About
the Book
Have you ever experienced a premonition that you
just couldn't shake? A foreboding dream or sign that you deeply wanted to
ignore but...your spirit just wouldn't release it? Well meet Gabriana
Hilson...
Gabriana is a dreamer in more than one way. She has daydreams of living the good life on her terms, and without compromise. But then, there are the “other” dreams. The very strange and disturbing omens that come while sleeping. They whisper the conflict of everything, and arrange messages that Gabriana doesn't want to hear...or see. Especially the ones about her boyfriend. She wants them to just go away. But they won't. The visions only multiply, and are rapidly distorting her reality, threatening and interrupting the life that she wants so badly to exist. That's a problem.
To Gabriana, Scholar is the king of kings. She is willing to sacrifice it all for him, including family, friends, God, and her sanity. She believes that Scholar is a beautiful dream come-true...but is he really? After signing a record deal as a rapper, Scholar brings Gabriana along for the roller coaster ride of her life. He knows how much she loves him so when the drama begins, he uses his manipulative tactics to hold her in place. He is the ruler of their world, and everything is running the way he has always planned until things go horribly wrong. Suddenly, a well-planned dream quickly turns into the nightmare of all nightmares. Both Scholar and Gabriana learn the hard way to expect the unexpected - for he comes out of the blue. Or does he? He is extremely calculating...and his name is Khali Simone. After meeting him... Gabriana has no idea of the door she opens. Will she discover the truth behind her peculiar premonitions, and make a meditative escape?...Or will Gabriana continue to run until she falls?
About the Author
Stephanie Acon has been writing edgy fiction tales
and poetry since the age of ten years old. However, it wasn't until the age of
21, when she found Hip-Hop, (or Hip-Hop found her) that subsequently she became
known to the underground Hip-Hop world as NinaRaw. For ten years consistent,
she rocked with force, and played a vital part on the side of Systematic Muzick
Inc. ('The OESC' and 'The Murc Unit'). In the mist of performing, writing,
rhyming, recording, selling and shopping mixtapes...amongst the community,
somewhere, NinaRaw became hailed and dubbed as the "queen". And not
by way of cliché props, but strictly because those saying the title
"queen" meant it when they said it, and said it when they felt it
necessary. 'ESCAPE FROM A NIGHTMARE' is her first urban fiction novel. Her
inspirations have been drawn from the many experiences she has endured,
observed, and inhabited in the streets of St. Louis.
Prologue
Tall houses surrounded
the large pond. There was a great distance between them, but somehow, they all
appeared together. He watched her through the upstairs window. Her hair was
thick and curly, but the strands were disarrayed. The dress she wore was a
dingy white. She sat before the pond with bare feet curled at her side. She
intrigued him.
Slowly, he approached
her from behind. The cold air caused the pond to release a steamy mist that
blended with the surrounding fog. He wanted to touch her, but he did not want
to frighten her. So he stood. Then, he looked up to the dimly lit sky. The sun
peeked through one great hole amongst the clouds. It appeared a million light
years away.
He then lowered his
head to look at her. She stretched out her legs before the pond and was about
to place her bare feet into the freezing water. “Stop!” he shouted.
He thought she would
turn completely around, but she didn’t. She only slightly turned, exposing the
side of her chocolate-brown face. He noticed the dimple as she smirked. With
her legs still outstretched, she dipped part of her feet into the water.
Stephanie
can be reached at:
Email: scacon007@gmail.com
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Hi Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by The Author's Hideaway. What was your inspiration for this book?
My inspiration for writing the book is to reach out to my generation and encourage change in their lives through literary verses music. I want to inspire my readers to see themselves in the storyline and consider the consequences of poor choices, ill love, and running from destiny. So far the feedback points to an accomplishment in that goal.
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