‘No matter what she did, he would always be there, right behind her. She could never escape’
Laila is sixteen years old and beautiful, kind and clever; traits liable to get her into trouble and make people dislike her …
She doesn’t make her life any easier when she falls in love with an English boy, bringing shame on her family and attracting the attention of some very dangerous men. These men are always watching her and will stop at nothing to get things done their way.
Soon there’s a terrible ‘accident’ and Laila is forced to make a deal with the devil. And pay a very heavy price for breaking the rules. Laila has been forced to marry a cruel, controlling man by the people who are supposed to love her the most. Without anyone to help her, she has to find her own way out…
Today I'm delighted to be able to bring you my interview with Jacqui Rose, as well as bring you news of an exciting new innovative version of Trapped that has just been published.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you came to be a crime writer?
I didn’t set out to be a crime writer nor particularly an author, though I had always written bits and pieces over the years but it was more about escapism than anything else really. I trained as an actress during which time I didn’t write at all but then I moved into stand-up comedy which I must say I was hopeless at but it reignited by love of writing and from there I wrote a radio play which was shortlisted for the BBC Alfred Bursary award, after that I decided to give writing a serious go, so I sat down and wrote a book and sent it to an agent, Judith Murdoch, who is wonderful. She took me on and then within months sold my ms to Avon which is an imprint of HarperCollins. They gave me a two book deal initially then I got a further four book deal which is just amazing.
Tell us something about yourself that your readers probably don’t already know?
Mmmmm ??? Let’s see what can I share which readers don’t know? Well, even though I’m a crime writer and my books are filled with a lot of violence I’m actually the biggest romantic going. I don’t read in the genre I write I just fill my head with sweeping romantic classics and poetry. I often feel I was born in the wrong century. Oh and I’m a pretty mean tap dancer as well.
Spine-chilling short stories for long summer nights…
Featuring
short stories from e-book bestsellers Paul Finch, Jacqui Rose and Mark
Sennen and highly anticipated stories from Luca Veste and Michael
Russell, this FREE short story collection will have you up all night.
Each short story is followed up by exclusive extracts of each of the authors’ upcoming titles.
Avon Books are really spoiling their readers next month with not one but
two fantastic FREE short story collections. The Perfect Murder will be published on June 10th and The Perfect Escape on 27th June.
Spine-chilling short stories for long summer nights…
Featuring
short stories from e-book bestsellers Paul Finch, Jacqui Rose and Mark
Sennen and highly anticipated stories from Luca Veste and Michael
Russell, this FREE short story collection will have you up all night.
Each short story is followed up by exclusive extracts of each of the authors’ upcoming titles.
Before Noon by Jacqui Rose: A nail-biting story that focuses on the events prior to a safe deposit robbery.
Time’s Up by Luca Veste: Set in Liverpool a grisly tale of being lost and seeking redemption.
Him!
by Paul Finch: The darkest things happen at night… A thriller sure to
keep you on the edge of your seat from the #1 bestseller Paul Finch.
Wunderland by Mark Sennen: A chilling story based at a writer’s retreat in the middle of nowhere.
The
Puzzle Behind The Istanbul Puzzle by Laurence O’Bryan: A feature that
looks at Laurence’s fascination with conspiracy theories.
As teenagers, Maggie Donaldson and Johnny Taylor fell hard and fast
in love. But they didn’t know they were from rival gangland families in
London’s criminal underworld. Going public with their relationship would
have brought them more trouble than they could handle, so for years
they concealed the truth. But their house of cards won’t be safe for
much longer.
Maggie’s violent father Max has always been
out for the Taylors’ blood and treats his own family with barely more
sympathy. There’s a long-buried reason for the vendetta that no one
talks about, a secret so shocking it could tear each family – and Maggie
and Johnny – apart…
