Author: | L. A. Nichols | ISBN: | 9781453657102 |
Publisher: | L. A. Nichols | Publication: | August 21, 2010 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
Author: | L. A. Nichols |
ISBN: | 9781453657102 |
Publisher: | L. A. Nichols |
Publication: | August 21, 2010 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
Language: | English |
She knew this was a bad idea! It was a rash decision on her part to return after so many years. Life has changed her, hardened her. Her years away have taught her that not everyone is entitled to happy endings... And yet, here she is standing on the edge of a crumbling neighborhood hoping to find the only person who ever showed her love.
The neighborhood has changed too. It too has hardened and is teeming with feral dogs and controlled by a dangerous sub-culture. This place she used to call home is just as dejected, lost, and abandoned as she is.
Madison is an unlikely heroine in this sensitive portrayal of a young woman’s determination to find her place in life. Her tenacity and courage is stretched to its limits as she attempts to carve a life for herself from a harsh and dangerous landscape. She manufactures lies to protect her secret life and desperately tries to blend in. She convinces herself she is happy until an enigmatic young man enters her life and slowly draws her out of her imaginary world and into his. Now the world she created begins toppling in on her threatening her one chance at true happiness.
She knew this was a bad idea! It was a rash decision on her part to return after so many years. Life has changed her, hardened her. Her years away have taught her that not everyone is entitled to happy endings... And yet, here she is standing on the edge of a crumbling neighborhood hoping to find the only person who ever showed her love.
The neighborhood has changed too. It too has hardened and is teeming with feral dogs and controlled by a dangerous sub-culture. This place she used to call home is just as dejected, lost, and abandoned as she is.
Madison is an unlikely heroine in this sensitive portrayal of a young woman’s determination to find her place in life. Her tenacity and courage is stretched to its limits as she attempts to carve a life for herself from a harsh and dangerous landscape. She manufactures lies to protect her secret life and desperately tries to blend in. She convinces herself she is happy until an enigmatic young man enters her life and slowly draws her out of her imaginary world and into his. Now the world she created begins toppling in on her threatening her one chance at true happiness.