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The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope is an unconventional and passionately romantic love story that is as breathtaking and wondrous as The Time Traveler’s Wife and The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.During WWII, teenager Evelyn Roe is sent to manage the family farm in rural North Carolina, where she finds what she takes to be a badly burned soldier on their property. She rescues him, and it quickly becomes clear he is not a man…and not one of us. The rescued body recovers at an unnatural speed, and just as fast, Evelyn and Adam fall deeply in love.In The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope, Rhonda Riley reveals the exhilarating, terrifying mystery inherent in all relationships: No matter how deeply we love someone, and no matter how much we will sacrifice for them, we can only know them so well… .
About the Author
Except for brief periods living in California, Ireland, and the Netherlands, I have resided in Florida since I was a small child. Much of my writing has centered on the confounding generosities of my home state. For years, I wanted to write the story of my mother. I wanted to tell the truth but I could never make it work. After several of life's standard upheavals and a long hiatus from writing, I gave myself permission to depart from the truth. The result was THE ENCHANTED LIFE OF ADAM HOPE, my first novel--a very fictional tribute to my mother and to nature. I live in Gainesville, Florida with a good man, two equally good cats, and many frogs. Currently, I'm working on an unrelated novel and beginning research for a sequel to ADAM HOPE. I am a reader as much as writer. I am convinced that, while books may be stored on shelves and in e-devices, our stories thrive only in the space between the teller and the listener/reader. Only between us. Happy reading.
