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Seeking Sasha
For fans of The Girl on the Train, Luckiest Girl Alive, and Pieces of Her, Seeking Sasha is a twisty, emotionally charged debut about identity, survival, and the cost of reinventing yourself to outrun the past.
Sasha lives off the grid—new name, new town, same story. Haunted by a traumatic childhood and the mistakes that followed, she scrapes by with odd jobs. The only rule? Never go home. But when she runs into Cole, her childhood best friend turned cop, the persona she’s carefully crafted begins to unravel.
As Sasha and Cole rekindle their friendship, Sasha spirals—fleeing from the one person who might actually see her. What follows is a razor-edged journey across city streets, vineyards, and forest cabins, as Sasha’s fractured identities collapse under the weight of who she really is. Seeking Sasha is a poignant, suspenseful portrait of a woman on the run—from her past, from the truth, and from herself.
Sasha lives off the grid—new name, new town, same story. Haunted by a traumatic childhood and the mistakes that followed, she scrapes by with odd jobs. The only rule? Never go home. But when she runs into Cole, her childhood best friend turned cop, the persona she’s carefully crafted begins to unravel.
As Sasha and Cole rekindle their friendship, Sasha spirals—fleeing from the one person who might actually see her. What follows is a razor-edged journey across city streets, vineyards, and forest cabins, as Sasha’s fractured identities collapse under the weight of who she really is. Seeking Sasha is a poignant, suspenseful portrait of a woman on the run—from her past, from the truth, and from herself.
353 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 10, 2026
About the author
Laura Frost
1 book13 followersLaura Frost is the author of the multiple award-winning psychological suspense novel, Seeking Sasha. A wildlife biologist by training, Laura draws inspiration from both the natural world and the complexities of human behavior, crafting stories that explore identity, resilience, and the secrets people carry. Her short fiction has appeared in journals and collections, and she was awarded third place in Polar Expressions' national writing contest. An Industry Judge with Writing Battle and a frequent short-story critic for literary journals, Laura lives in northern Ontario where she balances writing, family adventures, and just enough baking to offset the darkness of her fiction.
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February 10, 2026
Seeking Sasha by Laura Frost is a deeply psychological and absorbing novel that explores what it means to run from oneself. At its core is a protagonist whose instinct is disappearance — changing names, identities, and directions whenever life becomes too real or too demanding.
As a reader, you’re constantly on edge, turning pages with the expectation that she will flee again, just when stability seems possible. There’s a quiet frustration woven into that tension — a wish for her to stop running, to accept ordinary life and its calm routines. Yet her naïveté and fear feel painfully believable, which makes the emotional pull even stronger.
Laura Frost clearly did substantial psychological work here. The novel challenges the reader as much as it follows the character, asking how long someone can escape before their own choices place them in real danger. Compelling, unsettling, and impossible to put down — I started it and finished it within twelve hours. Author had no mercy :D
As a reader, you’re constantly on edge, turning pages with the expectation that she will flee again, just when stability seems possible. There’s a quiet frustration woven into that tension — a wish for her to stop running, to accept ordinary life and its calm routines. Yet her naïveté and fear feel painfully believable, which makes the emotional pull even stronger.
Laura Frost clearly did substantial psychological work here. The novel challenges the reader as much as it follows the character, asking how long someone can escape before their own choices place them in real danger. Compelling, unsettling, and impossible to put down — I started it and finished it within twelve hours. Author had no mercy :D
February 12, 2026
'Seeking Sasha' is a classic page-turner that readers have been needing, even if they weren’t consciously aware of it.
Laura Frost effortlessly makes her main character’s fears and worries completely relatable, allowing readers to fully empathize with her decisions and anxieties. The book’s well-crafted narrative perfectly prompts readers to contemplate the limits of human endurance and the problematic nature of their choices.
'Seeking Sasha' is a must-read for anyone who enjoys gripping, suspenseful, and utterly addictive reads. Prepare to be on the edge of your seat throughout this literary journey!
Laura Frost effortlessly makes her main character’s fears and worries completely relatable, allowing readers to fully empathize with her decisions and anxieties. The book’s well-crafted narrative perfectly prompts readers to contemplate the limits of human endurance and the problematic nature of their choices.
