(#1 of Parallel)
Author: Elizabeth O'Roark
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Time is a cruel thief…unless you can steal it back.
As a neurologist, Nick Reilly believes everything can be explained by science.
But he can’t explain her—Quinn Stewart, an irresistible patient who knows things about him she shouldn’t. And insists that at some point, she was his wife.
Something else he can’t explain: he remembers her too.
Quinn wakes each morning remembering new details of the life they shared. She’s desperate for the dreams to stop. With each one, she finds herself craving what she had with Nick more than the life—and the fiancé—she already has.
Nick and Quinn share an attraction neither can deny, but one that might destroy everything.
Just like it did before.
Excerpt . . .
Her mouth curves downward. “It’s just like walking into the home of your favorite childhood friend as an adult. Familiar, but meaningless. Why the hell did I ever think seeing it might heal a brain tumor? I was expecting miracles.”
I return and find my hands wrapping around her arms, forcing her to meet my eye. “Who says it would have to be a miracle?” I ask. “We can’t explain anything that’s happening. But there was a time when people couldn’t explain the change in seasons, or sunlight, or gravity. It doesn’t mean there wasn’t an explanation. It just meant it hadn’t been discovered. Why should this be any different?”
She looks away, pressing her lips together. “But the tumor—you don’t actually believe we can stop it.”
I tip her chin up, feeling a little desperate. She can’t start losing hope now. I need her to keep fighting until we find a solution. “Do I think it’s unlikely this can fix the tumor? Yeah. But your tumor is also unlike anything I’ve ever seen. And how could I say it was impossible anyway? Every day, you and I are witnessing the impossible. We’re having the same dreams, for God’s sake. You know things you couldn’t possibly know, and from the moment I met you, it felt like you were…”
“It felt like I was what?”
“Mine,” I reply.
The awkwardness of that word washes over us both. I’ve never called anyone mine in my life, and she is with someone else. But I also know what I said was right. She is meant to be mine, and somehow today I need to convince her of that.
This story has elements of The Time Traveller’s Wife and an underlying sense of déjà vu. There are figures appearing and disappearing into thin air and cryptic words spoken long ago. But what does all this mean? Pair this with some devastating news and mixed feelings, Quinn, our leading lady, is overwhelmed with all the events taking place in her life.
It all begins with Quinn dreaming of a life with a handsome man. A man who is not her betrothed. She knows all these little things about him. So is he real or a beautiful dream? Nick has dreamed of a mystery woman who is not his girlfriend. A woman that makes him feel happy. Imagine his surprise when his path crosses with Quinn. The two of them find it hard to comprehend how they know each other without actually having met previously. I think Quinn is more realistic about where the romance could go whereas Nick is perhaps more hopeful that something could change. But both of them find it hard to stay away from each other. The two of them feel this connection that shows them just how magical life could be. If only they could unravel what is happening.
Be warned, there is a cliffhanger and we will need to wait to find out what happens to Quinn and Nick. Let’s hope they can figure out what is going on before it’s too late. If people enjoyed the movies Inception and Jumper, I think they would enjoy this story. It’s about love and fighting for a love that consumes you. It’s about allowing yourself to live life to the fullest rather than settle for something ordinary and potentially empty.
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