Sometimes, you really don’t know much about a person you think you do! Olivia hides behind her late mother’s coffee shop, keeping to herself and working and living. She tries to hide from a past that has broken her down. But then, a mysterious man shows up and sweeps her off her feet. Until one day, it’s like he never existed. She tries to go to the police with what she knows about Callum, but even to them, he doesn’t exist. It’s like they’re playing a round and round game trying to figure out what happened to her mystery boyfriend while her past comes back to haunt her.

Had me wondering was he real or not.... Grab hold of this book the twists are great. Wraps up wonderfully at the end.

Thanks to the author the publisher and Netgalley for a early release of this book.

Olivia Reed runs her late mother's coffee shop. Callum comes in and deals with a difficult client on her behalf.
They start dating, and Callum moves in with her. Both are aware that the other has a past they don't wish to speak about.
Olivia comes home to find that Callum has moved out, and is confused. She thought they were together forever.
She reports him missing, only to find that she knows very little about him.

A bit slow in the beginning, but really starts to hot up when Olivia decides to investigate Callum's disappearance herself, after the police seem to just harp on about her past.
I feel sorry for her, her isolation, with only one person that she can really call on, her abandonment issues because of her father. It really is a sad story.
All the loose ends of the book are neatly tied up at the end.

Olivia ha aprendido a sobrevivir sola. Tras el abandono de su padre y la reciente muerte de su madre, dirige sin entusiasmo el pequeño café familiar en Christchurch, intentando mantener una vida ordenada y sin riesgos. La rutina se rompe cuando Callum, un desconocido de mirada amable y pasado nebuloso, interviene una tarde para defenderla de un cliente agresivo. Lo que empieza como una conversación inocente se transforma, poco a poco, en una relación que devuelve a Olivia algo que creía perdido: la sensación de pertenencia.

Cinco meses después, esa nueva estabilidad se desmorona. Al volver a casa una noche de diciembre, Olivia encuentra el armario vacío, el marco con su única foto de pareja arrancado de la pared y un mensaje críptico en el móvil: “Voy a arreglarlo. Te amo más de lo que imaginas.” Mientras busca desesperada respuestas, viejos fantasmas resurgen: la presión de su infancia como pianista prodigio, los ecos de un incendio que cambió su vida, y el miedo a repetir el abandono de su padre. Para encontrar a Callum o entender por qué se ha ido Olivia tendrá que enfrentarse no sólo a la verdad sobre él, sino también a la que lleva años evitando sobre sí misma.


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Pobre Olivia, después de todo lo que paso merece tranquilidad y felicidad.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

I loved this book so much I could not put it down. Once I started that was me hooked so many twists and turns that kept me guessing throughout! It was such a gripping thriller with a tense atmosphere
and had me on the edge of my seat!

You definitely don’t want to miss this one when it comes out! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️stars!