Out of Control
by Sarah Alderson
BLURB:
When
17-year old Liva witnesses a brutal murder she's taken into police custody for
her own protection. But when bullets start flying, it becomes clear that Liva
is not just a witness, she's a target.
Together
with a car thief called Jay, Liva manages to escape the massacre - but now the
two of them are alone in New York, trying to outrun two killers who will stop
at nothing to find them.
When
you live on the edge, there's a long way to fall.
EXCERPTS:
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.
We
listen in absolute silence as the guy re-zips himself and heads back out
towards the street. 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.
AUTHOR BIO:
Sarah is the
author of Hunting Lila (winner of the Kingston Book Award), Losing Lila, Fated,
The Sound, Out of Control and Conspiracy Girl (all Simon & Schuster).
Having spent
most of her life in London, Sarah quit her job in the nonprofit sector in 2009
and took off on a round the world trip with her husband and daughter on a
mission to find a new place to call home (a journey that was documented on this
blog and which is shortly to be published as a book).
After almost a year spent travelling the
world, they settled in Bali where they lived for five beautiful years before
the vagabonding urge became too great and they decided to embark on Can We Live
Here part two. They are currently located somewhere between India, London,
Canada and the US.
As well as
writing young adult novels and screenplays, Sarah also writes adult fiction for
Pan Macmillan (Simon & Schuster in the US) under the name Mila Gray.
Her first
adult novel, Come Back To Me, was published in June 2014. The second, This One
Moment, will be out in August 2015.
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