April Tompkins: Running From Herself

Running From Herself

April Tompkins

$2.99 Kindle, $14.36 paperback

Leah Branch thought a record deal would save her. Instead, it nearly destroyed her. Now she's on the run--from the spotlight, from heartache, and from the version of herself she never meant to become.

Who are you when things get hard?

Small-town club singer Leah Branch welcomes her band's breakup. Tired of chasing the impossible dream, it's time to find a new life far away from music. She doesn't exactly pick tiny Chance, Wyoming. It picks her.

But music won’t leave her alone. Serving drinks in the town saloon, she falls in love with Jared, a fellow singer. And it's music that shatters their romance. When Jared gives up singing for good and the saloon's fortunes plummet, Leah swallows her pride and offers to take his place on the bandstand.

The record label's offer strikes like a lightning bolt, and Leah grabs it. More than anything, more than even a shot at fame, it’s her chance to escape her broken heart. But in Nashville the label glamorizes her look, chooses her songs, even changes her name. Leah finds herself hating the person she’s become.

One night on tour, she's finally had enough. And that's when she runs.

Editorial Reviews

“Running From Herself is ultimately a story about finding home – both literally and figuratively. It’s about learning that sometimes you have to lose yourself to find yourself, and that success doesn’t always look the way you expect it to...(READ MORE)...

"April Tompkins returns with another emotionally rich and character-driven novel...(READ MORE)...

About April Tompkins

April Tompkins* always made up stories, but as a kid the stories mostly resided inside her head. She spent her early life on a farm in Minnesota with no siblings close in age, so she hiked along country roads and “imagined”. At age eleven, her family moved to the prairies of North Dakota and she put her stories aside and turned to music. She now lives in Minnesota...(READ MORE...)