Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Recovering from Tragedy and Finding Love


Beck Holiday is a tough NYPD cop. She’s following in her father’s footsteps and carrying a burden of guilt. He died in the 911 disaster and since then she has complete amnesia about him. She also has a secret that will soon become obvious. When her life seems at the lowest, she receives a surprise inheritance. Everleigh Callahan, a woman she has no memory of meeting, has willed her a house in Florida.

In Florida, she meets Bruno, a neighbor with his own problems trying to start his sports agency. When they reconnect, she begins to remember some of their times as children. She’s not sure she wants to build a life in Florida although she’s attracted to him.

Everleigh Callahan had issues of her own. As a happy newly-wed, she saw her life collapse when her husband and his family were killed in a tornado. When she met Don Callahan, she wanted to change and move past her grief, but she had a secret that she wasn’t sure she could share.

The stories of these two women are intertwined and play out with the Memory House in the background. Both long to move past their self-imposed limitations, but find it difficult to do so. Usually, I find stories that trace two lives in different time periods difficult. One character is always the favorite. That wasn’t the case this time. Both women worked hard to make their lives better. I enjoyed both equally.

The story is told from multiple points of view, Beck, Bruno, Everleigh, and Don, but it works well. We get to know all four people and understand the part each plays
in the story. If you enjoy romantic stories of love and growth, this is a great book.

I received this book from BookLook Bloggers for this review.


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