Mona

Mona, at sixteen, is savagely beaten and raped; Amos, her classmate and impassioned friend, rescues her but suffers a near fatal exposure pursuing her rapist. Mona recovers and marries a low-life who gives her children and poverty. Amos and his cousin Tom become teenage lovers, marry sisters, and take quadripartite vows that produce a son they share. Mona inherits critical evidence that destroys her rapist, and becomes wealthy and a force in the lives of those around her. She finds her long lost Uncle Spike and brings him home. He and the quad’s son become lovers despite their age difference.
Mona is a story about patience, perseverance, and payback. Her journey out of poverty and loneliness to wealth and love challenges her innate goodness and generosity, bring her to the big question of whether she marries Amos, becomes his lover, or stands alone.