*Double RITA finalist!* Last year, Clara Kensie's YA romantic thriller RUN TO YOU series was released as a serial in six installments. Since then, RUN TO YOU was named RT Editors' Best Books of 2014, and it finaled in the RITAs for Best Young Adult Romance and Best First Book (winners announced in July). Even better, Harlequin Teen heard your demands, and they've compiled the serial into two full, complete books! Run to You Book One (originally published in three installments as First Sight, Second Glance, and Third Charm) is now DECEPTION SO DEADLY. The sequel (originally published in three installments as Fourth Shadow, Fifth Touch, and Sixth Sense) is now DECEPTION SO DARK. Clara is delighted to offer up both books in exchange for honest reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.
by Clara Kensie
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Release Date: 05/01/15
Synopsis:
Originally published as the Run to You serial parts 1-3: First Sight, Second Glance, and Third Charm.
Deception So Deadly is the complete first novel in the two-book Run to You series, a riveting romantic thriller about a family on the run from a deadly past and a first love that will transcend secrets, lies and danger…
Sarah Spencer has a secret: her real name is Tessa Carson, and to stay alive, she can tell no one the truth about her psychically gifted family and the danger they are running from. As the new girl in the latest of countless schools, she also runs from her attraction to Tristan Walker—after all, she can't even tell him her real name. But Tristan won't be put off by a few secrets. Not even dangerous ones that might rip Tessa from his arms before they even kiss…
Run to You is Tessa and Tristan's story—two full-length books about psychic gifts, secret lives and dangerous loves. Danger. Deception. Betrayal. It must be true love.
DECEPTION SO DARK (Run to You Book Two)
by Clara Kensie
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Release Date: 05/01/15
Synopsis:
Originally published as the Run to You serial parts 4-6— Fourth Shadow, Fifth Touch, and Sixth Sense.
Deception So Dark is the complete second novel in the Run to You series, a riveting thriller about a family on the run from a deadly past, and a first love that will transcend secrets, lies and danger…
With no more secrets to keep them apart, Tessa and Tristan embark upon a desperate search to find her missing brother and sister. But not even Tristan can keep Tessa safe from the hostile classmates at her new school…or from the nightmare that haunts her even while she's awake. As Tessa's nightmare becomes all too real, her hope of getting her family back together feels ever more out of reach. When a psychic warns her that leaving town may mean her death, Tessa still cannot stay when she uncovers a potential lead to her brother and sister. Not even if she must go alone and risk losing it all: Tristan, her family, and even her life.
Run to You is Tessa and Tristan's story—two full-length books about psychic gifts, secret lives and dangerous loves. Danger. Deception. Betrayal. It must be true love.
This scene takes place during
Tessa’s first day at her new high school. Her family is on the run from a
killer hired by the government, and they flee from town to town, hiding behind
aliases to stay alive. Tristan is the boy she met on the jogging trail the day
before:
At
lunchtime, book bag hanging on my shoulder and tray clutched in my hands, I
scanned the cafeteria. The charred scent of burned beef and a thin layer of
smoke hovered in the air. The room was packed wall-to-wall with tables, each
jammed with rowdy students. The only empty table was in the corner by the large
window. It was isolated, but I needed to sit near an exit.
There.
Two boys, one wearing a blue Chicago Cubs shirt and the other wearing a white
one, got up from a table semi-close to the exit, leaving it empty. I rushed
over and claimed it, then opened my Spanish notes and pretended to study.
Occasionally I’d peek at the other tables, but no one was looking at me.
Perfect.
“It’s
Sarah, right?”
I
looked up—broad chest and shoulders, confident smile, blue eyes. Tristan
Walker. So much for invisibility. “Yeah. Sarah.”
He
didn’t seem to notice the way my voice tightened when I said my fake name.
Instead, he placed his lunch tray down and climbed into the seat across from
me.
“I—”
Before I could say anything to deter him from eating with me, he took a bite of
his cheeseburger.
“I
had Physics with your sister this morning,” he said, swallowing his food. “She
said you were a little overwhelmed. I don’t blame you. This place is huge. She
asked if I would show you around.”
So
instead of claiming Tristan for herself, Jillian had decided to play Cupid.
She’d tried to set me up in Vermont, and in Nebraska and Montana, too. I did
like the boy in Montana. He was sweet, and funny, and the most talented artist
in the school. Jillian, remembering that I used to love painting, had made a
good match. But it wasn’t the boy—it was me. Everything I said to him was a
lie. I was a lie.
Tristan
took a handful of fries, dipped them in a paper cup of ketchup, and ate them
all at once. “Will you be in Twelve Lakes long?”
“Probably
not.” I picked the green peppers from my salad. “The longest we ever stayed in
one place was fourteen months. The shortest was six days.”
“Six
days? What town was that?”
“I
don’t remember.” That was true. “My mom registered us for school, but we didn’t
even get to start before we had to leave again.” Dennis Connelly had tracked us
down that time through our internet use, and we hadn’t used the internet since.
I
slid my hands into my sleeves. I had to stop talking. I’d already told him too
much.
Between
bites of cheeseburger and fries, Tristan chatted about his friends, his spot on
the TLC tennis team, and deciding between Northwestern and Stanford. I wanted
to respond, but all I could do was nod and give him weak smiles. The girls at
the next table were watching us. Everyone in the lunchroom was watching us.
Whispering. Pointing. Sitting with Tristan was making me visible. The
glow-in-the-dark kind of visible. The cafeteria seemed to become more crowded
by the second. Everything became hazy, like a cloud had settled over the room.
“Are
you feeling okay?” Tristan’s brows furrowed.
I
blinked to quell the dizziness and mumbled something about first-day jitters.
When the bell rang I jumped up, almost tripping over my feet, and scurried out
of the lunchroom.
Clara Kensie grew up near Chicago, reading every book she could find and using her diary to write stories about a girl with psychic powers who solved mysteries. She purposely did not hide her diary, hoping someone would read it and assume she was writing about herself. Since then, she's swapped her diary for a computer and admits her characters are fictional, but otherwise she hasn't changed one bit.
Today Clara is the author of romantic paranormal thrillers for young adults. Her first book, RUN TO YOU, a super-sized three-part serial from HarlequinTEEN, begins February 1 2014 with weekly releases. The sequel, also a super-sized three-part serial, begins June 1 2014.
Her favorite foods are guacamole and cookie dough. But not together. That would be gross.