'Seeking Sasha' is a must-read for anyone who enjoys gripping, suspenseful, and utterly addictive reads. Prepare to be on the edge of your seat throughout this literary journey!
June 2, 2026
Seeking Sasha by Laura Frost is fun and suspenseful. The messy li(f)e that is Sasha Cooper kept me cruising through this book look looking for answers. Frost did a wonderful job building her characters—they were distinct and had strong personalities. The book is very well-written. I specifically appreciated her use of similes and found a lot of lines that made me smile and some that made me laugh. While this is a suspense story, it was also a bit heavy on the "love story" vibe for me—which I wasn't expecting—but I really enjoyed it nonetheless. The final act was really good and well-thought-out. Sasha Cooper, a mess and a mystery.
January 4, 2026
Okayyy! Yearning on top of yearning. Identity crisis and the longing to just feel at home😭.
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March 28, 2026
Seeking Sasha is the story of Sasha, who because of a difficult childhood, believes she is worthless so when things get tough she moves to a different town and assumes a new identity. Cole was a childhood friend who stuck by Sasha during her difficult childhood and have a chance meeting at a party. I don't want to say to much as I don't want to give away anything because you understand the story as you read and it capitvates you.
The author, Laura Frost, is Canadian and this is her debut novel. She has a gift in her writing. The characters are well developed and the story grabs you on page 1 and doesn't let go until the end.
I hope Laura has another book in the works because this reader can't wait.
The author, Laura Frost, is Canadian and this is her debut novel. She has a gift in her writing. The characters are well developed and the story grabs you on page 1 and doesn't let go until the end.
I hope Laura has another book in the works because this reader can't wait.
April 8, 2026
Seeking Sasha opens with a woman running from danger and from her own name, then widens into the story of Sasha Cooper, who has spent years surviving by splintering herself into aliases while trying to stay one step ahead of a violent past. When she is unexpectedly recognized in Lashburn by Cole, the boy who once loved her, the novel turns into both a suspense story and a study of psychic fracture: Sasha isn’t merely hiding from someone else, but from the self she no longer trusts to keep her alive. Laura Frost builds the book around reinvention, fear, memory, and the exhausting labor of endurance, and the result is a novel with a thriller engine and a bruised emotional core.
I was pulled in by the book’s understanding of survival as something messy rather than noble. I admired the way the author lets Sasha’s shifting personas feel tactical, humiliating, ingenious, and unsustainable all at once. The novel does not prettify trauma; it shows how a mind under siege becomes improvisational, how ordinary logistics, cashing a check, renting a room, taking a bus, answering to a name, can become almost unbearably charged. I also found the repetition of Sasha’s inner commands and evasions effective rather than overdetermined; they create a pressure-cooker rhythm that makes even mundane scenes feel electrically unsafe. There were moments when I wanted secondary characters to sharpen a bit faster on the page, but Sasha herself is drawn with such raw, flinching conviction that she keeps pulling the whole book forward.
I was especially taken by the tension between the novel’s romantic thread and its suspense architecture. Cole could have been written as a simple refuge, but Frost makes his presence more complicated than that: comforting, invasive, hopeful, and dangerous to the fragile ecosystem Sasha has built to survive. That ambivalence gives the book its sting. I kept reading not just to find out what would happen, but to see whether a person who has become a patchwork of aliases could bear the weight of stability, tenderness, and recognition. The later movement toward a new life doesn’t feel neat to me, it feels provisional, earned in increments, still haunted by the habits of flight, which is exactly why it works. The ending carries a wary brightness instead of a false halo.
I’d recommend Seeking Sasha to readers of psychological suspense, women’s fiction, trauma fiction, romantic suspense, and identity-driven thrillers, especially those who like character-first stories where danger is both external and interior. It will likely appeal to people who read Lisa Jewell or who were drawn to the emotional volatility and hidden-life mechanics of The Last Thing He Told Me. This novel is less glossy than many mainstream thrillers and more tender in its wreckage. Seeking Sasha is a fugitive-heart thriller that understands survival is not a clean escape, but a long, trembling argument with your own name.
