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The Lost Highway
A suspenseful thriller that follows one woman’s harrowing ordeal to escape the clutches of a killer over and over again.
Emmaline
Lera is crashing blindly through the woods in Syracuse, NY; running for her life
from a man whose face she has not yet seen. After witnessing the brutal murder
of her best friend during a routine car stop, she barely escapes the grip of
his assailant on a frigid December night. She’s found by the police, barely
alive and still hiding from the faceless killer. Detective Joshua Beach assumes
watch over Emmaline throughout the night and unknowingly protects her from a
danger she cannot see.
A
year later Detective Beach returns to check on a cold case and an even colder Emmaline.
She reluctantly admits her past to him- the drug-addled childhood, countless molestations
and run from the law. She opens up to him and in turn, warms his heart with a feeling
he has not ever experienced, nor expected from someone like her.
Over
the course of the next four years, what starts as a timid friendship blossoms
into a love affair neither could have imagined. During this time, a stranger
emerges; one with a little too much interest in Emmaline. The normalcy she had
begun to achieve is disrupted by a series of odd occurrences, which when
grouped together, point to a menacing source. A physical altercation, rising
body count and bomb threat open an investigation into which Detective Beach
lunges forward in the hopes of protecting the woman with whom he has fallen in
love. Aided by his own team and local bomb authorities, Detective Beach presses
onward towards the identity of an intercontinental murderer wanted by multiple
law enforcement agencies and hiding within the snow-covered hills of Syracuse,
New York.
Meanwhile,
Emmaline finds herself assaulted and abducted, coming to somewhere on a lonely
stretch of highway beyond the city limits once again. Her attacker is made known
and realization sets in when she learns that the same killer that had haunted
her dreams has returned, this time to finish the job he started five years
earlier.
Emmaline
fights back and escapes into the woods once more, surrounded by endless snow
and mountainous regions with nothing but her will to live keeping her from surrendering.
Except this time- she is no longer running. A nasty battle ensues wherein the victim
faces her attacker, and with him, a past riddled with uncertainty, fear and
degradation; not knowing if she will walk away with her life, or if the killer
will once again, escape with his identity unknown.
Please read on for a glimpse at other titles I’ve been keeping busy with…
At Night She Stood
By Yokairy Y. Tavarez
A gripping tale following the passion of one woman's fight to save the life of a little girl from the same person who murdered her own child.
Alana Ventura flees her drunken husband one night, beginning a new life on her own in Yonkers, NY. With the arrival of unexpected love and subtly masked inspiration, Alana's life takes new meaning, until her daughter is abducted and brutally murdered. Plunged into depression and saved by an angel, Alana regains the strength to go on without her only child. When the one thing keeping her alive is taken from her, and the discovery of the perpetrator's identity is made, Alana fights against the clock to save the only thing she has left, and punish the man that took everything else away.
Beyond The Darkness
By Yokairy Y. Tavarez
A true test of conviction and courage follow one woman's journey as she and her young son are forced to try and survive against Mother Nature's fury.
When a careless driver on an icy road loses control of his car, he careens down a snowy embankment, taking single mother Jacqueline Gian and her eight-year old son with him. What follows is the story of a woman struggling to survive in the brutal conditions of winter, while protecting her son and nursing a mysterious stranger back to health. With the hope of rescue dwindling and their environment worsening, the trio has no choice but to plan an escape. They make their way through treacherous surroundings and insurmountable odds, all while nature's most vicious predators are hot on their trail.
Those Women
By Yokairy Y. Tavarez
Five friends provide advice, guidance and side-splitting laughs for each other as they each deal with their own circumstances revolving around marriage, dating, careers and children in New York City.
Sienna Lennart is the mother two twin boys reluctantly rejoining the dating game after her divorce. Myla Agosti is in an indefinable relationship with a man she can't figure out and unhappy in a career she can't get out of. Joanie Santin goes home every day to a new relationship she hasn't grown into just yet. Genevieve Dorado is the mother of two precocious pre-teens juggling a promising career, family and personal time she just can't seem to find enough of. Marcielle Dorta is a fresh-faced and optimistic college graduate feeling the conflicts of career and pains of heartbreak for the first time. These five friends keep each other grounded and more importantly sane, in a story about what exactly it takes to walk a mile in the shoes of a woman.
The
This Is Everything
Collection
A compilation comprised of an intimate collection of stories that each, in their own way, examine and exploit the intensity, agony, magic and destruction of the greatest force on Earth- Love.
Skyview is a story about Emmanuelle Felipe, a woman consumed by her perfect world, until that perfection is shattered when she uncovers her husband’s infidelity. Left Is Right gives us Declan Marcel, a man that meets the woman of his dreams, but allows himself to be led in the opposite direction by lust. In The Funeral, Sue gets a phone call that ends up changing her life, unknowingly for the better. Emme Mendes is an aspiring writer in Le Emme who faces heartbreak after obtaining a lifetime opportunity to fulfill her dreams. Arienna Morillo falls for an old flame in Yeah, Well…, despite the glaring dissimilarities between them. And finally, Spotlight Mistress finds bachelor Korben Medina sucker-punched by love, the one thing he’d been hell-bent against finding.
Glory Lasts Forever
By Yokairy Y. Tavarez
An inspirational story about the will to overcome all obstacles, defy all naysayers and pursue the dream of glory.
In her senior year of high school, Taylor Irazarry shocks everyone by trading in her prom dress for a helmet and trying out for the varsity football team. Despite the ridicule, alienation and physical torture day in and day out, she sticks to it, making the team and breaking all the rules in the process. Going against her father's will, Taylor proves what she's made of by carrying her team to victory, on and off the field. When a clerical discrepancy removes her from the team weeks before their final championship game, the teammates that have become her brothers in arms risk it all to get her back, and give her one last chance at the glory she'd been dreaming of all her life.
A Likely Story
By Yokairy Y. Tavarez
A powerful drama about a young Hispanic-American woman dealing with life, love and loss in present-day New York City.
Jolie Terras is a college student grappling with the obstacles she's presented with while growing up in the Bronx. Orphaned, determined, and balancing the thin line between survival and submission, her story provides a glimpse into the average life of a young woman with the self-belief and inspiration it takes to claw her way out and become more than just another face in the city.
Wanderlust: Where Seasons Meet & Magic Begins
By Nakia D. Johnson & Yokairy Y. Tavarez
A children's modern-day fairy tale, complete with magical lands that inspire the imagination, wonderful worlds that arouse the senses, and a valuable life-lesson that teaches children to take pride in their differences while first realizing their similarities.
Anise and Samara live miles apart but meet by fate and discover that their shared knowledge gives them passage into a legendary land of enchantment and mystical creatures. They set out on a voyage that takes them out of our world and into one they've been dreaming of, hoping and wishing for all their lives.
*For more information about me, as well as that of my fellow writer, colleague, and friend, Nakia D. Johnson, author of the recently released novel, Uptempo, please visit www.ourwritesofpassage.com.