Review: The Runaway - Book #1 The Barrett Boys - November 2020 Michael Barrett had a family and then in a heartbeat, it was ripped away from him, years later he tried to pickpocket a woman and it turned out to be someone dangerous - the sister of a Mob Boss. Michael changed his surname to Adams and became his right-hand man. Now years later, Michael has had enough of the danger, the killing, and never knowing whether this will be his last day on earth. On a planned whim, he decides today is the day to leave and runs off with a bag of his boss's money. During the escape, he is shot but finds himself in a small diner in the middle of nowhere. At the Diner, he meets Annie - the diner was her grandfather's and then her mothers and now with both of them gone - it went to her evil stepfather. He treats Annie like Cinderella and she has been planning to save up and escape with her younger half-brother Jackson when she meets Michael. There is something about him, that draws her to him ...