Kate has escaped, with a new baby in tow, seemingly lost and in emotional chaos. Now, all these years later, Hubs has remarried and has mourned the loss of his former wife.īut guess what? She's back! And apparently she had been with a cult all these years. So this book is about Kate who vanished without a trace 12 years ago from a target parking lot. I have read many reviews for this and most people did not seem to love it nor hate it and that is exactly how I feel. It wasn’t just our story-it was everyone’s.”

“The problem with having a fairy-tale relationship story was how much other people were invested in keeping the fairy tale alive. My thanks to Thomas & Mercer and to Lucinda Berry for the opportunity. I received a copy of this book through NetGalley for an honest review. You may have an entirely different experience from mine. A shot of energy at the end was not enough to save this one for me. So much unnecessary dialogue and elaborate explanations while in 'Thenville'. Everything is built on this premise with the end result falling apart like a Jenga game. Without giving away anything more, we have a grown woman acting like a teenage runaway. What starts out as a high-interest storyline begins to sink under the weight of the 'Then' aspect. One would think that we have a blockbuster here. The chapters will revert to 'Then' in which Kate's story slowly takes on a face. Traumatized and anxious, Kate refuses to give much information under the scrutiny of the FBI and stress counseling. The upcoming weeks will find this disjointed family living under one roof trying to piece together Kate's missing years. Kate shows up terrified at a gas station in Montana with a baby in tow. The quiet suburbia setting is in for a nightmare though. Abbi is sixteen and Scott is remarried to a widow named Meredith who has two college aged sons. Lucinda Berry fast forwards to eleven years later entitled 'Now'. Her keys are in the ignition, handbag on the seat, and shopping bags in the trunk.

It appears that Kate has her foot in the door once again.īut a few weeks later, Kate's car is found in a Target's parking lot. The interview with Ray Fischer seems to go well along with her boss' approval. The organization focuses on helping college students who are battling opioid addiction. Kate is to interview the head of Love International which is based out of Pierce College. Her former boss calls with an assignment that gets the juices flowing once again. Kate longs to be back in her journalism lane free from what she perceives are deadend walls all day. The 'stay-at-home' portion seems to be driven by her husband, Scott. Kate Bennett is a stay-at-home mother of five year old Abbi in Northern California. Can't quite get a handle on those ships that set sail in these choppy waters. Lucinda Berry presents a storyline that has the feel of shifting sand under your feet.

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