I was stolen from an airport.


Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used
to.


Taken to sand and heat, dirt and danger. And he expected
me to love him.


This is my story. 


Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken
to the Australian Outback.


Ty, her captor, is no stereotype – he's young and attractive. 



This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning.
He loves only her, wants only her.


Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world
outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back?






The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma
to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the
outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love
and dependency, blur until they don't exist – almost


Winner of the Branford Boase Award



'Complicated and beautiful – this novel left me doubting
my emotions and missing a place I'd never been.' Maggie
Stiefvater


'All the tension of lightning, all the terror of thunder.
A stunning, scary, and beautiful book.' John Marsden



'Disturbing, heartbreaking, and beautiful all at once.'
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