by: Fern Ronay
Genre: Women's Fiction
Release Date: December 3, 2019
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing
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Jada Marlone’s life appears to be perfect on social media. She has a loving husband, a beautiful child, and a successful career. What she doesn’t post about is the disconnect she feels in her marriage, the difficulties of motherhood, and her strained relationship with her mother.
Resigned to never being truly happy, Jada runs into an ex-boyfriend. While trying to decide whether the coincidence is her second chance at happiness, Jada begins having dreams that feature her dead cousin Gina.
With Gina’s help, Jada starts to uncover the real reasons behind her life decisions. As Jada tries to figure out her future, uncontrollable events threaten her resolve. Will she be able to draw from all she learned from Gina, or will she risk making the same mistakes twice?
"My mother used to say 'It's impossible to hate anyone whose story you know.'" - Jennifer Finney Boylan
In Better Believe It, Jada Marlone is married, the mother of a three-year old boy, a lawyer and a rip-roaring bitch. She was the foil to the main character Veronica in my first novel, Better in the Morning. Veronica was vulnerable, wishful and oftentimes held back by fear. Jada worked hard to portray herself as none of those things on the surface but, of course, she was all of those things, and in Better Believe It, we understand why.
What if I told you Jada thinks her sister's taste in everything is corny and unsophisticated, like her sister's personality?
And what if I told you she always felt like an outsider with her mother and sister who seemed to have a special bond?
What if I told you Jada thinks her husband is unfunny, and boring, but tells herself at least he's good looking and successful?
And what if I told you she interpreted early on that the only way she was able to set herself apart from her sister was to achieve and attract external things - an education, a career, a handsome, successful partner?
What if I told you Jada wastes time on social media comparing her life to others and making judgments?
And what if I told you Jada's life is not what she shares on social media and she feels stuck in a loveless marriage?
What if I told you Jada still thinks about her ex-boyfriend?
And what if I told you she never felt lovable?
What if I told you Jada hates line cutters and loud talkers?
And what I told you she doesn’t love herself?
Is she a bitch? Or is she human? Or is she a human going through the process of unbecoming everything she thought she was supposed to be? It is a beautiful though deeply uncomfortable and painful process. In other words, it's a real bitch.
Does Jada change? Does she become the person she's meant to be and not the person her human experience has created? Better believe it. But, it's a wild ride. Hold on, bitches.
And thank you to everyone who has read Better Believe It!
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Fern Ronay has lived in NYC, Chicago, and now sunny Los Angeles with her husband, but she will always consider herself a Jersey girl. She is the author of two novels, Better in the Morning and Better Believe It, and is the host of the podcast Signs from the Other Side, as well as a host at the AfterBuzzTV network.
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