Hey, everyone! Below is a promo for Nina D'Angelo's Nowhere to Run. It sounds awesome :) Hope you all enjoy!
A
dominatrix is murdered; her body displayed in a show of dominance. An actress
is found dead beneath the Hollywood sign. There’s a murderer roaming the
streets of Los Angeles and he’s having far too much fun to stop.
Stephanie
Carovella is a woman of fire and ice. She left her career, her friends and her
home town of LA but she couldn’t outrun the demons of her past. When she is
lured back by the death of her best friend she enters a world where no one’s
safe.
Can
Stephanie find her friend’s killer or will she discover that she has nowhere to
run?
Prologue Excerpt:
Angeline
closed her eyes, her breathing shaky. With tears sliding down her cheeks, she
slowly counted to ten. She clutched the kitchen knife in her hands, the handle
slippery with her own blood.
This
time he’d kill her. Of this, she didn’t doubt, but she also knew she wasn’t
going to go down without a fight. She’d fight him to the very end.
She
swallowed convulsively. How could he have found her? After all this time, how
could he have possibly known where she was? She’d been so careful in covering
her tracks - in erasing any trace of her past.
Her
eyes flew open, hearing his heavy footsteps. Slow and steady, they moved along
the polished, wooden floorboards. She crouched further down in her wardrobe, a
silent prayer tumbling from her lips. She prayed for all her past sins, praying
for anything to get her out of this nightmare.
Squeezing
her eyes shut, she shakily wiped away the tears wetting her cheeks. Never again
would she see her friends. Never again would she hold them close and let them
know how much they meant to her. How much she loved them. They were the closest
she had to a real family, but now she would never get the chance to say her
goodbyes.
She
gasped, panic rippling through her. Stuffing a fist into her mouth, she bit
down hard, a sob escaping from her. Stephanie! She had to warn Stephanie. She
had to warn her to stay away; to stay where she was safe. If he had found her
then it would only be a matter of time before he found Stephanie too.
Hearing
his footsteps moving towards her, she froze, her heart pounding rapidly. She
could almost taste her own fear. This was the end for her. She was going to
die. She knew she wasn’t going to be able to fight him off. He was strong – so
much stronger than her.
Straightening
her back, she took a deep breath. No more was she going to let fear rule her.
Even while there was a part of her terrified of dying, another part of her was
completely at peace with it.
Once
it was done, he wouldn’t be able to scare her anymore. No more would she put up
with the terror of never knowing when he would strike. He wouldn’t be able to
hurt her anymore. She knew this. She’d finally be free; free from the hell he’d
put her through. And, the truth was, she was tired. She was so tired of looking
over her shoulder all the time.
She
exhaled, hearing his footsteps stop. They started again, as he entered her
bedroom. She watched him from the cracks of her bedroom closet, holding her
breath in, fearing he could hear every sound she made – fearing he could hear
every breath she took.
“Sweet
Angeline, you’re being very naughty. Come out wherever you are. You can’t hide
from me forever, my darling Angel,” he sang, spinning around the room.
Her
grip on the knife tightened. She waited, her heart racing, watching the closet
door handle slowly turn.
As
soon as the door opened she pounced, a raw scream ripping from deep within her
throat. Adrenaline surged through her as
she tackled him to the ground.
She
clawed at him, fury driving her. She raised the knife above her head, bringing
it down in a vicious thrust.
He
parried the thrust, catching her arm before she could make contact with his
body. His other hand shaped into a fist, slamming into her jaw. He smiled
coldly, watching her slump unconscious to the ground.
“I’m
sorry my sweet Angeline. I didn’t really want to do that, but you left me with
no choice.” he whispered, tenderly stroking her blonde hair.
“You
wondered why I wanted you, my Angel. You’ve got spirit. You’re a fighter. I
like that in my woman.”
He
lovingly ran his hands over her body. “You’re the key. You’re what will bring
her back to me. It’s why I chose you,” he whispered, gently caressing his lips
against her cheek.
Straightening
up, his expression turned cold. He slid the knife blade across her cheek,
drawing blood.
He
spoke to the silent room. “Now, it’s time to get this party started.”
Links:
Author Bio:
Nina D’Angelo is a freelance writer and photographer.
After graduating from Deakin University in 2005, with a Bachelors Degree in
Journalism and Public Relations, Nina briefly worked in P.R. Not satisfied with
her profession, she returned to freelance writing. Since graduation from
University, she has written her own TV series, produced a music show for three
seasons, worked for several music magazines and her photography was published
in Aqua Pulse.
In 2012, she decided to take the plunge into the fiction world and started writing her debut novel, Nowhere to Run. Nowhere to Run is the first novel in the Stephanie Carovella series. Its release date is February 14th 2013.
In 2012, she decided to take the plunge into the fiction world and started writing her debut novel, Nowhere to Run. Nowhere to Run is the first novel in the Stephanie Carovella series. Its release date is February 14th 2013.
Nina has already started
working on her second novel – and the second in the Stephanie Carovella series.
Nowhere to Hide is slated for an
August release. Nina also plans on releasing her third novel in December 2013,
which will be part of the Live and Let
Die
Author Links:
Website: http://www.ninadangelo.com
Twitter:@janinedangelo
Goodreads:http://www.goodreads.com/ninadangelo
thank you for the promo. :P
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