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Runaway
They labeled me a runaway. My family, the police, the media—the people I counted on to expend every effort to find me—they thought I willingly vanished after school one day. They pushed aside their worst fears, fears that had become my new reality: I was kidnapped, locked away, and abused for months on end.
The man who crushed my spirit and used my body for his pleasure each day never answered for his crimes. The monster haunting my mind long after my freedom from his control remains at large, a constant but unknown threat that I responded to in the only way that I could: I left my former life behind, finding peace in solitude and starting over somewhere new.
My internal walls have remained strong, despite my daily battles with the demons still lingering inside me. But a single harrowing event is all it took to bring them crashing down. Amidst their rubble, a man was there to help me. He's a new unknown who frightens me in a different way, making me question whether I need to rebuild the internal walls that have sustained me and provided me a sense of safety.
He makes me want to stop running from the past I can’t change and the family I left behind. He gives me hope that I can overcome my fears and learn to love and trust again.
WARNING: Runaway is a romantic suspense novel intended for mature audiences. It contains disturbing situations, graphic violence, strong language, and sexual content.
The man who crushed my spirit and used my body for his pleasure each day never answered for his crimes. The monster haunting my mind long after my freedom from his control remains at large, a constant but unknown threat that I responded to in the only way that I could: I left my former life behind, finding peace in solitude and starting over somewhere new.
My internal walls have remained strong, despite my daily battles with the demons still lingering inside me. But a single harrowing event is all it took to bring them crashing down. Amidst their rubble, a man was there to help me. He's a new unknown who frightens me in a different way, making me question whether I need to rebuild the internal walls that have sustained me and provided me a sense of safety.
He makes me want to stop running from the past I can’t change and the family I left behind. He gives me hope that I can overcome my fears and learn to love and trust again.
WARNING: Runaway is a romantic suspense novel intended for mature audiences. It contains disturbing situations, graphic violence, strong language, and sexual content.
255 pages, Paperback
Published November 18, 2025
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A.T. Douglas
9 books77 followersA.T. Douglas embraced her renewed passion for reading by diving into the self-publishing world in 2013. Fueled by her love of music and her addiction to the romance genre, she strives to turn daydreams and the realities of life into words the world can read. She lives in New Hampshire, USA, with her husband and sons and wishes desperately that there were more hours in the day for family, reading, and writing.
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October 13, 2025
Runaway is one of those books that crawls under your skin and refuses to leave. It’s dark, disturbing, emotional, and incredibly powerful.
This story isn’t easy to read, it contains graphic violence, psychological and sexual abuse, and moments that are truly gut-wrenching. But it’s also about strength. It’s about survival, healing, and what happens when someone refuses to let their trauma define them.
Ellie’s journey will destroy you. Watching her lose everything, her safety, her trust, her family’s belief, and then slowly rebuild her life was painful but inspiring. The author handled her trauma and recovery with realism and care.
The relationship between Ellie and Owen is beautiful. He’s patient, kind, protective, everything she needs to start believing in love again. Their bond feels like light after years of darkness.
By the end, I was sobbing. The final scene ties everything together in such a poetic, unexpected way, proof that sometimes even ashes can tell the truth.
This book is brutal, but it’s also hopeful. If you can handle difficult topics and you want a story that will haunt you for days, Runaway is one you’ll never forget.
Trigger Warnings: Kidnapping, sexual assault, captivity, PTSD, violence, trauma recovery.
This story isn’t easy to read, it contains graphic violence, psychological and sexual abuse, and moments that are truly gut-wrenching. But it’s also about strength. It’s about survival, healing, and what happens when someone refuses to let their trauma define them.
Ellie’s journey will destroy you. Watching her lose everything, her safety, her trust, her family’s belief, and then slowly rebuild her life was painful but inspiring. The author handled her trauma and recovery with realism and care.
The relationship between Ellie and Owen is beautiful. He’s patient, kind, protective, everything she needs to start believing in love again. Their bond feels like light after years of darkness.
By the end, I was sobbing. The final scene ties everything together in such a poetic, unexpected way, proof that sometimes even ashes can tell the truth.
This book is brutal, but it’s also hopeful. If you can handle difficult topics and you want a story that will haunt you for days, Runaway is one you’ll never forget.
Trigger Warnings: Kidnapping, sexual assault, captivity, PTSD, violence, trauma recovery.
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