Grace a.k.a. Julie has come a long way from Garland,Tennessee. Now living in a shabby rented room in Paris, she works for a less than scrupulous employer. She works in a grubby antique shop, Zanuso and Filles, restoring and mending things like teapots, resetting jewels in bracelets and necklaces. Barely making ends meet.

At night she watches the news from Garland waiting for the release of two prisoners, Riley and his best friend, Alls. They were sent to prison for a break-in at a historical museum in Garland that Grace planned and stole a painting from. She was never implicated. The story about what happens next, has many twists and turns, many surprises and holds your interest as you turn those pages faster and faster to the finale.

"Julie" works with Hannah, a 34 year old Polish gal that treats her like an unwanted little sister but in time Grace begins to tell her about Riley, Alls and the robbery. UNBECOMING is a mix of flashbacks and present day narration. It is the story of Grace and her life traveling back and forth from past to present.

Grace had no family bonds and fell in love with Riley Graham, son of Dr. and Mrs. Graham when she was in the fourth grade. She loved being with his family and she became the daughter Mrs. Graham never had. She secretly married Riley when she was eighteen. Grace seemed too needy, selfish and self- absorbed. Riley was easy-going, a bumbling kind of guy, who lived to paint buildings. When he sold his paintings, he blew his money on a "lemon" of a car, and wanted to do the art heist at the museum to impress Grace.

Rebecca Scherm weaves an intricately twisted tale filled with lies, lies, and more lies, betrayals, and lust. I did not like Grace. Grace was married to one man but in love with Alls, his best friend. Grace is a true chameleon who can change her behavior to please others and can re-invent herself too easily.

UNBECOMING is about so many things; growing up, first love, how to carve out a place for yourself, and how to gain control if you lose it. I liked Alls and the ending was a surprise to me. UNBECOMING was a very different book with characters I found hard to relate to, but the complicated plot was engaging.