{"id":260022,"date":"2026-07-13T17:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/family-like-this-bethany-monaco-smith\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:24:13","slug":"family-like-this-bethany-monaco-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/family-like-this-bethany-monaco-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Like This &#8211; Bethany Monaco Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"text-align:center;margin:0 auto 1.5em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/041649a43b6b9550.jpg\" alt=\" - Unknown book cover\" style=\"max-width:300px;width:100%;height:auto;box-shadow:0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,.25);border-radius:4px;\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>How are you?\u201d \u201cI\u2019m good. How are you? Another new face tonight?\u201d she smiles brightly. \u201cYes, this is Katie, Miles\u2019s mother.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s good to meet you,\u201d the nurse says. \u201cYou too,\u201d Katie says. \u201cHow has she been today?\u201d The nurse tips her head from side to side. \u201cShe\u2019s been all over the place.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure exactly what you\u2019ll be getting. She\u2019s in her room, but we can have someone bring her out.\u201d \u201cNo, that\u2019s fine. We\u2019ll head down. I have a new blanket and puzzle books for her, plus some pictures to add to her wall.\u201d \u201cSure thing, hon.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know if you need anything.\u201d \u201cWill do.\u201d I pick up the bag of stuff I got her and nod down the hall where her room is. My mom always loved blankets. When I got our stuff out of storage after traveling, I counted forty-seven throw blankets. We ended up donating a bunch of them to a homeless shelter.<\/p>\n<p>We both picked a few favorites to keep. Mom has most of them, but I have three, plus one more in a box in my closet. It\u2019s the one my dad used during chemo, and all these years later, it still smells like him. When I need that comfort, I pull the blanket out and hold it for a little while.<\/p>\n<p>I knock on the door, then walk into the semi-private room my mom is in. This is a newer nursing home, and Mom was on the waitlist here for months. I was grateful when she finally got in, though. The rooms are bigger and nicer than many other nursing homes I toured. The semi-private rooms are actually semi-private instead of having a curtain dividing them. There\u2019s a shared open space at the entrance to the room with hooks for visitor bags and coats.<\/p>\n<p>This is also where the bathroom is. Then it splits off and a curtain closes off each mini room with a wall between them. The other woman in here is as close as my mother has to a friend. I\u2019m not sure they remember each other day-to-day, but they get along fine and enjoy doing things together.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>No part of this book may be reproduced or modified in any manner\u2014including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system\u2014without the prior written permission of the copyright owner, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, etc. are fictitious. Any similarities to actual persons, locations, businesses, or events are coincidental. Any publication\/use of trademarks in this book are not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about this book, visit the author\u2019s website. www.bethanymonacosmith.com Editing by Lacey Braziel of Lacey B Edits OceanofPDF.com About Family Like This Meet the Characters Trigger Warnings Dedication 1. At Least a Turkey Baster 2. Love Gutter 3. Riptide of Emotions 4. Dangerously Gentle 5. One Last Base 6. Sexy Boss 7. Everything Changes 8. Find the Sun 9. Stole My Heart Contents 10.<\/p>\n<p>Not Letting Go 11. Holding Back 12. Just Like You 13. Hairbrush Confessions 14. Never Lasts 15. Magic Fix 16. The Mucky Gray 17. Big Fat Chicken 18. Grace A Note from Bethany Bethany\u2019s Books The Music of Family Like This About the Author Acknowledgements OceanofPDF.com Family Like This is book seven of a ten book series following the lives and love stories of six best friends from late high school to early adulthood in the fictional small town of Ida, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Each book leads directly into the next, even when love stories and character POVs change. Family Like This is the beginning of Miles\u2019s and Amelia\u2019s love story, though it is a direct continuation of book six (which featured some Miles POV). If you haven\u2019t read the first six books, go back to the beginning and jump on the roller coaster in book one, Friends Like This. Family Like This is a swoony, emotional romance featuring surprise pregnancy, an independent and afraid to love heroine, and a loyal and deeply loving hero.<\/p>\n<p>*Please note, since the characters are in their twenties now, the intimate scenes contain stronger language and description than in past books.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This is a short excerpt from the opening of &ldquo;&rdquo; by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. 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