Peppered with elements of mystery, psychological thriller, and contemporary romance, the novel explores questions about how quickly true love can develop, as well as the conflicts that can imperil even the strongest connections. Told entirely from Leeds’ point of view, the author’s first foray into paranormal romance does not disappoint.
As events unfold, it becomes clear that Willow will either be the key to saving Leeds’ relationship with Layla or the catalyst that finally extinguishes the last shreds of their epic romance. When they get there, though, Leeds meets Willow, another guest, and finds himself drawn to her in spite of himself. In a last-ditch effort to save their relationship, he brings Layla back to the bed-and-breakfast where they first met. Gone is her special spark, her quirkiness, and the connection that had entranced Leeds months before. Layla spends months recovering in a hospital, and it seems the girl Leeds fell for might be forever changed. A former girlfriend–turned-stalker wastes no time in finding and attacking Layla. A blissful courtship follows, but then Leeds makes the mistake of posting a picture of himself with Layla on social media. When Leeds approaches Layla, their connection is both instant and intense. Through the interview, readers learn that Leeds was wasting both his time and his musical talent playing backup for a small-town wedding troupe called Garrett’s Band when he spied Layla dancing her heart out to their mediocre music at a wedding.
The story opens as Leeds Gabriel meets with a detective while his girlfriend, Layla, is restrained in a room one flight above them. Wheels within wheels within wheels, cunningly intermeshed by a master who sweats every nightmarish detail.Īn aimless young musician meets the girl of his dreams only to have his newfound happiness threatened by several inexplicable-and possibly supernatural-events. But this big reveal isn’t the climax it’s only the pivot to a new set of mysteries Hallie steps into when she leaves Las Vegas for Boston and begins to sense what an extravagant set of crimes, past and present, underlie the dreams that don’t feel like dreams at all. Clearly Hallie’s being tracked by unknown parties plotting some deeper game, and many readers will figure out what that game is before Freeman confirms their suspicions. A pair of assailants nearly kidnap her before they’re run off, and Todd Kivel, the private eye who appears out of nowhere to rescue her, gets killed for his trouble. Her dreams about the death of a young woman named Savannah make her feel as if this is her sister, though she’s an only child.
The name of Tyler Reyes, the founding CEO of Boston-based medical device developer Hyppolex, seems as familiar as if they’d met, despite the fact that they clearly haven’t. Reed Smith, another guest at the reception, miraculously restarts her heart, she starts being plagued by vivid, disturbing dreams that feel “more like memories…someone else’s memories.” She has vivid, detailed recollections of Boston, a city she’s never visited. It’s not until after the worst Fourth of July imaginable-her boss fires her, her boyfriend texts to dump her for her roommate, and she’s pronounced dead after drinking and fighting too much at a reception-that Las Vegas copywriter Hallie Evers’ real problems kick in. Fiendish Freeman has engineered another peerlessly bumpy ride.
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