In the first thrilling installment of John Gilstrapβs five-part novel, a young woman sets off on what could be her last joyrideβwith a man who is killing more than just time . . .
Nicki Janssenβs days are numbered, but the feisty seventeen-year-old is not going to face her future lying down. Instead of enduring another round of medical treatments, she hits the road with a pocketful of cash, a bus ticketβand a romantic fantasy of riding into the sunset with her childhood crush.
Handsome, dangerous Brad Ward is facing a different kind of death sentence. Sent to prison for felony murder, he has escaped and rekindled his connection to Nicki. Heβs sworn heβll never be taken alive.
When Nickiβs father, Carter Janssen, discovers what sheβs doneβand who sheβs withβhe draws on all his skills as a prosecuting attorney, and all his love as a father, to rescue his daughter from an untimely deathβ¦
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