RUN FOR ME #2

Zarah Sjoberg has been raised and trained to be a champion. From the age of twelve, Zarah has worked alongside the strongest hockey players in the US to secure herself a place in the National Field Hockey Championships, taking place in Phoenix, Arizona. Setting off with her squad for this fifteen week tournament, Zarah knows that she needs to keep her eye on the ball. No distractions. No excuses. But before senior year has even begun, Zarah begins to doubt herself and her future on the team. After years of training and constant pressure, she longs for a life without hockey. A life filled with adventure. But could she be so reckless to throw away the life she has built for a chance of freedom? Knowing that she must face her identity and discover her true self, Zarah turns to her only form of escapism- running. Running clears her mind, it sets her free, it's who she truly is. But on the night of the opening game, Zarah runs straight into a deadly situation that will change her life forever. Witnessing a brutal murder, overhearing deadly information, and narrowly escaping her own grave murder, Zarah finds herself under the protection of the notorious Rose Street Boys. Suddenly, the adventure that she so badly longs for has overwhelmed her reality, drowning her in a world of murder, mystery and secrets. A world that is way out of her depth. A vengeful killer will stop at nothing to silence her, even if that means burning Phoenix, and everyone that lives there, to the ground. Thrown into the most dangerous game of life and death, Zarah meets Esidore Favre, and her world is transformed. With warm chocolate eyes that break through her barriers and a smile that makes her knees weaken, Zarah's no distraction policy is destroyed by this beautiful Italian boy. But she cannot trust Rose Street, secrets are being kept, the ghost killer is getting closer, everything is not as it seems, and she is running out of time. Can Esidore and Zarah outrun the clock that won't stop ticking?