I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars!
I received the ARC of this book and pre-purchased a copy. I have read all of Kerry Lonsdale’s books and I think she is a gifted, wonderful author. This book is another gem to add to her collection.
As I was reading the book, I thought I had the plot of the book figured out (turned out to be not true!). That was okay to me, since I usually am in this position to guess the outcome when I read the types of books that I do (Women’s Fiction, Romance). I was still completed interested in the book and it was definitely a page-turner. When I was not reading, this book was always on my mind. Now after finishing it, this book remains on my mind and I imagine it will be for a long time. I wrote a few notes to myself about half the way in the read to remind me of my feelings. It is odd to look back at them now, after completing the book, I was so wrong!
Ella Skye, a Senior Features Writer with Luxe Avenue magazine, is trying to replace her lost memories after being in a car accident resulting in the loss her unborn child and waking up in the hospital. The oddest thing is that the selective memory lost comes 5 days after the accident. She cannot remember anything about her pregnancy, and other things related to that time. Her journalist skills take over and this is a mystery that she needs to solve. Ella deduces that two people are the link to her memory loss, her husband, Damien and the person she interviewed last summer, Nathan Donovan. Unfortunately, Damien (the founder and CEO of a private global cybersecurity firm) will not be open and talk to her about the missing memories, is being distant, depressed and angry. Nathan is an outdoor adventurist and TV celebrity. He wants Ella to get to know him again, before telling her what happened between them.
The old saying that you do not know what goes on behind closed doors, kept running through my mind while reading the early part of this book. While on the surface, Ella and Damien seem to have a terrific marriage with no financial cares, take care of their bodies and are physically active, enjoy each other’s company, have a terrific sex life and both have professions they are driven to perform, it still seemed things between them were not so perfect. The fact that Damien was not very sympathetic to Ella after her car accident, death of their unborn child and her selective memory loss spoke so much to me about their relationship.
I do not want to say more about the plot; even what I wrote is too much. I think the book should be read because it is fantastic and not knowing too much about the plot is a good thing.
Kerry Lonsdale has created well-developed characters that are so complex. I thought I knew them and then as the book progressed, I find out I did not know them at all! The plot is excellent. I went through so many different emotions as the story unfolded. I was immersed from the start and was pulled deeper and deeper into story as I read. I was blown away by this book and I know I will be rereading it, which is something I rarely do
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The perfect summer read
This one does not mess around. The intrigue is there from moment one, and it does not let go. At all. Twist after twist after twist, and I am here for it. Honestly, it’s a bit steamier than I usually go for, but it totally works for the character, who just kept getting more and more complex as the story went along. And at the end—which is bonkers, BTW—I found myself debating with myself about what I’d do. I’m not so sure I wouldn’t do what Ella did. And I’ll just leave it at that ;)
