Book excerpt: Running away can be a good thing... From the outside, Darcy Donovan's life seems perfect. She's beautiful, intelligent, popular and dating a guy who is every girl's dream. But nothing that seems perfect ever really is. Darcy's confidence is shattered after her "perfect" boyfriend becomes increasingly possessive and hostile. A year abroad is her escape-a chance to put some distance between them and also a chance to leave behind the shaken, insecure girl she has become. Tom Farrell has been waiting in the wings, watching as his friend screws up a relationship with the one girl Tom considers out of his reach. An entire year passes with Tom making changes in his life; changes he hopes will make Darcy see that he's the one worthy of her heart-that he should be the one. Let Me Be the One is the first book in the Let Me series intended for readers 18 and older due to mature content.