RED
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In this gripping short story from the author of Pretty Wicked and Wicked Fallout, sweet twenty-one-year-old Abigail Preston lives a life she never dreamed of, not even in her darkest nightmares.
Abigail is not allowed to leave the motel grounds except for church on Sundays and the occasional run to the market. Living in the middle of nowhere where she runs a shabby motel is not the life she imagined. Her only source of excitement is waiting for the odd car to turn up every few weeks. And Abigail counts on these visitors.
The couples, the families, and the women get to leave.
The single men aren't that lucky.
Plus get a sneak peek of the thriller novel Pretty Wicked. Read the first 3 chapters at the end of RED.
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