The perfect daughter. The perfect girlfriend. The perfect murder?Jenna is given another shot at life when she receives a donor heart from a girl called Callie. Eternally grateful to Callie and her family, Jenna gets closer to them, but she soon discovers that Callie’s perfect family is hiding some very dark secrets …
Callie’s parents are grieving, yet Jenna knows they’re only telling her half the story. Where is Callie’s sister Sophie? She’s been ‘abroad’ since her sister’s death but something about her absence doesn’t add up. And when Jenna meets Callie’s boyfriend Nathan, she makes a shocking discovery.
Jenna knows that Callie didn’t die in an accident. But how did she die? Jenna is determined to discover the truth but it could cost her everything; her loved ones, her sanity, even her life.
A compelling, gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist from the author of the Number One bestseller The Sister.
Title: The Gift
Author: Louise Jensen
Published by: Bookouture
Publication date: Dec 16th 2016
A breathtaking extract from 'The Gift'
Later
Run.
It’s dark. So
dark. Clouds scud across the charcoal sky, blanketing the moon and stars.
Dampness fills my lungs and as I draw a sharp breath nausea crashes over me in
sickening waves.
My energy is
fading fast. My trainers slap against the concrete and I don’t think I can hear
footsteps behind me any more, but it’s hard to tell over the howling wind.
I steal a
glance over my shoulder but my feet stray onto soft earth and I lose my footing
and stumble, splaying out my hands to break my fall. The side of my face hits
something hard and solid that rips at my skin. My jaw snaps shut and my teeth
slice into my tongue flooding my mouth with blood, and as I swallow it down,
bile and fear rises in my throat.
Don’t make a
sound.
I’m scared. So
scared.
I lie on my
stomach. Still. Silent. Waiting. My palms are stinging. Cheek throbbing.
Rotting leaves pervade my nostrils. My stomach roils as I slowly inch forward,
digging my elbows into the wet soil for traction. Left. Right. Left. Right.
I’m in the undergrowth
now. Thorns pierce my skin and catch on my clothes but I stay low, surrounded
by trees, thinking I can’t be seen, but the clouds part and in the moonlight I
catch sight of the sleeve of my hoodie, which, unbelievably, is white, despite
the mud splatters. I curse myself. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. I yank it off and
stuff it under a bush. My teeth clatter together with cold. With fear. To my
left twigs snap underfoot and instinctively I push myself up and rock forward
onto the balls of my feet like a runner about to sprint. Over my heartbeat
pounding in my ears, I hear it.
A cough. Behind
me now. Close. Too close.
Run.
I stumble
forward. I can do this I tell myself, but it’s a lie. I know I can’t keep going
for much longer.
The clouds roll
across the sky again and the blackness is crushing. I momentarily slow,
conscious I can’t see where I’m putting my feet. The ground is full of potholes
and I can’t risk spraining my ankle, or worse. What would I do then? How could
I get away? The wind gusts and the clouds are swept away and in my peripheral
vision a shadow moves. I spin around and scream.
Run.
Sincerely
Book Angel x
About the Author
Louise is a USA Today Bestselling Author, and lives in Northamptonshire with her husband, children, madcap spaniel and a rather naughty cat.
The Sister is Louise's debut novel and it reached No.1 on the Amazon Kindle chart in both the UK and Canada and No.1 on iBooks. Louise's second book, The Gift, will be published on 16th December 2016.
Louise loves to hear from readers and writers and can be found at www.louisejensen.co.uk, where she regularly blogs flash fiction.
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