REBECCA'S REVIEW:
"Some stories are lost to time. Some are rewritten. And some - broken, imperfect, and true - continue to echo, even in minds that have forgotten the details."
This is a story like none other; elegant as a poem and crafty as an imposter, sneaking and waltzing from page to page like a memory that cannot decide whether or not to become a nightmare or a dream come true. Grief mingles with joy, broken vessels become parables, hidden paintings tell sad stories, and the forgetting, always the forgetting.
Remembering . . . regretting . . . restoring . . . remaining . . . mingling . . .mixing . . defining . . . love.
When Merryn Dunn loses all remnants of her past, she is locked into a world where anyone and everyone can have her best or worst interests in mind. Upon saving the life of a young child, she inherits a substantial sum of money and the guardianship of the boy whose life she saved. Her good fortune earns the scorn of the woman who was born into that wealth and in order to protect what is hers, Merryn agrees to a marriage of convenience, after all her husband is a handsome, impetuous man whom she has come to adore.
Except that the memory of another striking profile flashes in and out of her subconscious . . . is it possible that she belongs to another? Why can she not remember the life that she has forgotten?
This book is as much of a wild ride as it is a slow drift, meaning that it is so very much a love story . . . for "love stands in the gap between . . . "
*I purchased a copy and was under no obligation to provide a positive review.
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BackCover Blurb:
He promised to help her reclaim the memories she lost—no matter what they found.
Until she remembered another man.
Cornwall, 1913
For three years, Merryn has lived without a past—no family, no history, no home that's truly hers.
When
the threat of being locked away for her own “protection” looms, she
takes a desperate chance on AJ Winthrop—a warmhearted, whimsical
stranger who offers a hasty marriage of convenience and a promise: he
will take her back to Cornwall and help her uncover the truth about who
she once was.
But along the wild Cornish coast, the memories that begin to surface are not the ones she expects.
Another man.
Another wedding.
A life that may already be hers.
When
a hidden painting reveals Merryn’s own face staring back from another
life, the fragile life she’s begun to build with AJ begins to unravel.
Because the truth waiting in her past could destroy the love she’s only
just found.
Cornwall, 1947
Haunted by the war and
estranged from the wife he still loves, William Crawford is determined
to save their family home for her—even if it means selling the
mysterious portrait of Merryn Dunn tucked away in his cottage. But the
secrets hidden within the painting threaten to overturn everything he
believes…or lead him toward a redemption he never expected.
Decades
apart, two lives are bound by a single portrait—and the truth it
refuses to keep hidden. This sweeping dual-timeline historical mystery
weaves together lost memories, buried truths, and a love story that
refuses to fade.
Perfect for fans of Mimi Matthews, Susanna Kearsley, and Kate Morton.
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