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Like My Mother Before Me

New Adult Paranormal Psychic Suspense

Pitch:

Ghost Whisperer x CoCo

Likely to drift through life getting her way, a spoiled daddy’s girl questions her sanity when she sees ghosts, but when the phantoms affect the real world and one helps save her best friend from an assault, she must accept the help of a familial spirit and her destiny before she’s consumed by her own personal demon.

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👻 A L I Z É 👻

“I just need to get out of this damn house, and away from you. It’s not like I deserve being grounded, anyway.”

Meet ALIZÉ, the protagonist of 👻 LIKE MY MOTHER BEFORE ME 👻 Alizé is a spoiled and self-centered daddy's girl, who loves cutting class to hang out with her friends and smoke weed. That is, until a horrifying encounter leaves her plagued by horrible visions and unwelcome specters. Now, she’s certain she’s going crazy and if she wants her life to return to any semblance of normal, she’ll need to overcome her selfish habits and embrace the truth about her family's past, and herself, or suffer the same fate as her mother.

"Ronnie" Salvas

🖤RONNIE 🖤

“I can’t see a future without you in it.”
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Meet “RONNIE”, the late mother of our protagonist and her brother. Having been two years old when Ronnie died, Alizé has no real memories of her mom other than what she’s been told— and that isn’t much. In 👻LIKE MY MOTHER BEFORE ME👻, Ronnie’s absence is one that Alizé and her brother are used to. “Out of sight, out of mind” as they say, and their dad goes out of his way to ensure she stays out of mind.

🕶EZRA🕶

“Fine. Only ‘cause you called yourself an old lady.”
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Meet EZRA, Alizé’s big brother! He’s two years older and in his last year at Oxnard High. To Alizé, he’s a total dork, but to all her friends, he’s cute and and fun to be around. Ezra spends most of his time in 👻LIKE MY MOTHER BEFORE ME👻 cracking jokes about his little sister or being gaga over his snotty girlfriend. Both make Alizé ’s eyes roll hard. As much as he loves teasing his baby sister, he’s always quick to run to her aid when she needs it and, with her night terrors increasing, she needs it more than ever.

Martín Falcón

🍬 MARTÍN 🍬

“‘Cause you’re sweet like Mazapán.”

Meet MARTÍN, the Casanova of 👻LIKE MY MOTHER BEFORE ME👻! Martín’s had a rough upbringing and he was lucky enough to be taken in by his grandmother. Despite the abuse he’s suffered, his outlook on life is anything but dark. ✨ Do you believe in love at first sight? Because Martín sure does. 😍 The moment he sets his eyes on Alizé, he makes it his mission to win a date with her. Alizé is positive he’s only interested in messing with her and she won’t be falling for this wanna-be cholo’s charm… even if he is nice to look at. 😏

👠 ZORAIDA 👠

“It’s not like they were robbing a bank.”

Meet ZORAIDA, Alizé and Ezra’s godmother. She’s fashionable and feisty👗💥 and also known as Tía Ida. While Alizé and her brother call her “tía,” she’s actually their late mother’s childhood friend. In 👻LIKE MY MOTHER BEFORE ME👻, her visit with the Salvas family is long overdue and stirs up unresolved feelings and secrets Alizé is sure will destroy what’s left of the little family she has. 💔

Estelle Aguasvivas

🍕ESTELLE🍕
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“I can’t believe my mom wouldn’t let me stay over your house.”
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Meet ESTELLE, Alizé’s best friend since the third grade! 🎒They love to skip classes together to smoke weed 💨 or hang out with other friends. Estelle doesn’t see eye to eye with her mom, so she always escapes to Alizé’s house, but Alizé doesn’t mind! Estelle is the sister she never had. 👭🏽 There are no secrets between them because they tell each other everything. Well, there were no secrets… When Alizé starts seeing things she becomes withdrawn and her paranoia blinds her to Estelle’s own suffering. One that take an equally dark turn in 👻LIKE MY MOTHER BEFORE ME👻. If Alizé doesn’t come to terms with what’s going on, she’ll lose her best friend along with her mind. 💔

💼 GABRIEL 💼

“You’re missing assignments for school and you’re asking to go to the movies?”

Meet GABRIEL, Alizé and Ezra’s dad! Many of you might remember him from 🥀LET ME DOWN SLOWLY🥀, except now he’s all grown up! Gabirel is a hardworking single father snd widower. After the death of his wife, Ronnie, he cut ties from most of their families and keeps his kids safe and close.👨‍👧‍👦 Though he’s stern with his children and wants what’s best for them, he has the biggest soft spot for his son and daughter— as any loving parent would! 🥰 He’s a bit of a workaholic, but Gabirel always makes time for Ezra and Alizé. When Zoraida comes to visit in 👻LIKE MY MOTHER BEFORE ME👻, Alizé overhears a conversation about her mother between her dad and godmother— one she isn’t meant to hear. 😰 To make matters worse, Gabriel becomes too busy with “work“ to talk about her possible illness. Will her dad finally pay attention to her long enough to understand? Or will Alizé end up like her mother? 💀

💀VERONICA💀
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“You’re not crazy, but nothing is okay…”
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Meet VERONICA, the ghost of Alizé’s late mother… or something claiming to be Veronica. Or perhaps it’s a hallucination? When Alizé first sees this creature hovering over her father’s sleeping form in 👻LIKE MY MOTHER BEFORE ME👻, she’s sure she’s losing her mind. 😱 Alizé and her family are quick to brush off the incident as a nightmare, except Veronica makes clear that she doesn’t plan on going anywhere. Not until she gets what she wants. As the so-called nightmares and hallucinations increase and affect her life, Alizé must decide whether she’s truly seeing the spirit of her late mom or if she’s mentally unwell just like her mother before her.

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