I was pulled in by the book’s understanding of survival as something messy rather than noble. I admired the way the author lets Sasha’s shifting personas feel tactical, humiliating, ingenious, and unsustainable all at once. The novel does not prettify trauma; it shows how a mind under siege becomes improvisational, how ordinary logistics, cashing a check, renting a room, taking a bus, answering to a name, can become almost unbearably charged. I also found the repetition of Sasha’s inner commands and evasions effective rather than overdetermined; they create a pressure-cooker rhythm that makes even mundane scenes feel electrically unsafe. There were moments when I wanted secondary characters to sharpen a bit faster on the page, but Sasha herself is drawn with such raw, flinching conviction that she keeps pulling the whole book forward.
I was especially taken by the tension between the novel’s romantic thread and its suspense architecture. Cole could have been written as a simple refuge, but Frost makes his presence more complicated than that: comforting, invasive, hopeful, and dangerous to the fragile ecosystem Sasha has built to survive. That ambivalence gives the book its sting. I kept reading not just to find out what would happen, but to see whether a person who has become a patchwork of aliases could bear the weight of stability, tenderness, and recognition. The later movement toward a new life doesn’t feel neat to me, it feels provisional, earned in increments, still haunted by the habits of flight, which is exactly why it works. The ending carries a wary brightness instead of a false halo.
I’d recommend Seeking Sasha to readers of psychological suspense, women’s fiction, trauma fiction, romantic suspense, and identity-driven thrillers, especially those who like character-first stories where danger is both external and interior. It will likely appeal to people who read Lisa Jewell or who were drawn to the emotional volatility and hidden-life mechanics of The Last Thing He Told Me. This novel is less glossy than many mainstream thrillers and more tender in its wreckage. Seeking Sasha is a fugitive-heart thriller that understands survival is not a clean escape, but a long, trembling argument with your own name.
Review of advance copy
Author Laura Frost draws readers in through her deliberate imagery. By introducing us to Sasha in the same breath as a piece of garbage, gum wrapper, or slushie cup, these discarded objects subconsciously lead us to picturing Sasha synonymously with cast off objects. A feeling we become familiar with each time Sasha slips back onto the page. As Magda fades and Sasha emerges Frost expertly ties her inner feelings to the portrayal we witness firsthand on the page.
Flitting around a past, the Sasha of then and the hardened woman of now seem worlds apart. Tethered by fleeting memories, the thread begins to unravel as Sasha comes into focus.
Penning a tale that forces readers to reflect, “Seeking Sasha” captures the world of social media, the importance of image, and the necessity to present the best version of ourselves. Its these desires within us all that make it so easy to understand Sasha’s vulnerabilities. From childhood to now, her life hasn’t been easy. Recreating oneself to garner the false confidence necessary to carry on is ever alluring, even for the most secure individuals. And yet, Sasha’s life is anything but secure.
Some days success may look like eating a meal, other days success may be getting off the couch, but there’s success in it nonetheless. “Seeking Sasha” forces readers to reflect on our circumstances, our judgements, and all that we have to be grateful for. A fascinating story of Sasha, Jane, Hayley, Magda, and more.
“Seeking Sasha” portrays the characters we become in our pursuit of happiness and the evolution of ourselves, and yet it is so much more. Empowering, Frost’s novel is a heart wrenching tale of one woman and one cop, the compiling of lies, escape from ourselves, and the person at our core, one we can’t seem to shake, no matter how hard we try.
A thrilling suspense, “Seeking Sasha” blurs the lines between reality and the façade we hide behind. Glimpsing the personas that conceal the real vulnerabilities lurking below, Frost crafts a trippy, psychological romantic suspense.
Sasha only knows how to run. In a world that requires poise, difficult conversations, and so much more, Sasha runs. Relying on Magda and Jane, Hayley and Whitney, Sasha runs, “Seeking Sasha” is her story.
Flitting around a past, the Sasha of then and the hardened woman of now seem worlds apart. Tethered by fleeting memories, the thread begins to unravel as Sasha comes into focus.
