17 Black and 29 Red - Richard Rider (PDF)

"What are you running away from? You're still going to miss him whether you're here or Mars."

When Pip Valentine fell hard in love with the armed robber who kidnapped him, his life was turned upside down. But consuming love tends to burn what it touches and Valentine has to make the most adult decision of his life: to walk away from Lindsay Brown. Reconciled with his parents and starting a new relationship with his childhood best friend, Valentine tries to leave the consequences of a terrible decision behind and forget about Lindsay. Until, that is, after trying to run away – travelling the world in search of cheap thrills and dangerous highs, finding unexpected salvation in the safety of a family life – Lindsay comes back to find him.

When the past and the present collide unexpectedly after several years apart, can a twisted broken old romance ever settle into true friendship?