Synopsis
Women are
disappearing. What is happening when they step into The Light?
Nine months ago, Sara
Adams awoke with no memory. The man holding her hand told her she's a member of
The Light, a tight-knit religious group led by the terrifying and charismatic
Father Gabriel. As a woman in the community of The Light, her duty is to be unquestionably
obedient and to submit to the will of her husband. But as Sara's memory starts
to return and she remembers her past, she sees that everything she's been told
is a lie. The Light is an insidious and dangerous organization, and its
corrupting influence reaches well beyond the confines of the remote campus
where Sara is being held. With everything at stake, Sara struggles to sort out
her true memories from her indoctrination. The desire to escape consumes her,
but who can she trust? And what other followers of The Light were forced into
this life, brainwashed to believe they belonged? The more she remembers, the
more it becomes clear that Jacob, the man who calls himself her husband, is
keeping shattering secrets of his own. But Sara cannot flee alone, leaving
innocents behind. She must fight to extinguish The Light.
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Sara
Shrill screams echoed
throughout our dimly lit bedroom, accelerating my heartbeat and pulling me from
the terrible nightmare. I waited for more, until the realization struck. The
screams were my own. “Jacob?” I called, my voice shaking with dread as I
reached for my husband. Instead of reassurance, my fingers met cold empty
sheets. He was gone—still away at another campus. What just happened? Was it a
dream? I clung to the covers as I puffed my cheeks and slowly exhaled. While
each breath helped to still the chaos, the exercise wasn’t enough. Who am I?
Who is he? Jacob’s questions from months ago came back. They were my security.
They’d worked before. I am Sara Adams and my husband is Jacob Adams. Pushing
the images from my dream, or nightmare, away, I imagined Jacob’s comforting
embrace. Slowly I threw back the down comforter and willed the cool air to
soothe my perspiration-drenched skin. From the way my heart galloped in my
chest, I might have been running a marathon, not sleeping. In my sleep I’d been
battling to escape a vehicle, and then an explosion of heat. It had been a
dream, I reassured myself—a nightmare. The accident I’d had, nearly nine months
before, had been different. I couldn’t remember it, but I’d been told that I’d
been injured and gone unconscious. In the nightmare I had been out and away
from the wreckage. I shook my head. It seemed so real. In my dream I hadn’t
been able to see past the darkness, yet I’d known I wasn’t injured. My arms
surrounded my midsection as the memories replayed like pictures in my mind.
Someone was hurting me—purposely harming me, and there was a voice—a deep
voice. Jacob’s voice? No. He wouldn’t hurt me. My entire body shuddered as
goose bumps peppered my skin. Sitting upright, I reached for the bedside lamp.
With trembling fingers I turned the knob and my eyes adjusted as the soft light
combined with the sun’s perpetual summer glow. I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate
on Jacob’s questions. Who am I? Who is he? This time I said the words aloud,
praying that if I spoke the truth, the images would disappear. “I am Sara
Adams. He is my husband, Jacob Adams.” I pulled myself from the bed and walked
to the bathroom. Turning on the light and the faucet, I cupped the cool water
and splashed my face. As I reached for the cup and began to fill it, a
metaphoric dam that had been constructed to hold back my past burst. My mind
was flooded—no longer with simple images, but with scene after scene. For the
first time since I could recall, I knew the woman in the mirror.
I knew me.
Title: Away From the Dark
Author: Aleatha Romig
Genre: Suspense, Thriller, Contemporary Romance
Series or Standalone: Series (Light Series #2)
Rating: ★★★★★
Reviewer: Melyssa
I was captivated by
Into the Light. It was my first experience with this author and at that point,
I knew that even if this book didn’t deliver on everything the first one did,
that it would not be my last just based on the writing style alone.
But here I sit now,
having read the second installment in the Light series, after taking some days
to process and I can safely say she took the magic she created within the first
story and expanded on it in such a way that it made the entire tale that much
better. Stronger. Even more captivating
and enthralling.
The suspense angle
was taken to a whole new level, the Light and all things and people that came
along with it, delved into on an even deeper level than the first book.
Questions raised, answers given. Twisted men getting what they deserve, even if
it didn’t happen quite as quickly as I would have liked, and even the addition
of new evils unveiled, speaking to what could (and hopefully will be) more
books featuring these characters in the future.
It was a non-stop
ride that I am so incredibly glad I took the chance on. One that once started
could not be stopped. A story that makes you think and that gives you just enough
to make you think you know it all, when the reality is, you know nothing at
all. At least until the author and the characters want you too. The pacing, the
drawn-out nature of things written to perfection and delivered at just the
right moment, every single time.
Sara and Jacob, their
journey in darkness and in light, is one I won’t soon forget and if you haven’t
already picked up the first book in the series, what are you waiting for? Just
be prepared. What you think you know, what you thought you knew, it’s not at
all what you think.
It’s better.
My thanks to the
author and all others involved in letting me read this before official release.
This is a journey I’m incredibly glad that I took, but also one that based on
the epilogue alone, I also hope never ends.
Previous Book in the Light Series
Book 1: Into the
Light
An investigator’s
search for a friend draws her into a world darker than she could have imagined.
Sara Adams awakes
bling, unable to remember the most basic details of her life, but her darkness
seems a blessing when she discovers the terrors of The Light.
Stella Montgomery
investigates the news on the mean streets of Detroit, where she’s noticed a disturbing
trend: young women are vanishing. When her best friend disappears, Stella
investigates—despite warnings from her police detective boyfriend—following a
twisted trail that leads her through the city’s most dangerous and forsaken
precincts. There she uncovers something more sinister than she could have
imagined: a shadowy organization known as The Light, led by the enigmatic
Father Gabriel.
As Sara struggles to
understand her place in these strange world she’s awakened to—an oppressive
cult demanding unquestioning obedience—and her feelings for Jacob, the husband
she can’t recall and whose harsh and tender attentions confuse and beguile her,
Stella risks all to discover the truth. But enlightenment always comes with a
price…
About the Author
Aleatha Romig is a
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana. She grew
up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living
south of Indianapolis. Aleatha has raise three children with her high school
sweetheart and husband or nearly thirty years. Before she became a full-time
author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing.
Now, when she’s not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns, she likes to spend
her time with her family and friends. Her other pastimes include reading and
creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams!
Aleatha released her
first novel, CONSEQUENCES, in August 2011. CONSEQUENCES became a bestselling
series with five novels and two companions released from 2011 through 2015. The
compelling and epic story of Anthony and Claire Rawlings has graced more than
half a million e-readers. Aleatha released the first of her series TALES FROM
THE DARK SIDE, INSIDIOUS, in the fall of 2014. The standalone thrillers
continue Aleatha’s twisted style with an increase in heat.
In the fall of 2015,
Aleatha moved head first into the world of dark romance with the release of
BETRAYAL, the first of her five novel INFIDELITY series. She also began her
traditional publishing career with Thomas and Mercer. Her books INTO THE LIGHT
and AWAY FROM THE DARK will be published through this mystery/thriller
publisher in 2016.
Aleatha is a
“Published Author’s Network” member of the Romance Writers of America and
represented by Danielle Egan-Miller of Browne & Miller Literary Associates.
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