Melissa Wiesner has the ability to make you feel so many emotions in her books, I adore her books, I don't even need to read the blurb to know I'm going to love it! If you haven't read one of her books yet, here's one to start you off.
Synopsis
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 Things will shatter your heart, make you sob with joy, and remind you of the beautiful pain of lost love.
My Review
This was such a gripping and compulsive read, I devoured it!
I adored reading about all the memories these two shared. The brownie memory was one of my favourites. How sweet, innocent, and heartwarming it was the sentiment behind the baking that he wanted to do something for her, something that seems small but was significant to her and how that memory connects to the present tense too.
Although I'm not in the same situation as Jane ( the main storyline) I could sympathise with her the way she lost herself, the person she was after becoming a mother and being in a relationship, the way she was nothing but a 'girlfriend' and mom . How she lost her self-worth, who she was, who she wanted to be, parts of her she forgot.
The tension towards the end had my heart-pounding, and I had a sick feeling of dread with that almost a jump-scare moment. In a matter of pages, I went through so many emotions, and yes, it did make me cry.
I loved the brilliant ending with that ahhhhhh moment that took my breath away, I love a second chance, and Jane got it in so many ways.
This book has it all:
Tension
Compassion
Friendship
Love
Reconciliation
Second chances.
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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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 Things will shatter your heart, make you sob with joy, and remind you of the beautiful pain of lost love.
This was such a gripping and compulsive read, I devoured it!
I adored reading about all the memories these two shared. The brownie memory was one of my favourites. How sweet, innocent, and heartwarming it was the sentiment behind the baking that he wanted to do something for her, something that seems small but was significant to her and how that memory connects to the present tense too.
Although I'm not in the same situation as Jane ( the main storyline) I could sympathise with her the way she lost herself, the person she was after becoming a mother and being in a relationship, the way she was nothing but a 'girlfriend' and mom . How she lost her self-worth, who she was, who she wanted to be, parts of her she forgot.
The tension towards the end had my heart-pounding, and I had a sick feeling of dread with that almost a jump-scare moment. In a matter of pages, I went through so many emotions, and yes, it did make me cry.
I loved the brilliant ending with that ahhhhhh moment that took my breath away, I love a second chance, and Jane got it in so many ways.
This book has it all:
Tension
Compassion
Friendship
Love
Reconciliation
Second chances.
Author Bio
Website
Twitter/x
Newsletter sign up here
Buy here
Bookouture deals here
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