The Girl She Used To Be by David Cristofano

Product Description
When Melody Grace McCartney was six years old, she and her parents witnessed an act of violence so brutal that it changed their lives forever. The federal government lured them into the Witness Protection Program with the promise of safety, and they went gratefully. But the program took Melody's name, her home, her innocence, and, ultimately, her family. She's been May Adams, Karen Smith, Anne Johnson, and countless others--everyone but the one person she longs to be: herself. So when the feds spirit her off to begin yet another new life in another town, she's stunned when a man confronts her and calls her by her real name. Jonathan Bovaro, the mafioso sent to hunt her down, knows her, the real her, and it's a dangerous thrill that Melody can't resist. He's insistent that she's just a pawn in the government's war against the Bovaro family. But can she trust her life and her identity to this vicious stranger whose acts of violence are legendary?

My thoughts:
“The Girl She Used to Be” was one of those books that I read in one sitting; not because it was short (it isn’t), but because it was good. Damned good. David Cristofano’s story about a young woman in the Witness Protection program who changes identities whenever she becomes bored is an interesting one, just like Melody (the main character). She is a lost soul ever since her family witnessed a mob killing. Melody just wants to be herself. But once Jonathan, the son of the mob boss locates her, falls in love with her, she really has to decide what to do. This is a pleasurable story, even if it isn’t a fairy tale.