A young lady, Ashlyn, runs a second hand rare books bookstore named THE UNLIKELY STORY. She has a gift that has caused her a lot of pain growing up. A gift of knowing the feelings of previous owners of the books she touches. Ashlyn has had a hard life. From her mother to her late husband she has had to cover her feelings. Had to fight for love. To give up on being loved. How sad. She calls her gift books "ECHOES." A very fitting thing to call it as it is the echoes of their feelings.
When Ashlyn gets a copy of two books that are unpublished, no author, not a lot of any info other than the two people's feelings and thoughts contained between the covers. A lifetime of love and sorrow. Happiness and pain. Two people who blame each other for life's choices each made. Where love once was only bitterness remains. How sad is that...
This book is told in three voices. Ashlyns and each of the books authors. Belle wrote FOREVER, AND OTHER LIES. Hemi wrote, REGRETTING BELLE. Each is very sad but contains their love story which was beautiful. So beautiful that it's hard to believe they went separate ways. You get to know them and then each of them. You get to know Ashlyn and all she went through and root for her to find love. You will also get to know Mirian. Mirian was a wonderful character. A bit stubborn at first but still wonderful. I adored her. I also adored Belle and Hemi and Ashlyn and Ethan. Ashlyn and Ethan are such a big part of this story. Another love story possibly.
I did figure out two things in this book way before they were revealed but believe me it did not take away from it at all. Just reinforced how much I adored this book. It's told from past to present with each chapter. It's one of those that make you cry so much your eyes get all swollen and red. Even the good parts make you weep. Tears of happiness and for sadness. This is a wonderful love story. I don't know how this author will top this one but I do look forward to her next book. Always.
Thank you #NetGalley, #BarbaraDavis, #LakeUnionPublisher for this ARC. This is my own true thoughts about this book.
Five huge stars and a three book of kleenex rating. Grab this one and let the journey begin.
A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls.
Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners—an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published, her gift quickly becomes an obsession. Not only is each inscribed with a startling incrimination, but the authors, Hemi and Belle, tell conflicting sides of a tragic romance.
With no trace of how these mysterious books came into the world, Ashlyn is caught up in a decades-old literary mystery, beckoned by two hearts in ruins, whoever they were, wherever they are. Determined to learn the truth behind the doomed lovers’ tale, she reads on, following a trail of broken promises and seemingly unforgivable betrayals. The more Ashlyn learns about Hemi and Belle, the nearer she comes to bringing closure to their love story—and to the unfinished chapters of her own life.
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