Books with title Running Home / Running Away

Check out book one and two in the Vampires of Fate series and discover the new paranormal romance everyone is talking about!Death seems to follow Ellie Morgan. Now someone’s out for blood.Tucked away in rural New Hampshire, awkward booklover Ellie lives a simple life, keeping herself detached from others. With just a single friend in a world that has taken her family from her, a part of Ellie longs for something more than nights on the couch and dull days working in a gift shop.Enter Nicholas French.Something about the new guy in town sparks a burning desire within Ellie, something more than his rugged good looks and piercing gaze that can see into her lonely soul. Fate has led him to Ellie’s small town, and Nicholas’ interest in her is more than undeniable attraction.As Ellie learns more about Nicholas’ dark yet noble nature, she discovers a part of herself she never knew existed, and why the threads of her destiny feel intertwined with his. But Ellie’s chance at a new life comes at a cost, and in the end, fate may be the one to decide if she’ll live or die.RUNNING HOME is the first book in the dangerously passionate and deeply romantic Vampires of Fate series where not all monsters are evil, and love comes with a bite._____________________________________Death arrived at Ellie Morgan’s doorstep. Now she welcomes it.Having lost her last link to the mortal world, Ellie Morgan is ready to embrace her destiny. Stricken with grief and tormented over what happened in her once quiet hometown, she and her new love Nicholas travel to Japan to meet the one man who can alter Ellie’s life for eternity.The Master of the Shinigami Vampires has taught centuries worth of recruits, but no one like Ellie. As Ellie prepares for her new immortal life and focuses her attention on her training, she learns more than she bargained for about the leader Nicholas and the rest of the vampires follow without question.As Ellie’s powers stir within her and whisper secrets through scattered visions that warn her not everything is as it seems, things go from bad to worse when her relationship with Nicholas becomes strained like never before, thanks in part to a fiery rebel vampire named Kieran who encourages Ellie to explore all of her options…RUNNING AWAY is the second book in the romantically charged and darkly riveting Vampires of Fate series where not all gods are heavenly, and love comes with sacrifice._____________________________________If you like J.R. Ward, Nalini Singh, Gena Showalter, Stephanie Meyer, Jeaniene Frost, Rachel Vincent, Richelle Mead, Ilona Andrews, P.C. Cast, Jennifer L Armentrout, Lynsay Sands, Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison, and Sherrilyn Kenyon you’ll love Julie Hutchings!

Matt, a white quarterback from Montreal, Quebec, flies to France (without his parents’ permission) to play football and escape family pressure. Freeman, a black football player from San Antonio, Texas, is in Paris on a school trip when he hears about a team playing American football in a rough, low-income suburb called Villeneuve-La-Grande. Matt and Free join the Diables Rouges and make friends with the other players, who come from many different ethnic groups. Racial tension erupts into riots in Villeneuve when some of their Muslim teammates get in trouble with the police, and Matt and Free have to decide whether to get involved and face the very real risk of arrest and violence.

Matt, a white quarterback from Montreal, Quebec, flies to France (without his parents’ permission) to play football and escape family pressure. Freeman, a black football player from San Antonio, Texas, is in Paris on a school trip when he hears about a team playing American football in a rough, low-income suburb called Villeneuve-La-Grande. Matt and Free join the Diables Rouges and make friends with the other players, who come from many different ethnic groups. Racial tension erupts into riots in Villeneuve when some of their Muslim teammates get in trouble with the police, and Matt and Free have to decide whether to get involved and face the very real risk of arrest and violence.

When sixteen-year old Maggie McDuff pedals away from her dad’s, adrenaline and fear assure her she can make it the 180-mile trek to her mom’s trailer on her ten-speed. Terrified her dad will find her before she reaches safety, or worse that her mom will send her back to Charleston from Pleasant Springs, what she dreads most is facing the kids who once nick-named her Maggot. But Maggie’s not the dumpy girl she was in middle school, and her newfound good looks are turning heads. Desperate for attention, she's out to find love at any cost. Only one thing troubles Maggie: What is wrong with her that keeps her always searching and never finding?

