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Serenade
by
Heather McKenzie
Nightmusic
Trilogy Book 1
Publisher:
Clean Teen Publishing
Genre:
YA Romance, Thriller, Suspense
Kidnapped
and held hostage in the Rockies, a teenage heiress falls for her abductor while
her corrupt father and devoted bodyguard fight to get her back. The discovery
of true love and dark family secrets turns deadly in this epic coming of age
adventure.
Kaya
Lowen dreams of living like a normal eighteen-year old, but being heiress to a
billion-dollar company has put her life in constant danger. Fiercely guarded by
her powerful and corrupt father, she develops close bonds with those who
protect her, especially Oliver – a bodyguard who has proven his devotion to her
time and again. He wins her heart - until a chance encounter with a mysterious
stranger has her questioning everything she believes in.
Haunted
by true love and reeling from a guilty conscience, Kaya's world unravels when
she's kidnapped. Held captive in a rugged wilderness fraught with raging
storms, mystical caves and deadly predators, Kaya's father scours the forest
and her bodyguard fights to get her back. But, the discovery of a dark family secret
makes Kaya wonder if staying in the arms of her blue-eyed abductor—a
captivating stranger with dark secrets of his own – is a safer place to be. At
least, that's what her heart is telling her, her head is saying run...
An
epic adventure centered on a smoldering love-triangle, Serenade sings a
timeless tale of courage, self-discovery, and life-or-death love that will
leave you breathless.
This was it, now or never.I gathered every single ounce of energy I had and steadied my mind to ignore the pain in my foot and the dizziness in my head. Then, with everything I had, I turned and bolted toward the dense forest. The darkness instantly enveloped me. I could see well enough not to run into tree trunks, but branches caught me at every turn. My head felt as if it was spinning like a top, but I forced my legs to keep going. I could hear the men’s voices yelling at each other in an organized manner.I tripped and found myself on all fours. Get up, girl. There’s nothing wrong with you—get up…I made it a few more steps before my head connected with a blue spruce, and then I collapsed in a pathetic heap. My arms were so wobbly I could barely wipe at the gash across my forehead. My body was completely failing me. I prayed to God that the dog would just snap my neck and get it over with quickly…Human footsteps approached. I gulped in some air and tried to push myself up, but the world tipped on its side and I fell with it. Within moments, large hands had my wrists pinned to the ground. I struggled and fought with everything I had left, which wasn’t much.“Stop fighting,” he said.His voice created such confusion inside me. I kicked harder.“Stop… please,” he begged.His body pinned mine to the ground. I could feel tears welling up in my eyes.“Please, Kaya, trust me. I won’t let anyone hurt you, I promise.” He leaned forward and pressed his sleeve to my bleeding forehead, dabbing and inspecting it closely while I had no choice but to gaze up him. How could this beautiful man be a kidnapper? It just didn’t fit.“It’s just a scratch; no stitches required,” he said, voice trailing off as his eyes met mine.We stayed like that for a while: me on the ground, him kneeling over me, and our line of sight only on each other—until an unmistakable sound broke through the tree tops.“They’ll find me,” I said softly, wondering if Oliver was in the helicopter circling over our heads.He positioned his arms under my body, and, in one graceful motion, he picked me up and into his arms. “Just don’t run. Promise me that, please. I’ll keep you safe. You have my word. Okay?”He held me tightly—protectively—waiting eagerly for my reply with turmoil in his blue eyes. My whole body hurt, and admittedly, I couldn’t have walked another inch. The wolves or that beast would have got to me long before Oliver would have. I was at my kidnapper’s mercy, laying helplessly in his arms and falling harder for him by the second.“I promise,” I said.
Heather McKenzie
is the Canadian author of Serenade,
book one of The Nightmusic Trilogy.
Also a professional singer/songwriter with five albums to date, she has been
telling stories through music for years and pulls from her extraordinary experiences
as a musician to fuel her passion for creating Young Adult fiction. A rocker at
heart, a mom of three, an aspiring painter and a lover of animals, she is kept
grounded by her husband at their home in Edmonton.
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