Once Upon a Day

The cover on this one is misleading, because this is one effed up book. Dorothea is a sheltered young woman — literally, her father kept her and her brother Jimmy in a “sanctuary” away from the rest of the world in order to “protect” them after their mother's tragic death. But when Jimmy runs away to Missouri and their father falls ill, Dorothea makes it her goal to find Jimmy and bring him back home. Upon arriving at the bus station, Dorothea meets Stephen, a doctor-turned-cab driver who is attempting to get over the loss of his wife and daughter. Their friendship helps her to get used to the strange world she had never experienced, and helps to uncover the secrets that her father would have done anything to keep his children from finding out.