In the first thrilling installment of John Gilstrapโs five-part novel, a young woman sets off on what could be her last joyrideโwith a man who is killing more than just time . . .
Nicki Janssenโs 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 ticketโand 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. Heโs sworn heโll never be taken alive.
When Nickiโs father, Carter Janssen, discovers what sheโs doneโand who sheโs withโhe draws on all his skills as a prosecuting attorney, and all his love as a father, to rescue his daughter from an untimely deathโฆ
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