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Bowie Camilleri was never supposed to make it this far.
Seventeen years old, surviving his third leukemia relapse, Bowie lives like every day is borrowed time - reckless parties, bloody knuckles, late-night swimming practices, and enough bad decisions to make the entire city of Huntington Beach whisper his name through school hallways.
Teachers call him dangerous.
Doctors call him complicated.
His mother - the head of pediatric oncology - calls him impossible to save from himself.
Ever since his twin brother Banjo died from leukemia four years ago, Bowie has been unraveling slowly:
one fight,
one cigarette,
one heartbreak at a time.
Then he meets Brontë Hale.
Wild blonde hair with black streaks.
Combat boots.
Sharp tongue.
Bruises she pretends nobody notices.
Bowie recognizes her instantly from school -
the angry girl everyone avoids.
But in the cold fluorescent glow of a hospital oncology ward, they recognize something even worse in each other:
Pain.
Brontë's mother is dying.
Her father drinks too much and hits too hard.
And Bowie?
Bowie is trying desperately not to become "the cancer kid" again.
But when devastating test results send Bowie spiraling over the edge, he makes one reckless choice that changes everything:
He runs.
Together, Bowie and Brontë disappear into the mountains to hide in an isolated cabin far from hospitals, abusive families, police searches, and the terrifying truth waiting back home.
But running away becomes dangerous when:
* Bowie's fever worsens
* his body starts failing him
* the infections spread
* and the medication keeping him alive begins running out
Now stranded between first love and survival, Bowie and Brontë are forced to decide:
How far would you run to escape heartbreak...
...and what happens when your heart follows you anyway?
Runaway Hearts is a devastatingly beautiful story about grief, rebellion, illness, first love, and two broken teenagers trying to outrun the impossible before time runs out.