Buzzworthy Books: Runaway by Meg Cabot

We’re launching a new segment here at Novel Novice called Buzzworthy Books … this is where we’ll talk about newly released or upcoming releases that are getting lots of good buzz. We may not have checked them out ourselves yet, but there’s so much chatter about them, we can’t ignore the buzz.

For our first Buzzworthy Books segment, we’re featuring Runaway by Meg Cabot. This is the third & final installment in her hit Airhead series, which is a cool sort of sci-fi twist on the fashion world. And the troubles tackled in these books are far from the cat fights featured on America’s Next Top Model. This is literally life-or-death stuff. The stakes are high.

Oh, and we’ve got a copy of Runaway that we’re going to giveaway to one of YOU lucky folks! (Keep reading for details).

About the Book:

Here is the official summary:

Where can you hide
When everyone knows your name?

Em Watts is a prisoner: Brandon Stark, heir to the Stark corporation family fortune, is holding her captive.

Em Watts is a liar: She’s told all her friends she loves Brandon, and that everything is fine.

Em Watts is scared to death: She really doesn’t know how she’s going to get out of this one.

She’s still in shock over the fact that the girl whose life she was forced to take over when her brain was transplanted into her body is alive—alive and furious with her for stealing what she claims was rightfully hers…

…including Brandon Stark, who’s intent on finding out what that girl’s secret was, and using it to get revenge on his father.

But that’s not all Brandon wants…he wants Em. And not just to use her to trick Nikki into revealing that secret, and helping him secure his place as head of Stark Enterprises once and for all.

But Brandon’s not the only one who wants something from Em. Christopher wants to use her to hurt Brandon…for taking her away from him, and to destroy Stark Enterprises.

Em Watts is tired: She’s tired of being used. Tired of being lied to. Tired of being told who she can and cannot love. Tired of the lies she’s being forced to live.

With everyone she loves furious with her for things she can’t explain, Em’s reached the end of her rope…what’s the point of even going on?

But when she discovers the truth about Nikki’s secret, she knows there’s only one person she can turn to.

Will Christopher be able to put aside his personal feelings and help her expose her employer to the world? Is it even fair to get Christopher involved — since if he agrees, there’s every chance that Stark Enterprises will try to have them both killed—this time, permanently?

Maybe it would be better for Em to just keep on running…

And here is a hilarious promo video for Runaway featuring author Meg Cabot herself:

Want more background on the series? Here is the book trailer for the first book in the series, Airhead:

Bonus Goodies:

You can read an excerpt from Runaway on Meg’s website … plus check out experts and more from the first two books in this series, Airhead and Being Nikki.

You can also explore more about Runaway and the Airhead series on the This is Point website.

Runaway Book Giveaway:

Yes, that’s right. We’re giving away a copy of Runaway to one of you lucky folks — and this time, it’s easy to enter! You’ve got three chances to be entered:

* Become a fan of (or “like”) Novel Novice on Facebook, and leave a comment with the word RUNAWAY on our wall

* Follow Novel Novice on Twitter, and reply to @NovelNovice with the word RUNAWAY

* Leave a comment below with the word RUNAWAY

We’ll accept entries through this Wednesday, April 28th. One winner will be chosen at random from all of the entries. (That means, if you enter in all three places — you’ve got THREE chances to have your name chosen!)

Sorry, prizes can only be mailed to addresses in the U.S.