"This novel is gritty and gut-wrenching," --Teresa Mummert, New York Times Bestseller
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"This novel was gritty and gut - wrenching. The realistic portayal of mental illness both captivated and engulfed me. I was craving the happily ever after both character's deserved." -- Teresa Mummert, NYT and USA Today Best Selling Author.
Mary Elizabeth was born and raised in Southern California. She is a wife, mother of four beautiful children, and dog tamer to one enthusiastic Pit Bull and a prissy Chihuahua. She's a hairstylist by day but contemporary fiction, new adult author by night.
Mary can often be found finger twirling her hair and chewing on a stick of licorice while writing and rewriting a sentence over and over until it's perfect. She discovered her talent for tale-telling accidentally, but literature is in her chokehold. And she's not letting go until every story is told.
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