Author_Akbar
For seventeen years, Hillcrest has been all he's ever known.
A forgotten town. A broken home. Friendships that never seem to last.
He tells himself he's fine.
He tells himself he doesn't care.
But every betrayal leaves a mark.
Every goodbye hurts more than the last.
And no matter how hard he tries, he can never shake the feeling that he will never be enough.
Across town, a girl is fighting a battle of her own.
Different life.
Different scars.
Same loneliness.
Neither knows the other exists.
Yet.
As their worlds slowly move toward each other, secrets, heartbreak, and choices neither of them are ready for begin to change everything.
Because some storms don't start with thunder.
They start with a single person.
And once they arrive, nothing stays the same.
The Road Out of Hillcrest: Before the Storm is a heartfelt coming-of-age novel about friendship, betrayal, first love, and two souls searching for a place where they finally belong.