The Real Life of Grey Monroe - Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2025 MINNESOTA AUTHOR PROJECT FOR BEST INDIE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Pretty Little Liars meets The Truman Show in this story about the most famous girl in the world-who has no idea she's a star.

Grey Monroe has spent her entire life as the unwitting star of the world's favorite reality TV show. The show's producers cram as much tragedy into her life as they can each season, ramping up the drama for fans. But to Grey, it's all real: her brother's disappearance, her best friend's coma, even her secret boyfriend's murder.

When Grey starts receiving texts from her dead boyfriend LeMarc's phone, at first she thinks it's some sort of cruel prank. But the sender of the texts seems to know what happened the night LeMarc died, a night Grey can't remember-and that person is convinced Grey is the killer. Desperate for answers, Grey enlists the gorgeous new guy at school and her ex-best friend to chase down the culprit and find the truth. However, a nighttime visit from the boy she once loved-a boy whose blood might stain her own hands-will throw everything she knows into question.

With no way of telling reality from fiction, Grey is torn between two paths: face the mystery villain casting shadows on her familiar world, or follow the ghost of the boy she loves into the darkness.