Everything We Left Behind: A Novel
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Synopsis
An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.
From the bestselling author of Everything We Keep comes the highly anticipated sequel. Told from one man's two perspectives, Everything We Left Behind effortlessly blends suspense, mystery, and romance in an exploration of loss, resilience, and the compelling need to protect the ones we love at all cost.
Two months before his wedding, financial executive James Donato chased his trade-laundering brother Phil to Mexico, only to be lost at sea and presumed dead. Six and a half years later, he emerges from a dissociative fugue state to find he's been living in Oaxaca as artist Carlos Dominguez, widower and father of two sons, with his sister-in-law Natalya Hayes, a retired professional surfer, helping to keep his life afloat. But his fiancée, Aimee Tierney, the love of his life, has moved on. She's married and has a child of her own.
Devastated, James and his sons return to California. But Phil is scheduled for release from prison, and he's determined to find James, who witnessed something in Mexico that could land Phil back in confinement. Under mounting family pressure, James flees with his sons to Kauai, seeking refuge with Natalya. As James begins to unravel the mystery of his fractured identity, danger is never far behind, and Natalya may be the only person he can trust.
Release date: July 4, 2017
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Print pages: 350
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I was immediately captivated by the story about James Donato who has a gap in memory when he wakes from a fugue state 6 years later. He can only remember his life as James and his fiancé Aimee whom he loves with all his heart and he has to get back to her in California. He has no memory of being Carlos for 6 years who lives in Mexico and fell in love with his deceased wife Raquel's sister Natalya. He has no memory of being a loving...
I was immediately captivated by the story about James Donato who has a gap in memory when he wakes from a fugue state 6 years later. He can only remember his life as James and his fiancé Aimee whom he loves with all his heart and he has to get back to her in California. He has no memory of being Carlos for 6 years who lives in Mexico and fell in love with his deceased wife Raquel's sister Natalya. He has no memory of being a loving father to his children Julian and Marc.
Carlos was an excellent artist but mostly a worried father and wrote detailed journals daily after finding out about his true identity. He wrote about everything, his confusion, his fears and especially how much he loved his children and Natalya. He wrote about why he didn't trust the Donato family or James when it came down to it. He begged Natalya to adopt his sons. She refused unless as a last resort. He wrote about his neighbor Senora Carla, another friend he trusted and spent a lot of time with. She was also an excellent artist and his children loved spending time with her.
Unravel the history of the last 6 years and feel the uncertainty, fierce love, passion and protection for family through the eyes of Carlos. Then travel through the past and future with James as he pieces together his life and and faces his past and learns what it takes to be a family. Find out about the treachery of brothers and suspense of how far people will go to protect family because this story will keep you on the edge of your seat.
I really enjoyed the characters in this book and have a love/hate relationship with a few. This book is about forgiveness, love, acceptance, strength, family and redemption. "The Everything Series" in this day of digital editions is what I call a hard copy keeper! The Author really knows how to keep the reader guessing and engaged all the way to the epilogue! Looks like Kerry Lonsdale has another best seller! Well Done!!
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