Travis by Tracie Podger
I was lucky enough to receive an ARC copy of this book by the author. Synopsis: "Travis Curran spent his childhood surrounded by physical abuse, until he could take no more… His father has a drinking problem - he liked to take that problem out on his family. His brother has a drinking problem - he liked to take that problem out on Travis. At the age of eleven, Travis was forced to run, forced to leave his sister, the only mother he ever knew and flee to Washington, DC, with a man he doesn’t know. It should have been simple; his sister was to follow a week later - But she never arrived. Alone and homeless, Travis survived. He survived with the help of a boy who became his best friend, his brother in all but blood. He survived with the help of the family. Today he lives a life of secrets, a life of wealth but also of crime. He enjoys this life - until the moment his past catches up with him. This is the story of ...