eBook Review: "Heroin(e)"

I would like to take the time to introduce my eBooks. :) I will start off with my first one:

The first eBook I ever wrote was Heroin(e), and I began writing it in October 2010. Here is the synopsis:

Twenty-two-year-old Ella Chapman is ready to spend a carefree summer with her best friend in Santa Monica, CA.

Sweet, innocent, and adorably quirky, Ella quickly finds herself entranced by her best friend's strikingly gorgeous older brother—Preston Siler. Thirty-three years old and recently divorced, Preston is trying to find himself again as he travels down a bitter path, consistently being chased by his own demons.
Preston and Ella are complete opposites, but a defining friendship develops as the summer unfolds, revealing painfully dark secrets and creating an emotional bond between two people at completely different stages in life.

Innocence and guilt come together to unexpectedly heal old wounds and prove that, in order to move forward in life, we must let go of the past.

The story takes on two different perspectives: one from Ella, the bright-eyed sweetheart with a quirky sense of style, and Preston, the charismatic heartthrob in his early thirties, trying to find his way through the bitterness and guilt he experiences after a recent divorce.

Being in two different stages in life, it seems hard to imagine the two have anything in common. Ella has an innocent charm about her and looks at life with unadulterated eyes. She is the quintessential good girl, coming from a sheltered upbringing.

Preston, on the other hand, is polar opposite. He's managed to skate through life with his good looks and charm, married his high school sweetheart, Jennifer, and lived in Malibu during his marriage to her. However, they end up getting a divorce after unmanageable complications, leaving Preston in a daze of confusion about where he stands in his life at that point. 

The main premise of Heroin(e) is to show how our differences can sometimes mend together and create something unexpected. Preston and Ella are completely different people, but somehow they balance each other. Ella's purity soothes the emotional agony Preston goes through. The secrets he hesitantly shares with Ella make her realize that life can be much darker than she ever imagined. 

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