A Review for the #BooksOnTour BlogStop for Love and Other Lost Things by Melissa Wiesner
Melissa Wiesner
My Review: We follow Jane’s life 10 years ago and now. Then she’d escaped home in the still of the night, leaving everything and everyone she had loved behind to escape the clutches of her abusive father. The story is steady and easy to follow, it reels you in easily. In her new life miles away from home, she falls into a trap that is near to the hell she’d left behind.
To save her 9 year old daughter from the childhood she’d had, she returns to the place she’d left. The story makes you ask the question: ‘How far do you have to run before you break the habit, the pattern, the cycle?’ Rebuilding old links, finally making a level of peace with her mother, there’s Nik, the love of her childhood.
I found Jane relatable in her thoughts and actions, I particularly adore the bones of Nik. A beautiful inspiration to find your way back to life after abuse, but is it possible? You’ll have to read to find out.
Book Description:
A completely heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, and unforgettable romance, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Paige Toon. When two lost souls are thrown back together, is it far too late to fix their broken hearts?Jane McCaffrey is only back in her hometown of Linden Falls because of her father’s death. She swears she’ll leave again forever—it’s not like her childhood home holds any happy memories. But Jane hadn’t planned on bumping into Nik…The boy she fell hard for was a skinny teenager with messy hair and his glasses askew. Now he’s broad-shouldered and stands well over six feet tall: but his deep brown eyes are just the same. And when he breathes her name and caresses the fresh bruise on her cheek—like he can’t help but touch her—Jane is thrown right back to the best and worst time of her life.Jane and Nik once shared everything: kisses, hopes, and teenage dreams. Taking in his blue scrubs and doctor’s ID badge, Jane’s heart lifts that at least one of them got to live their dream. And as they catch up over the beautiful music they once loved, it’s like the years between them fall away.But Nik doesn’t know the heavy secret Jane carries about the real reason she left town. Or who put that bruise on her cheek… or about her plans to truly disappear, forever.So when the past comes calling, can Jane and Nik find the strength to fight for each other? Or was Jane dangerously wrong to think she could outrun her secret—and will it destroy them both?Love and Other Lost Thingswill shatter your heart, make you sob with joy, and remind you of the beautiful pain of lost love.Author Bio:
Melissa Wiesner is a night-owl who began writing novels about five years ago when her early-to-bed family retired for the evening. In 2019, she won the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart® Award in the Mainstream Fiction Category for her first novel. Melissa holds two Master’s Degrees in Public Health and Community Agency Counseling. Her day job is in Social Work where she often encounters people knocked down by hard times but who pick themselves up and keep going, just like the characters of her novels. Melissa lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her charming husband and two adorable children.
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