The Summer I Left

By Sage Monroe

The Summer I Left is a raw, emotional, and fiercely honest debut novel from Sage Monroe-a memoir-style story of survival, heartbreak, healing, and the digital lifeline that changed everything.

Kyla thought love was supposed to hurt.
Married young to her high school sweetheart, she slowly faded behind the mask of a picture-perfect life-until a slap, a headset, and a stranger's voice cracked her world wide open.

What begins as late-night gaming becomes something more-a safe place. A friendship. A connection deeper than anything she's ever known. As her real life crumbles, her virtual one becomes her escape... and her salvation.

But healing doesn't come easy. Leaving isn't simple. And falling in love while your life is still in pieces? That's terrifying.

Told in bold, unfiltered prose with the heart of a survivor and the bite of a gamer girl with nothing left to lose, The Summer I Left is not just a love story.
It's a fight song.
It's what happens when a woman stops surviving... and starts choosing herself

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FK1GGTL5
• ISBN13: 9798293353910
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"