Ghosted #3
ARC and ALC provided by NetGalley
Author: Sarah Ready
Narrator: Shakira Shutte
Fiona Abry guards her heart. She loves her daughter, her brother and her best friend Max, but she’s not open too love after being hurt. She’s content working in her family’s prestigious Swiss watchmaking business. But when her mother hands her a family heirloom watch that it’s supposed to make you dream you truest desires, she throws caution to the wind and decides to give it a try. After all, it’s only dreaming.
But suddenly her nights are spent in another life away from Geneva: she’s married to a wonderful man, has two kids and is living in a tiny tropical island in a colorful cottage on the beach. Soon, the literal man of her dreams is making her feel things she’s never had before, but what happens when you fall in love with a life that isn’t real?
I’ll try to be as vague as possible sharing my thoughts because you definitely want to go in knowing as little as possible. I loved all the previous books (this IS a true standalone. You do see Daniel from book 1 – he’s Fi’s brother – but the events here are previous to his story) and I was mesmerized and enchanted by this one.
You see yourself trying to figure out how Fiona can get an HEA in all this and Sarah delivers a very satisfying one. I am also glad that the one she didn’t pick will be getting his book soon!
Lyrical, extremely romantic (with very little spice, though) and even a little suspenseful, this is a must-read for fans of magical realism. If you loved the movies Somewhere in Time and The Glass House, you will love this story as much as I did.
Solo narration by Shakira Shutte, who is phenomenal! Her melodious voice brings all the emotion and whimsy of this story to your ears. Highly recommend the audiobook.
Content notes: a character is shot on page. Mentions of death by drowning, natural disaster with multiple casualties, child abandonment, food insecurity, cheating
Thank you, Sarah, Swift & Lewis Publishing and NetGalley for the book/audiobook.
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