Copyright © 2013 by Colette Ballard

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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First Edition: November 2013.

Colette Ballard
Running on Empty: a novel / by Colette Ballard – 1st ed.
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Summary:
A seventeen-year-old girl is brutally attacked by her controlling boyfriend. She accidentally kills him in self-defense and, with the help of her closest friends, eludes police until she can find evidence to clear her name and the time to face the boy who has stood by her for years and who she has loved for as long as she can remember.

The authors acknowledge the copyrighted or trademarked status and trademark owners of the following word marks mentioned in this fiction:

Bambie, Barbie, Biography Channel, Brillo, Camaro (Chevrolet Camaro), Chap Stick, Cheerios, Chucks (Chuck Taylor), Cocoa Puffs, Coke (Coca-Cola), Cuervo, Dallas Cowboys, Dollar General, Dukes of Hazard, Elijah Craig, Facebook, Fashion Fairy Barbie, Flintstones, French’s, Girl Scout cookies, Google, Hallmark, Incredible Hulk, Irish Spring, Kryptonite, Lysol, Maker’s Mark, Mane n’ Tail conditioner, Marlboro Lights, Mustang, Napoleon Dynamite, Old Milwaukee’s Best, Polaroid, Pumbaa/Lion King, Ralph Lauren, Red Bull, Roadrunner, Robin Hood, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Scooby-Doo, Sherlock, Silverado (Chevrolet Silverado), Speed Racer, Solo cup, Spam, Spider-man, Sprite, Stetson, Styrofoam, Twizzlers, UNLV Runnin’ Rebels,

Very Old Barton, Wheel of Fortune, Wile E. Coyote

Cover design by Marie Romero
Interior layout by Marie Romero

ISBN 978-1-939392-80-0 (paperback)
ISBN 978-1-939392-81-7 (e-book)

Printed in the United States of America