The prequel to the New York Times bestselling author’s provocative series featuring best friends getting a crash course in love, family, and betrayal.
They couldn’t be less alike—except for their restless spirits. Lola came from a loving home, even though it included her father’s live-in mistress. And Joan is a secret wild child chafing under her mother’s watchful eye. So when Lola’s quiet world shatters and her hopes seem out of reach for good, Joan has the perfect consolation in mind.
But the besties will soon discover that boyfriends, money, and good times are no real escape from their families’ ever-scandalous drama. Soon, with demanding stepparents, conniving relatives, and simmering secrets closing in, they’ll have to watch each other’s backs and use their quick wits to save their lifelong dreams . . .
Praise for Mary Monroe
“Mary Monroe is an exceptional writer and phenomenal storyteller!”—Kimberla Lawson Roby,
New York Times bestselling author of
Here and Now
“Impossible to put down.”—Susan Holloway Scott, national bestselling author of
The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr
“Readers who enjoy watching characters’ fortunes rise and fall will relish this tumultuous family.” —
Booklist on
Family of Lies
“Once again, Monroe displays her gift as a marvel with this sensational novel.”
—RT Book Reviews on
Lost Daughters
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Mary Monroe is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five novels and six novellas. She is a three-time AALBC bestseller and winner of the AAMBC Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award, the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award, and the J. California Cooper Memorial Award. The daughter of Alabama sharecroppers, she taught herself how to write before going on to become the first and only member of her family to finish high school. She lives in Oakland, California, and loves to hear from her readers via e-mail at [email protected]. Visit Mary’s website at Mary Monroe.org.