The Escape

Escape was only the beginning. Survival is the real battle.

Hazel defied the only world she ever knew to avoid a marriage that felt like a death sentence. Now, she is lost in the unforgiving Blackwood with no map, no coat, and a relentless pack of Sentinels on her trail. Her only hope lies with a deserter who lives in the "dead zones" of the forest-a man who once wore the brand of her captors.

Luke has spent three years hiding from the sins of his past. But when Hazel crashes into his life, the perimeter he built around his heart begins to crumble. He knows the Sentinels don't just want Hazel back; they want to erase the man who proved their walls weren't high enough.

With high-tech drones circling above and the brutal Silas narrowing the gap, Hazel and Luke have one choice: fight or be broken. To survive the night, Hazel will have to pick up a weapon and learn that the most dangerous thing in the woods isn't the cold-it's the girl who has finally found her voice.

"A Dark Dystopian Romantic Suspense with a High-Tech Conspiracy Twist."

It has the gritty, lethal edge of The Bourne Identity mixed with the emotional intensity and protective romance of Verity or The Handmaid's Tale.