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Literary Las Vegas: Renee Jean

Local author Renee Jean’s debut novel “Never Give Up” shares the story of Akayklia “Kaylie” Reynolds, a young woman who had it all: a loving fiance, a passion for dance and a star solo in a big summer recital.

A night of celebration with her fiance turns tragic when a gunman hijacks her cab and takes her on a ride that almost ends her life.

With the gunman still on the loose, Kaylie wakes in the hospital, and her first question is, “How long until I can get out of here and get back to my rehearsals?”

Her doctor hesitates before telling her she’s going to be there awhile, and that even after she returns home, her life may never be the same. “If he is right and dancing is over, then it is simple, my life is over, she thought.”

Excerpt:

Kaylie made one last ditch effort to scream or get up, but her body had given up. She could see the blood running across her eye and could feel it all over. Shadows ran all around her and someone was talking to her, but it was all just white noise. Goodbye solo she would never perform. Goodbye perfect night that never got the chance to end in Garrett’s arms. Garrett, oh god. Goodbye love of her life, she had loved him and with the thought of never seeing him again her body gave up a single tear. It escaped her eye and coursed through the blood and dirt on her cheek making a single clean streak as the blackness took over.

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