The Runaway

<h2>To find what she has lost she must go back to the beginning...</h2><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>1924</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>The First World War is over and eleven-year-old Alexa is growing up on the idyllic Cornish coast with her best friend Harvey. But she soon discovers there are secrets at the heart of her family that have been hidden for years.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>And when her mother dies suddenly she finds her whole life thrown into turmoil.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>1931</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Still reeling from the secrets she uncovered Alexa flees to the intoxicating city of Venice. But her new glamorous life is not what she hoped for and with dark shadows closing in she will question everything she thought she wanted...</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Previously published as The First Dance</em></p>