Off the Strip

By Melanie Harms

What could be worse for a seventeen year old girl than a habitually drunk mother, an absent father, and a dead best friend? Becoming a teenage prostitute, of course.The anguish MISSY CLARKE has suffered would force most teenage girls over the edge. Though, emotionally damaged, she refuses to accept her station in life and leaves the broken pieces of her past behind.Missy quickly learns that living in Las Vegas, penniless and homeless, isn't much better. In order to survive, she moves in with a makeshift family whose offer of acceptance and protection is all she's ever wanted. However, this new life comes with a price.Missy struggles with the decision to become a teenage prostitute, but eventually welcomes the life and the control it allows her. Finally, she feels a part of something, until an underworld rival kidnaps her newly found family. The only way to save them from being murdered is to turn over ten thousand dollars in one week. Can Missy summon the courage to dive into the dark world OFF THE STRIP?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511527323
• ISBN13: 9781511527323
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"