft curve of his lips. I can’t read his expression. But I can guess at it.
He shifts his weight slightly and his thigh presses against my hip. I
draw in a breath. My free hand – the one not holding the gun, rests on his
upper chest. I slide it up and over his shoulder and with my eyes still on him
I pull him even closer, until he’s pressed completely against me and I can feel
the hardness of muscle through his T-shirt and his jeans. My heart explodes in
my chest as I tilt my head back further, reaching on tiptoe, and his mouth
finds mine in the darkness.
His kiss is hard, full of heat, uncontrolled.
The earth doesn’t just spin, it shatters into a million pieces. Lights
burst lightning bright behind my eyes as Jay’s hands run the length of me, and
I have to grip hold of his shoulder to keep from sliding down the wall.
His hand settles behind my waist, pinning me to him, and the
other holds the back of my head. And I don’t fight it because I want him to
hold me tighter, to kiss me deeper. I want to melt into him and I’m grasping at
him even more frantically than he is at me. It’s as though all the pent-up
energy and frustration and emotion of the day is spilling out of one and into
the other, and the desperation in our kisses becomes a wild hunger for more,
for touch, for connection, for closeness stripped bare.
Having spent most of her life in London, Sarah quit her job in the
non profit sector in 2009 and took off on a round the world trip with
her husband and princess-obsessed daughter on a mission to find a new
place to call home. After several months in India, Singapore, Australia
and the US, they settled in Bali where Sarah now spends her days writing
by the pool and trying to machete open coconuts without severing a
limb.
She finished her first novel, Hunting Lila (winner of the Kingston Book Award), just before they left the UK, wrote the sequel on the beach in India and had signed a two book deal with Simon & Schuster by the time they had reached Bali.
A third book, Fated, about a teenage demon slayer, was published in January 2012.
The Sound, a thriller romance set in Nantucket, was published in August 2013 and this was followed by the critically acclaimed Out of Control in May 2014.
She also writes New Adult romance for Pan Macmillan (UK) / Simon & Schuster (US) under the pen name Mila Gray.
You can find Sarah on facebook and at www.sarahalderson.com or follow her blog at www.canwelivhere.com
She finished her first novel, Hunting Lila (winner of the Kingston Book Award), just before they left the UK, wrote the sequel on the beach in India and had signed a two book deal with Simon & Schuster by the time they had reached Bali.
A third book, Fated, about a teenage demon slayer, was published in January 2012.
The Sound, a thriller romance set in Nantucket, was published in August 2013 and this was followed by the critically acclaimed Out of Control in May 2014.
She also writes New Adult romance for Pan Macmillan (UK) / Simon & Schuster (US) under the pen name Mila Gray.
You can find Sarah on facebook and at www.sarahalderson.com or follow her blog at www.canwelivhere.com
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I enjoy a good thriller. Love the cover.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a very exciting and interesting book, and one I wouldn't be able to put down. Thanks for having this giveaway.
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