New York Architect, Tate Donovan, is due for a reset. After dealing with an all-encompassing depression with the loss of his sister Sylvia, he is now going to Cape Cod to design a home for one of his good friends. The break, Tate feels, will be good for him – putting his mind on something else and staying busy.
While staying at a historical Bed and Breakfast as the only guest, Tate is surprised to find a young woman named Wren who says she is also staying there. Wren is funny and kind and easy to talk to, and Tate finds himself immediately drawn to her, although his friends assure him no one else is staying at the house. When pressed to come up with evidence of Wren, there is none to be found… the puzzle she is working on, the wine glass she is drinking from… all gone.
Tate is shaken to his core when he finds out the woman he is describing is actually someone his friends knew, and through articles online, Tate is forced to come to terms that Wren had died in an accident where he is staying, two years ago. As Tate starts to look at what happened that fateful night, and why Wren is there now, only for him to see, he begins to discover that maybe that accident two years ago was not an accident at all …

And someone isn’t about to let Tate dig too deep.

I’m going to be (brutally) honest here…. I probably would not have picked this up if this were a Nicholas Sparks book alone. It was really the combo of Sparks with Shyamalan that caught my attention, and I bet that will be the case for many – so for that, well played Nicholas… well played.

Where Sparks is usually (FME/from my experience) a lighter sort of sweet and Hallmark-style of romance read, Shyamalan brings a supernatural injection… So while I am not a romance reader… imagine The Notebook meets The Sixth Sense….
And here we are.

Curiosity of what this combination of Authors could create had me digging in – and … not disappointed. I enjoyed the blend of a friendship encounter with the supernatural twist. I loved that it felt believable – like any one of us could walk into a quiet Bed and Breakfast and find our own ghost friend 🙂
I listened to this on Audio and really enjoyed the pace – the only reason this is not a 5-star is a couple of small details that I will not disclose because I DO want you to read this book and come up with your own opinion.

Rated: 4 out of 5
Read Author Before: both separately – yes
Read Author Again: if these two paired up again, I think I would 🙂

Book Club Worthy – yes, what a fun discussion you could have around the paranormal – (have you ever had an encounter, or know someone who says they have; do you believe such things are possible, what do you think of the title – what woudl you name this book, what do you think of this trend of well-known authors creating duel authorships (either with known or unknown names), does it work or put more pressure on the duo to create something incredible…