When sixteen-year old Maggie McDuff pedals away from her dad’s, adrenaline and fear assure her she can make it the 180-mile trek to her mom’s trailer on her ten-speed. Terrified her dad will find her before she reaches safety, or worse that her mom will send her back to Charleston from Pleasant Springs, what she dreads most is facing the kids who once nick-named her Maggot. But Maggie’s not the dumpy girl she was in middle school, and her newfound good looks are turning heads. Desperate for attention, she's out to find love at any cost. Only one thing troubles Maggie: What is wrong with her that keeps her always searching and never finding?

School Edition: ** replace language that might be objectionable. Uncensored version also available - no ** after title. The plan is in place. Before they realize she's not coming back from her bogus weekend camping trip, Maggie will be in another state, in a new life.When Peg realizes her daughter has run away, she knows she has to find Maggie - fast - or they may never see each other again. And Maggie's already on the run from new dangers after she's in the wrong place at the wrong time. As each of them struggles with the issues around Maggie's running away, the strength of the bond between them becomes evident.YA honorable mention in Writer's Digest Self-Published Awards.Basis for the Lifetime movie, though significantly altered for that medium.

Run Away to Home follows the adventures of a rebellious teen who runs away from his California home and sets off toward the east. Set in the 1980s, the story is true to life and based on actual events of the author’s life. The main character, Tyler, is a deceitful kid that is only looking out for himself. We see people come into his life who want to exploit or harm him or lead him down the wrong path and others who want to minister to him and love him through his bad behavior. Over the course of the story we see the immature, reckless and lying teenager grow into manhood both personally and spiritually. It's a tale of a deceitful kid who gradually learns great lessons about growing up and becoming aware of the impact of one's own decisions on others - and owning them."HE WAS DYING. Tyler could hear his labored breathing and see the way his chest rose and fell, and somehow could tell there wouldn’t be too many more breaths. He knew this was his fault. He was responsible for this man’s condition. Was it too late to make up for what he had done? He tried to remember how it had started. Memories flooded his mind, and suddenly he was seeing it all again.Crouching down, running, I reached the large plastic garbage can that stuck up through the top of the bushes. Even though my attention was on getting away as fast as possible, I couldn’t help but notice for the first time that the bottom of the garbage can was broken and wide open. And since the bottom of the can was a foot off the ground, I figured I could crawl into it with the newly replaced garbage bag hiding my location. I climbed in quickly when I heard his voice and his heavy footsteps on the ground getting closer.He stopped nearby, and my heart skipped a beat. I heard him say to himself, 'When I catch that kid I’m going to beat the livin’ daylights out of him.' At that moment I knew what I had to do…"

When home gets too familiar for Joe and Moe, they decide to make a run for the woods one dark and foggy night. Join them on this adventure in "Running Away". Written as a poem years ago by Phil Jeffries, "Running Away" was found by his son, Kurtis Jeffries while looking through boxes in storage. Kurtis fell in love with the poem and proceeded to put pictures to words and illustrate this book. Phil wrote many poems throughout his life, all with an important message that could make the reader laugh, cry, smile, and everything in between! In Loving Memory of Phil Jeffries.

Received honorable mention in the 2012 Leapfrog Press Fiction Contest. With a childhood spent bouncing between foster homes, Alissa Jacobs has always wondered what it would be like to be part of a normal family. But with a drug-addicted mom, a wanna-be thief for a brother, and a long-vanished dad, it’s not likely she will ever find out. When Alissa learns that her mom is being released from prison and wants custody again, she decides it’s time to take matters into her own hands. Alissa and her older brother Trent head north to find the father neither of them remembers in one last ditch attempt to create an ordinary family for themselves. But some things just aren’t meant to be and happily-ever-after may not be in the plans for Alissa. The journey from Bakersfield to Seattle is strewn with misadventures as she and Trent find themselves caught up in frightening situations, encounters with the police, and unexpected betrayals. Alissa is forced to grapple with the unintended consequences of her decisions as she faces her deepest fears. And confronting questions she has long avoided may be the only way for her to break the bonds of her past.

A serious job for a little angel The Little Angel of Responsibility has a hard time finishing what she starts. She?s been working on the same knitting project for weeks. But something more interesting always seems to come up. This time, it?s helping a little girl with a big problem. Danielle is old enough to take care of herself. So when her mother starts working again, she leaves a lot of responsibility in Danielle?s hands -- like making sure to get her homework done on time. But when the choice is left up to Danielle, she?d rather practice running for the track team than do schoolwork. Is the Little Angel of Responsibility ready to lend a hand? Be responsible!