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A woman discovers an impossible connection that transcends time and place in this stirring, unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Memory Thief. Isabel Griffin has done her best to move on since her boyfriend, Max Adair, vanished without a trace eight years ago, leaving her heartbroken - and pregnant. Eerily enough, this isn't the first time someone Isabel loves has gone missing. When she was sixteen, her mother disappeared, and her father became obsessed with finding his long-lost wife - at the expense of parenting Isabel. Determined not to repeat her father's mistakes, Isabel works hard to become a respected archaeologist and a loving mother to her daughter, Finn, a little girl with very unusual abilities. But while Isabel is on a dig in Barbados, she receives a disturbing phone call. The hauntingly familiar voice on the other end speaks just four words - "Isabel. Keep her safe." - before they're disconnected. Isabel tries to convince herself that the caller can't possibly be Max. But what if it is, and Finn is in danger? As one mysterious event after another occurs, she can't shake the feeling that, despite what everyone else believes, Finn's father is alive - and he's desperately trying to reach her. Praise for Emily Colin's The Memory Thief "Mesmerizing . . . dazzlingly original and as haunting as a dream." - Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You "[A] richly emotional tale . . . a writer to watch." - Joshilyn Jackson, author of A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty



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Emily Colin

Emily Colin's debut novel, THE MEMORY THIEF, was a New York Times bestseller and a Target Emerging Authors Pick. She is also the author of THE DREAM KEEPER'S DAUGHTER (Ballantine Books, 2017) and the editor of the YA fiction anthologies, WICKED SOUTH: SECRETS AND LIES (Blue Crow Publishing, 2018) and UNBOUND: STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION, LOVE, AND MONSTERS (Five Points Press, 2021) . Her books for young people include the Seven Sins series (SWORD OF THE SEVEN SINS, SACRIFICE OF THE SEVEN SINS, and the upcoming SIEGE and SHADOWS OF THE SEVEN SINS) . Emily's diverse life experience includes organizing a Coney Island tattoo and piercing show, hauling fish at the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys, roaming New York City as an itinerant teenage violinist, helping launch two small publishing companies, and serving as the associate director of a nonprofit dedicated to immersing youth in need in the arts. Originally from Brooklyn, she lives in Wilmington, NC with her family. She loves chocolate, is addicted to tiramisu, and dislikes anything containing beans.You can find Emily on Facebook at emily.colin.79, on Twitter at @emilyacolin, on Instagram at emily_colin, and on her website at www.emilycolin.com.



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