Title: I Fade Away
Author: Elle Keating
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 12th
About I Fade Away:
After four months, Tia
Peterson has been found. The woman who was kidnapped and trafficked has escaped
hell only to realize that her nightmare isn’t over. Her story has hit the media
and every reporter and news outlet wants to know the gory details; things she
doesn’t want to speak of ever again.
But then she meets Trent Reddick.
The former Navy SEAL doesn’t ask too many questions, never pressures her to talk about what happened while she was held captive in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. He just wants to help her get her life back.But the more time they spend together, the stronger Trent’s feelings for Tia become...and that scares him. If he doesn’t find a way to rein in his emotions, be the friend she needs instead of the man he wants to be for her, he may lose her for good.
But then she meets Trent Reddick.
The former Navy SEAL doesn’t ask too many questions, never pressures her to talk about what happened while she was held captive in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. He just wants to help her get her life back.But the more time they spend together, the stronger Trent’s feelings for Tia become...and that scares him. If he doesn’t find a way to rein in his emotions, be the friend she needs instead of the man he wants to be for her, he may lose her for good.
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Exclusive Excerpt:
The Feds
are gone for now. Because they have what they need. The name of my captor,
where they can find the bodies…if there is anything left of them. According to
the news, the fire spread quickly, consuming everything in its path. Part of me
hopes that they find something, though. Some bones, a couple teeth, anything to
prove that they are truly dead. But most likely they will only uncover ash,
which leaves me disappointed.
I figure I bought myself a few hours until the agents return
to probe me for more information, to ask me the same questions a thousand
different ways.
How did you escape?
I ran.
Why did you run?
The house was on fire and I just witnessed three murders.
Freedom was through the front door and I took it.
Who shot Edward Gaskill?
His nephew, Matthew.
Where is he now?
I have no idea.
And that is the truth. I don’t know where Matthew fled to. I
just hope that wherever he is, he stays there, free to live out his life. I’ll
always be grateful for what he did for me, that in the end he had become the
man he had always wanted to be.
Was there anyone else in the house?
Yes, Edward Gaskill’s housekeeper and his slave, Aubrey.
They’re both dead.
“Okay, Tia. I need to check your vitals again.” I don’t turn
to look at the nurse who just entered my hospital room. She has already tried
to strike up conversation once by telling me that she likes my name because it
rhymes with Mia, her daughter’s middle name. “Tia, we have trained advocates
who you can talk to… to be a support…”
I tap out and peer at the world through my hospital window.
I can’t listen to another nurse or medical professional talk about the supports
and services I should take advantage of because I’m an assault victim. Or
stomach the way they look at me, pitying me.
“I already met with psych. I’m fine.” I don’t mean to be a
bitch, but I have reached my limit and that is saying something.
“Oh, that’s great!”
I spoke to the psychiatrist, not to purge and express my
feelings and relive four months of hell, but to convince the doctor that I’m
stable enough to be discharged. Because that is my only goal right now. To
leave this hospital, this fucking state.
“You’re almost finished with your last sodium bag. You
should be nice and hydrated. How does your neck feel? Still irritated? Do you
need something for the pain? On a scale from one to ten, what is your pain
level?”
My hand goes to my neck and I touch the raw, sensitive
flesh. “I’m fine.”
A hospital is the last place I wanted to end up because I
knew this would happen. The questions, the sympathetic stares, tests to
determine if I contracted something while I was…away. For a second I wish I had
caught something lethal, because then it would be over; the memories, the
nightmares. I would never see their faces again when I slept. I could just fade
away.
About Elle Keating:
Elle Keating is the author of romance
novels with sexy heroes and fierce females. Her first book, Thrill of the Chase
(Dangerous Love, #1), was published by Forever Romance’s digital imprint, Forever
Yours, in 2015. She has since expanded the series and released the Dream Duet
and the taboo romance, Keeping His Commandments. Elle is currently working on
several projects including the sequel to Into Temptation and a steamy forbidden
romance that may raise some eyebrows.
When Elle isn’t torturing her heroes and
heroines (don’t worry, there’s always a happily ever after), she is a public
school administrator and enjoys spending time with her husband and 3 children
in New Jersey. For more on Elle and her books, visit ellekeating.com.
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