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All I can say is WOW - what a ride this book was !

Meet Gwen - a nurse that is living in a nice cabin by the woods on a mountain with plenty of trails to hike - which she loves.
She grew up in that cabin, which she inherited from her parents.

Also, meet Adam - an EMT that works in the same hospital as Gwen, who is her neighbor up there on the mountain - and her ex.

I did not like either of the characters at first, since they seemed to be very childish and not ready to be "real" exes yet.
Each accuses the other of doing horrible things like dumping a dead animal on the doorstep of the other and other stupid things (slashed tires, etc.)...

The whole town knows about their back and forth quibbling and accusations, but there is never any proof of whom did what, and orders of protections are not lightly handed out by the court without any proof of either side.

So this at first is very annoying - and that annoyance seems to come up during the whole story, again and again...
But then...well, I won't spoil it for you, dear reader - but all the bickering is making more and more sense, the closer you will get to the end of this story.

Now meet Noah - a guy that was found by the side of the road with injuries and seems to be a bloody mess, when he gets admitted to the hospital.

Gwen is being told of the new patient arrival - and as Gwen enters his room, she knows the guy:
On her last hike on the mountain, she met Noah, whom offered her a sandwich and whom she had a great conversation with - you might even say, that a few shy sparks were exchanged.
But when she woke up in her hammock the next morning, the handsome stranger was gone - until she met him in the hospital again.

However - one of Noah's injuries was a rather serious head-wound and he has lost his memory.
And all Gwen knows is, that the gorgeous stranger introduced himself as "Noah", whom she met that one day on the hiking trail.

Of course Noah has no clue about Gwen, or who he is in general.

Now through Drew - the local cop - we find out, that Noah might have murdered women, since he has been missing for 4 years...and that Noah might not be his real name.

Parallel to this, we get introduced to Charlie - a female PI that is searching for Noah, but lands a day later in the same hospital with a gun shot wound and unconscious. And the local police force assumes, Charlie might have been a victim of the suspicious Noah after finding out that women in Noah's previous life went missing.

The day that Noah gets released from the hospital, Cop Drew asks him to stick around - and Gwen offers him a small apartment on top of her garage.
The spark between Gwen and Noah is still there - even that Noah has no clue that there was one in the first place, due to his memory loss.

And it looks like that Gwen's ex - Adam - is now in full blast stalker mode, even that nobody can prove it - as usual.

After a few days, a new person walks into their lives - Meet Stephanie, who claims to be Noah's fiancé... and therefor Gwen and Noah break their just slightly blooming relationship off.

But remember Charlie, the PI ?
Well, she is surviving another murder attempt - right at the hospital.

To find out what happens, you really have to read this book, because it is so twisted, I would have never thought I could have been so wrong in figuring out, if Noah is a killer.
There is a lot going on in this story, but I will not give the real interesting parts away !

And finally - at the end - it makes all sense - especially the seemingly childish bickering of exes.

Very good novel, I highly recommend to get yourself a copy and enjoy !

Loved it!

Fellow hikers, Gwen meets Noah.
3 Days later he ends up beaten unconscious in the hospital that Gwen works at, and he wakes up with no memory. She remembers him.
Then the story goes into who-done-its. With some of their pasts being told.

A great mystery, thriller, suspense that keeps you on the edge of your seat!
Crazy page turner that I found so hard to put down.

Much thanks to NetGalley for my free ebook to review & thanks to Eva MacKenzie for such an amazing book, you’ve got a new fan now!

This book blew me away! I was fully engaged right from the beginning, and it kept my attention throughout. The story is told from two timelines, the now and the before, but the before is only a short period of time before the now, so that aren’t so far apart. MacKenzie artfully keeps the reader guessing as to what is going on. I couldn’t put the book down because I needed to know how it was all going to play out. I did figure out one twist, but I think the author wanted the reader to figure it out before “announcing” it. However, there was one twist that I did NOT see coming at ALL. My mind was blown! I can’t recommend this book enough!

I was given this book by NetGalley for an honest review-
Gwen’s boyfriend dumps her but. Continues to harass her or is it him - he says he. isn’t but can she believe him?
She’s had it and decides to go hiking in the woods where she runs into a handsome man.
A few days later when she begins work she finds Noah, the man she ran into in the woods, in a hospital bed hurt not remembering his name etc. Who would have hurt him and why? She offers him her garage apartment after leaving. The hospital. Is she safe- rumor has it he murdered a woman. Then who should pop in but a woman claiming to be his fiancé. Things become interesting and scary.
What a thrilling read —- you won’t want to miss this book!

The synopsis of this book was so intriguing, I had to request his ARC. The idea of Gwen trying to get over a terrible ex, Adam, and then meets another guy, Noah, who then forgets who he is because of an accident is like a typical romance movie. But then throw in the fact that this Noah guy could have a terrible past made this whole story even better. Think of the movie 50 First Dates but make it a thriller. I loved how cohesive the story was told between 3 different points of view: Gwen, Drew (the cop in town), and Charlie (a private eye who is trying to find out more information on Noah and his past.) Even when it bouncing back and forth between the past and present.

I received this Ebook from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion and review. I have to say, this was one of the best books I’ve read this year. It kept me on my toes and I never knew what was coming next. The characters were good, and the plot was excellent!