Saving Amy is the story of a young woman’s struggle to survive. It follows Amy as she fights to escape the harrowing hand she’s been dealt in life, as she learns to love, to trust and to overcome the demons that have suffocated her all her life. This is Amy’s story and her journey to Salvation.

Synopsis:

Eighteen year old Amy’s surname may be Hope, but her life contains anything but. She drinks, she sleeps around, she cuts… anything to help her escape the agonising existence growing up between her mother’s drunken wails and her father’s fists. But nothing works. There is no escape. And Amy wants out…

Enter Richard Lewis – the doctor responsible for saving Amy’s life after her drink and drug-fuelled suicide attempt. Thanks to his own hidden demons, Richard is drawn to Amy and her situation, and despite the incessant warnings from both his own mind and his jealous ex-lover Joanna, he feels compelled to help her.

But how will Amy feel when she discovers Richard’s attachment to her is born out of his own guilt? He was her last resort – her last chance at being saved. Can anybody save Amy, or has she finally reached the end of a very long and torturous road?

What genre is it?
New Adult/Contemporary Romance.

What kind of readers will it appeal to?
Saving Amy will appear to anyone who loves an intense and emotional read filled with twists, turns and a dash of steam, anyone who’s looking for a hot, sensitive book-guy to fall in love with and those who are suckers for happy endings!

Not recommended for younger readers due to language, scenes of abuse, self-harm and sexual content.

Tell us about this hot, sensitive book-guy.
Richard has lived a lonely life despite his wealth and successful career. His guilt about an event which left him deeply emotionally scarred ten years earlier has left him with an inability to let people get too close. Although fate has other ideas when he meets Amy. He is gentle, loving supportive, and of course super hot!

Tell us about Amy.
Amy has lived in fear her whole life. She is isolated, scared and desperate to escape. When she finally finds someone with the ability to save her she faces her greatest challenge yet. After suffering years of abuse she has been left vulnerable, insecure and unable to love and trust freely.

The scene seems set for two damaged people to find each other.
I would like readers to come away feeling proud of Amy and Richard and the struggles they’ve overcome and to believe that no matter how difficult life may get, there is always a road to redemption.

Have you written any other books that we should read next?

My debut novel Inevitable is available across all e-formats and in paperback now!

What’s it about?
Here’s the synopsis for Maddie and Blaine’s story:

Thanks to her mother’s unstable moods and knack for making bad decisions, seventeen year old Maddie Davis has never lived in one place long enough to remember its postcode. A life spent running and caring for her wayward mother has turned British-born Maddie into the strong, outspoken and independent girl she is today – if not a little lonely. This time, running away is a whole new ballgame. For the first time her mum is not just dragging her to a different town – but a whole new country. It is only when they arrive in sunny California to be near Trudy – an old friend of her mum’s – Maddie starts to hope they’ve reached their final destination. For the first time she dreams of a future. She makes friends, commits to an education and meets a boy who has the potential to steal her heart… and break it even faster.

Trudy’s stepson Blaine Elwood appears to have it all. To the outside world quarterback Blaine is rich, confident and has the ‘arrogant bad boy’ image down to a tee. But nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors. Nobody ever can. He has vowed never to let anyone get too close – let anyone discover how weak he is. So when new girl Maddie starts tugging at strings he didn’t know existed in his heart, his only option is to push her away – until he realises how much he needs her.

Maddie and Blaine are heading for a future neither of them dreamed of – a happy one. But then, not only are Blaine’s issues at home intensifying, he discovers a shocking secret that could either send Maddie back running and force her out of his life forever, or pull them closer than they’ve ever been before. Will their shattered secrets leave too many broken shards to piece back together, or was their love inevitable from the start?

(Not recommended for younger readers due to language, scenes of abuse and sexual content)

Tell us a bit about yourself.
I’m a mum of four (five if you include the hubby, six if you include the dog!) with an overactive imagination! I’m a girly girl who loves all things pink and sparkly and is addicted to books, tattoos and Pepsi Max!

Do you have a website where we can keep up with your work?
www.nicolahaken.com.

How can we follow you on Twitter and/or Facebook?
Yes, please do!!
www.facebook.com/nicolahaken
Twitter I.D. @NicolaHaken.

What’s next?
I am currently working on my third novel which I hope to release in October 2013. I can’t wait for you all to meet Dexter and Emily!