What if the boy you love is hiding a dark secret?

My name is Melinda and this has been the worst

year ever … We had to leave our family farm,

Mum is in hospital, Dad is losing it and my

freak-out-and-run arachnophobia is getting worse.

The one good thing in my world is Rory.

Maybe he sees things differently because he's

been in a wheelchair for the past eight years,

but Rory always knows how to make me laugh.

Problem is, Dad doesn't want me anywhere

near him. He doesn't trust Rory or his family,

especially as Rory's brother is wanted by

the police.

And now even I'm scared about what

Rory might be hiding ...

"Running Scared is so well written, engaging and

fast paced it's unputdownable-the characters

so believable you'll bite your nails in hope they're okay."

Rosanne Hawke, multi-award-winning author of

Marrying Ameera

Susan J Bruce is a former veterinarian, turned award-winning author, professional copywriter and animal artist. Susan's veterinary background invades her writing and animals run, fly, or crawl into nearly all of her tales. When Susan's writing group challenged her to write a story that didn't mention any animals?she failed! Susan lives in sunny South Australia with her husband, Marc, and their furred and feathered family. This currently includes a fat tortoiseshell cat, a rescue cockatiel, and an irrepressible ShiChi (Shih Tzu x Chihuahua) who thinks her mission in life is to stop Susan writing.

Running Scared is Susan's first novel and was awarded the 2018 Caleb Prize for an unpublished manuscript.

Visit Susan at www.susanjbruce.com.