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Title: Forgetting
Author: J.L. Brooks
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Cover Model: Michael Gleason
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Cover Designer: Heather McHenry at MHMPhotography
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In a strange twist of fate, a tragic accident robs Stella of all memories past the age of seventeen and she must reconcile the person she has become with the phantom of who she is supposed to be.
Trapped in a limbo of his own, Navy officer Julian Moreau has taken leave and returned to his childhood home in order to care for his dying mother. Growing restless with a life on hold, nothing could prepare him for the impossible. Stella Brady had returned to Mooresville.
Despite a decade of separation and hopeless circumstances, neither is able to deny the irresistible attraction and connection they share. As each layer of the past unravels, they must decide if falling in love could lead to a lifetime of happiness, or one worth forgetting.
“Why are you laughing at me? Do you find this funny?”
He shook his head and brought his lips closer to my mouth. “No, I find this ironic.”
“How so?” I asked with a pout.
He responded with the same lightheartedness. “Because this is the same thing you did the first night we were together. You had me come out here to the cove and you tried to seduce me.”
“Did it work?”
His pupils dilated while his hand trailed down my waist. “Of course it did. I was an eighteen-year-old boy, hopelessly in love with you.”
I giggled and allowed my lips to meet the soft curve of his neck. “Will you indulge me once more then?”
Reaching down to grab his hand, I brought it to my breast and squeezed over his fingers.
Julian’s head tilted back and he exhaled loudly.
“Tell me how it happened. How did I lose my innocence?”
Forgetting tells
the story of Stella Brady, a ‘rock star’ in all meaning of the word. She lived a fast life … drugs, alcohol, sex …
until an accident robbed her of her memory from the age of seventeen.
Forced to
return home as she recovers, Stella faces the challenge of remembering … and
then deciding whether the life she had is actually the life she wants.
I just
loved Forgetting. Stella is a wonderful
character, a perfect combination of feisty and sensitive. Her battle to remember is almost painful at
times, particularly as it becomes clear that those around her know things that
she doesn’t. She must reconcile her
present day experiences with the people she loves with the past she slowly
pieces together and she doesn’t always like what she uncovers.
Along
side Stella’s recovery, she is reunited with Julian. Battling his own demons from the past Julian
is a wonderful support for Stella. The
history they shared slowly unfolds and I couldn’t help but hope that they would
find each other once and for all.
Forgetting is more
than a love story … it is a series of life messages that will touch many
people. For me, it reminded me that I
have to have the courage to be completely vulnerable and trust that things will
turn out as they are meant to be.
"We
have no way of knowing what tomorrow will hold, we only have the present to
make choices that will hopefully lead us to what we consider our destiny.”
I know
this review doesn’t do Forgettting the justice it deserves. It is beautifully written, with a depth to the characters that had me sharing their emotions, as if I was part of the story. All I can say is that I loved Forgetting, it
gave me so much more than a story and has earned a place on my ‘must read’
list. I’ll be recommending this to
everyone.
5 out of 5 stars
"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."
-Winston Churchill
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