Running on Empty (Running On Empty, #1)

What does it feel like when you die-in those final moments? Do you feel the physical pain, or just the pain of your regrets? What does it feel like when you realize you can't answer these questions because you're not the victim? You're the killer. River Daniels lives an ordinary life as a high school junior growing up in the confines of rural Texas until her boyfriend's brutal attack leaves her both a murderer and a fugitive. When River's closest girlfriends come to her aid, they make a hasty decision to not only help her, but leave their own troubled lives behind and join in her escape. The girls manage to elude police for months, but with every near-miss, River's life spirals further out of control, until she finally hits rock bottom. Realizing she must stop endangering her friends and find evidence proving she acted in self-defense, the girls decide to make a risky move. River must face her ugly past and the one person she was protecting the night her world caved in, the guy... River Daniels lives an ordinary life as a high school junior growing up in the confines of rural Texas until her boyfriends brutal attack leaves her both a murderer and a fugitive. When Rivers closest girlfriends come to her aid, they make a hasty decision to not only help her, but leave their own troubled lives behind and join in her escape. The girls manage to elude police for months, but with every near-miss, Rivers life spirals further out of control, until she finally hits rock bottom. Realizing she must stop endangering her friends and find evidence proving she acted in self-defense, the girls decide to make a risky move. River must face her ugly past and the one person she was protecting the night her world caved in, the guy she has loved for as long as she can remember. A seventeen-year-old girl is brutally attacked by her controlling boyfriend. She accidentally kills him in self defense and, with the help of her closest friends, eludes police until she can find evidence to clear her name and face the boy who has stood by her for years and who she has loved for as long as she can remember