Something Like Normal by Monica James

Coming May 2014...

SYNOPSIS

* Book #1 in the Something Like Normal Series *

Mia Lee has a secret…

A secret she’s kept hidden since she was eight years old, however, Mia will no longer allow that secret to define her.

An irrevocable decision has left Mia Lee a fugitive and on the run—a circumstance that should leave her weak and scared, yet Mia has never felt so alive.

Under the pseudonym of Paige Cassidy, Mia is ready to live the life she’s never had, and she’s determined not to allow her tainted past dictate her promising future.

Paige is on a Greyhound bus heading from L.A. to South Boston, Virginia, to start a new life. A life that includes finding her mother, who abandoned her at age three. But what she finds, is four people, who will change her life forever.

Yet no one can outrun their past…

Especially one filled with bitter memories, which refuse to remain hidden.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson.

When she is not writing, Monica is busy, running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two. She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt and turbulent stories,hoping to leave an imprint on her readers, and her inspiration comes from every day life. 

Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals. 

She is slightly obsessed with cats, chucks and lip gloss, and secretly wishes she was a ninja on the weekends.

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REVIEW

5 out of 5 stars

Something like Normal by Monica James is a story about a woman who grew up with a drug addicted father. By the time she was 8 years old, she was delivering drugs for her father and his drug dealer. She had a horrific upbringing and never had any normal relationships or new what love was.

When she was 19, her father was going to force her into prostitution to make even more money, but she refused. They got into a fight and she shot her father to save herself and ran away.

She took a bus across the country and ended up in South Boston, Virginia. There she changes her identity and finds a job and a place to stay.

Here with her new start, she makes some friends and falls in love. Unfortunately her past finds her and all hell breaks loose.

At first I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started this book, but after the first couple of chapters I was intrigued. I could not put the book down.

The end of the book totally gutted me. My heart completely broke for this poor girl. This story showed how a girl who grew up not having any love in her life, was taught by total strangers how to love.

This book unfortunately has a cliffhanger which is going to slowly kill me as I have to wait, hopefully not too long, to see how it all ends.

I most definitely recommend this book to everyone!

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