Title: Broken Shadows
Author: Tarek Refaat
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Publisher: Red Sands Publishing
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Suspense, International
Book Description:
Broken
hearts and dark shadows, will love ever find its way back to them?
Fifteen years ago, Heidi Aasar fled the
country, hoping to make sense of the chaos that surrounded her. A burned
ex-operative, she refuses to continue hiding in the shadows. She now has the
chance to right the wrongs of her dark past. Determined to find a way to redeem
herself, she must first fix the loose threads she left behind so long ago.
A successful business owner, Nadim Mohamed
Sharaf has done his best to move on after his heart was broken fifteen years
ago. In his mind, he has everything he could ever want or need at his
fingertips. Until the moment Heidi makes a sudden reappearance in his life.
It’s then everything around him changes.
A chain reaction of events soon turns Nadim and Heidi’s
lives upside-down. Forced to confront the turmoil brewing between them, they
must put aside their differences if they are to survive another day. The
choices they’ll have to make will define the outcome of the lives they lead.
Will they be able to overcome their painful
and chaotic past? Or will the pain and heartache consume them in the long run?
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EXCERPT:
AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK, Nadim stood
in his office, observing Cairo from the seventeen stories high window. The
streets below were crowded. He could see the people rushing to get back to
their homes, eager for a little respite from a hard day’s work.
Cabs
pulled up to the curb along the two-way street to pick up clients and those
eager to get away from the ensuing chaos. People scurried about like rats
trapped inside a maze. Some greeted others in a timely fashion, while others
grew surly and shouted obscenities.
Nadim
smirked and shook his head. He was used to this scene spreading out before him.
It wouldn’t be long until he joined the ‘rats’ trapped in their own chaotic
mazes. The thought of making his way home appealed to him.
His
mind wandered, trapping him in another maze. A maze that took him back fifteen
years. One that brought back memories he’d spent a lifetime trying to avoid.
Memories he wished he could forget, once and for all.
Nadim
thought he’d forgotten all about her, the one woman who’d broken his heart.
She’d meant everything to him. He would have given her the world if she’d asked
him to.
During
his high school days, he’d been known as a playboy. A sweet-talker who’d gotten
exactly what he’d wanted. Charming and attentive, every girl in school came to
him for advice about guys. Most of them ended up hooking up with him.
He’d
experienced the same throughout college and work until he’d met her. Beautiful
and brazen, she’d wrapped him around her finger. She’d drawn him in like a moth
to flame, inciting his baser desires. In the end, she’d played him like a
smooth violin, cutting its strings with a scalpel so that it made no noise,
whatsoever.
Nadim
growled with annoyance. He never thought he’d ever see her again. After fifteen
years, the bane of his existence had popped up in his life once more. Heidi had
recently dropped by his office for an interview.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tarek Refaat is an
Egyptian author born in October 1980. He comes from a family that has diverse
cultural roots, and has spent most of his adulthood between Saudi and Egypt, until
finally settling in Egypt.
Tarek is an avid reader of history, and has been into
writing since a very young age. He loves to describe the thoughts and feelings
he’s experienced through words. He has written poetry and prose, and decided as
of 2009 to move forward into stories and novels.
Tarek has previously been published, and has also
self-published. He views writing as his aim to reach as many people through his
thoughts, and provoke positive and hopeful energy through his stories.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:
Website/Blog: http://forgottenrealms.me
Twitter: https://twitter.com/energizre
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Email: Tarek.h.refaat@live.com
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