Penning a tale that forces readers to reflect, “Seeking Sasha” captures the world of social media, the importance of image, and the necessity to present the best version of ourselves. Its these desires within us all that make it so easy to understand Sasha’s vulnerabilities. From childhood to now, her life hasn’t been easy. Recreating oneself to garner the false confidence necessary to carry on is ever alluring, even for the most secure individuals. And yet, Sasha’s life is anything but secure.
Some days success may look like eating a meal, other days success may be getting off the couch, but there’s success in it nonetheless. “Seeking Sasha” forces readers to reflect on our circumstances, our judgements, and all that we have to be grateful for. A fascinating story of Sasha, Jane, Hayley, Magda, and more.
“Seeking Sasha” portrays the characters we become in our pursuit of happiness and the evolution of ourselves, and yet it is so much more. Empowering, Frost’s novel is a heart wrenching tale of one woman and one cop, the compiling of lies, escape from ourselves, and the person at our core, one we can’t seem to shake, no matter how hard we try.
A thrilling suspense, “Seeking Sasha” blurs the lines between reality and the façade we hide behind. Glimpsing the personas that conceal the real vulnerabilities lurking below, Frost crafts a trippy, psychological romantic suspense.
Sasha only knows how to run. In a world that requires poise, difficult conversations, and so much more, Sasha runs. Relying on Magda and Jane, Hayley and Whitney, Sasha runs, “Seeking Sasha” is her story.
March 24, 2026
I can see why some readers might enjoy this book, but it just didn’t quite work for me. The concept had potential, but I found the execution confusing at times. The story felt messy, with so many lies and twists that it became more frustrating than engaging.
Cole, in particular, didn’t sit well with me. His possessiveness and the way he repeatedly referred to her as “my Sasha” really grated on me and made their dynamic uncomfortable to read.
As for Sasha, her character was difficult to connect with. While I did feel a level of sympathy for her, especially considering her background and the lack of support she clearly needed, her situation was more sad than compelling. It really highlighted how much she needed proper help and intervention.
Overall, while I can appreciate what the author was trying to do, this one just wasn’t for me.
Cole, in particular, didn’t sit well with me. His possessiveness and the way he repeatedly referred to her as “my Sasha” really grated on me and made their dynamic uncomfortable to read.
As for Sasha, her character was difficult to connect with. While I did feel a level of sympathy for her, especially considering her background and the lack of support she clearly needed, her situation was more sad than compelling. It really highlighted how much she needed proper help and intervention.
Overall, while I can appreciate what the author was trying to do, this one just wasn’t for me.
September 7, 2025
I am counting down the days until Seeking Sasha by Laura Frost finally hits the shelves in February 2026. Everything about this debut promises the kind of gripping, emotional suspense I crave. The premise of a woman living under new names and false starts, haunted by her past yet forced to confront it when she meets someone who truly knows her, sounds utterly addictive. I can already feel the tension of Sasha’s unraveling and the heartbreak of her struggle for identity and survival. The mix of psychological depth, emotional intensity, and edge-of-your-seat pacing will make this impossible to put down. My desperation to read it grows every day—I need this book in my hands the moment it’s released.
February 12, 2026
Grand psychological suspense novel by Laura Frost, Seeking Sasha.
Sasha grew up in a troubled home and never felt she was good enough. So in order to handle the world she would make up different personalities and names, getting a shot of dopamine when these characters would fit the life. Her old friend and neighbour Cole re-enters her life one fateful night. It has stirred up emotions in both of them which creates turmoil in their lives.
Great read, could not put it down.
Sasha grew up in a troubled home and never felt she was good enough. So in order to handle the world she would make up different personalities and names, getting a shot of dopamine when these characters would fit the life. Her old friend and neighbour Cole re-enters her life one fateful night. It has stirred up emotions in both of them which creates turmoil in their lives.
Great read, could not put it down.
March 1, 2026
Hugely thought-provoking and gripping. An absorbing story with intricate details. I thoroughly enjoyed this and needed to keep turning the pages to find out what would happen next. A clever twist at the end.
April 22, 2026
Some of the dialogue back and forth lost me a few times and felt excessive but it wasn't enough to put me off the literary hike this author took me on. I look forward to her next book.
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