Text (Take It Off #4)
Cambria Hebert
Publication date: November 8, 2013
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult
Synopsis:
One text can change everything.
Honor Calhoun never thought her life would ever be like the books she writes for a living. One morning while out for a run, she learns not all bad things are plots in novels. Some horrors can actually come true.
She faces off with a persistent attacker, holds her own, but in the end is taken hostage and thrown into a hole. In the middle of the woods.
But Honor didn’t go down there alone.
She took her kidnapper’s phone with her. With a spotty signal and a dying battery, her hope is slim.
Nathan Reed is an active duty Marine stationed at a small reserve base in Pennsylvania. All he wants is a calm and uneventful duty station where he can forget the memories of his time in a war-torn country.
But a single text changes everything.
Nathan becomes Honor’s only hope for survival, and he has to go against the clock, push aside his past, and take on a mission for a girl he’s never met.
Both of them want freedom… but they have to survive long enough to obtain it.
TEXT
by Cambria Hebert
**This is copyrighted material by
author Cambria Hebert**
As I
ran, something darted out from the side. I jerked, the sudden movement
startling me. My stride faltered and I turned toward whatever it was, but I
didn’t see it.
It
plowed into me, knocking me over, my hip taking the brunt of my fall. I grunted
in pain and scrambled to get up.
But
someone pinned me down.
I
shoved at the man, and he glanced down, his eyes meeting mine. There was
something cold in his blue-eyed stare. Something empty and flat.
Panic
bloomed in my chest, spiking through my body as my heart rate went wild and
alarm bells started sounding in my head.
Yes,
I read the stories. Yes, I saw it on the news.
Woman is kidnapped. Search for missing
woman continues. Woman is found beaten and dead.
But
that stuff didn’t happen to me. That
stuff happened to other people. Unfortunate women… women that weren’t me.
This isn’t happening to me.
A
surge of adrenaline had me bringing up my knee and catching the man in his
balls. He made a high-pitched sound and fell to the side. I scrambled up and
took off, racing down the path, toward the road that intersected it. If I could
make it there, I could flag down a car. I could find someone to help me.
The
earbuds had fallen out of my ears and hung around my neck, banging into my skin
and reminding me that I had my phone. My phone! As I ran, my hand fumbled,
trying to yank it out of the band around my arm. Finally, I managed to grasp it
and I held it up in front of me, calling up the keypad and dialing.
9-1—
He
tackled me from behind and I fell face forward, the phone tumbling out of my
hands, just ahead, just out of reach. I cried out and stretched my hand toward
my lifeline, desperate to finish the call.
“You’re
going to pay for that, bitch,” the gruff voice said.
I’d
never known such fear in all my life. I could barely think straight.
Straight-laced dread and panic took over my body, making my limbs feel heavy
and numb.
Don’t give in, the voice inside me screamed.
I
bucked like a pony and reached forward, my hand closing over my phone. Yes! My joy was extremely short-lived
when the man, who was still straddling my back, snatched it out of my hand and
tossed it into the nearby creek.
“No,”
I cried, watching it swept away beneath the surface.
“No
one’s going to help you,” the voice above intoned.
Readers have a great privilege of stepping directly into an author’s mind. They have in front of them in black and white what someone else was thinking and feeling as they were writing. It’s actually pretty personal.
But even though you read the thoughts that swirl through an author’s mind doesn’t mean you really know them, because the thoughts and feelings they write are usually a character’s.
I think sometime’s reader’s wonder about the person behind the book. The author.
So in today’s post I am going to tell you 10 things about me that you don’t know.
1. My favorite movies are the Fast & Furious movies. I watch them all the time.
2. I hate crickets. All the crickets that are around my house are always missing a leg. It’s the creepiest thing ever.
3. My favorite food of all time is cereal. (Any kind)
4. When I write I wear a hoodie and flip the hood up over my head. It blocks out distractions.
5. I’m extremely stubborn. (Yep, I’m a Taurus)
6. I can be superstitious.
7. I hate clutter. (That show hoarders gives me hives).
8. I use Proactiv because I suffer from acne. (notice I said suffer. I mean really, is it fair I am 32 and still have to have it??)
9. I like to run. It helps me clear my head and manage stress.
10. I’ve moved six times in the past 10 years.
And those are ten things about Cambria Hebert.
Now tell us one thing about you!
A little about Cambria
I love coffee. I have two kids and two dogs, and 2 cats. I am married to a US Marine. I have an irrational fear of chickens (they are creepy!), I love the rain and fall is my favorite season.
Did you learn anything from writing your book and what was it?
I’ve learned through writing that I am a lot stronger than I ever thought and that I am way more stubborn than even I realized (trust me I am super stubborn).
Do you have any advice for other writers?
Keep writing. Don’t stop. Be prepared for a long and sometimes hard road to publication. It’s a touch business but you can do it. Anyone can do it if you really want it.
What inspired you to write your first book?
This is such a hard question. LOL. You think it would be easy. Honestly, I just got this character – this person stuck in my head. I started dreaming about him. One day I decided to write down what I kept thinking. It grew into a book and I have been writing every since.
Tell us your latest news
I recently joined the circus! Okay I didn’t. But, I am allergic to elephants. That’s not recent but it’s true. My latest news is that TEXT is released!!! I am so incredibly excited about this book. I think it’s my favorite book of mine in the Take It Off series. I also have another book coming out in early December called TIPSY!
What TV shows/films do you enjoy watching?
My favorite shows are The Originals, The Vampire Diaries and Teen Wolf. I also really like Melissa & Joey – it’s funny.
Favorite foods / Colors/ Music
Favorite Food- Coffee. I also love cereal and Luna Bars.
Favorite colors: Purple and Orange
Music: I like pretty much anything but hard rock.
Cambria Hebert is the author of the young adult paranormal Heven and Hell series, the new adult Death Escorts series, and the new adult Take it Off series. She loves a caramel latte, hates math and is afraid of chickens (yes, chickens). She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair. She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband and children (both human and furry) where she is plotting her next book. You can find out more about Cambria and her work by visiting http://www.cambriahebert.com
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