The Trapped Daughter by Jay Kerk - Book Blitz + Giveaway
The Trapped Daughter
by Jay Kerk
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GENRE: Thriller (Psychological)
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BLURB:
Have you ever been trapped somewhere? I have.Have you ever found that the world does not believe you? I did.I have been betrayed by the people I trusted the most. They coil around me like snakes, lulling me with whispers about protection and safety and for your own good.They offer up pills like sweets, promising me relief. Just take the meds and everything will be fine, Belle – the meds, Belle, the meds.Everything will not be fine, and it never will be again. Justice is gone from the world. I have been wronged by Gabe, the man I loved most, and when I turned to others for backup, they sided with him because he’s a star. When I ran to my father for safety, he locked me up in his great big mansion and threw away the key. Now I drift like the ghost Gabe pretended I was, my bare feet tasting the coldness of rich tiles, my breath turning to ice.Gabe isn’t real, they tell me. They insult me, they spit at me, then smile and pretend that they wish to help. Meanwhile, Gabe is out there, luxuriating in all that I won for him, and I suffer and burn.
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EXCERPT
About Gabe: 2011
We met for the first time on a dry autumn day. If I had known who I was going to
meet on that day and what he would do to me, I would have turned back… but
innocent me had no idea.
It was the kind of clichéd meeting most hopeless romantics dream of.
The ground was carpeted with leaves, and I was surrounded by the huge oak trees
they’d fallen from, trying to cram my way through the crowded main entrance to
the university. The passage could probably hold a few hundred of the thirty
thousand students registered in an academic year at once, and it was hot with
the smell of excitement and sweat.
I am a shy person, but back then – there should have been a stronger word to
describe how shy I was. I walked with my gaze on my feet, my hair across my
face, my shoulders hunched inwards as others bumped and barged me from left and
right. I walked as one who wants to be invisible, and has almost – almost –
achieved it.
The last bump was hard enough to knock my notepad out of my hand. I bent to pick
it up, and was faced with a hand that wasn’t mine on the pages. I lifted my head
and saw Gabe squatting in front of me.
Our eyes met, and I felt the butterflies, felt my mouth turn dry. I crouched
motionlessly, bewildered by how perfect he was. Without a word, he gave me the
book and hurried away, looking at his watch. I told myself, this is fate. I will
marry this man one day.
I didn’t want anyone else. I loved him before he became a superstar – and once
he did, I adored him.
I wish I could to listen to his music, waltz into one of his shows, a casual
observer with nothing to lose, nothing to care about. People die from broken
hearts, but I haven’t died. Yet.
I never I imagined I could stay in love with someone for so long.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
As a physician, I used my clinical background to keep the readers on their toes. All options are on the table. Is Gabe real? Did Gabe ever love her? What was their relationship? Was he her husband, and did she kill him? Is Gabe her brother?
My name is Jay Kerk, and I am a 33 year old. I am a medical doctor, and I use my
background to illustrate unlikely but realistic situations revolving around the
alterations of the mind. My first book A Predator and A Psychopath,
self-published in July 2019, received five stars from Readers Favorite and 4 and
a half stars from Self-Publishing Review.
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
Jay Kerk will be awarding a $25 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via
rafflecopter during the tour.
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