SYNOPSIS:
LOST IN ME is the first book in the Here and Now series, a spin-off of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling New Hope series. This sexy amnesia love triangle is intended for mature readers.
The last thing I remember is having drinks at Brady’s
and trying to avoid eye-contact with my life-long crush—the gorgeous,
unattainable Maximilian Hallowell. They tell me that was a year ago, but I have
no memories of anything since then. What I do have is this ring on my finger
that Max says he gave me, and this much-thinner body I’ve dreamed of most of my
life. Aside from a case of retrograde amnesia, everything seems almost…perfect.
MY THOUGHTS:
Once a college English professor, I now write full
time. I live in rural Indiana, where, when I’m not writing, I get to hang out
with my husband and two kids–a six-year-old boy and a two-year-old hellion, er,
girl. Not surprisingly, reading and writing remain my favorite activities,
though both come in bits and pieces these days, not the big hunks of time I
enjoyed before I had children. When I’m feeling virtuous, I like to go running
(I use that word liberally. I’m really, really slow) or do yoga. Don’t worry,
I’m always careful to balance out such activities with a hearty serving of ice
cream or a chocolate martini.
But the deeper I immerse myself into this new world of
mine—planning a wedding to a man I don’t remember dating, attempting to run a
business I don’t remember starting—the clearer it becomes that nothing is as it
seems. Do I have the life I’ve always wanted or is it a facade propped up by
secrets I don’t even know I have?
I need answers before I marry Max, and the only person
who seems to have them is the angry, tatted, sexy-as-sin rocker Nate Crane. And
Nate wants me for himself.
LOST IN ME is not a standalone novel, as the story
continues in Here and Now book two, FALL TO YOU, releasing in June.
MY THOUGHTS:
4.5 out of 5 stars
Two weekends ago, my son had a Odyssey of the Mind tournament that would last all of Saturday. I took Lost in Me with me thinking that I would have a lot of down time to sit and read between his obligations and the awards ceremony that afternoon. I fully intended on getting a jump on my reading and maybe even write this review ahead of time.
(Please note that I am writing this the day before my scheduled posting date -- but that is purely due to my epic procrastination skills. For real, they are epic.)
Anyway, after my son fell asleep in the hotel room on Friday night, I started reading - again, thinking that I'd just read a few chapters and then have all day the next day to finish it. Yeah...I finished the book that night.
Lost in Me is a story of the past and the present. We open up as Hannah and her friends are enjoying a girls night out. There are beverages and boys and all the ingredients for what could be a fun night.
But that's all we know because the next chapter opens with Hannah in the hospital after having an accident. While she knows who she is and recognizes her family and friends, she has lost the last eleven months of her life. Gone. Poof. Nope.
While losing any memory is tragic enough, there had been some pretty important changes in Hannah's life over those eleven months. She'd lost weight, she'd opened her own business, and she was apparently engaged to Max, the man of her dreams.
So why was there another man crawling into her bed?
And now I need to just take a moment to remember all the things about Nate Crane, because...
Needless to say, there are questions that need to be answered. And through flashbacks and conversations with her friends and family, Hannah starts to put things together...all the while struggling with the fear that maybe remembering will change what she thinks is her perfect life.
Now can you understand why I stayed up way past my bedtime reading until I finished?
(All that being said, it would be cruel of me to not mention the GIGANTIC CLIFFHANGER at the end of the book -- thankfully the remaining books in the series are due out this summer, so at least we won't have to wait too long)
(All that being said, it would be cruel of me to not mention the GIGANTIC CLIFFHANGER at the end of the book -- thankfully the remaining books in the series are due out this summer, so at least we won't have to wait too long)
So anyway, this story was exactly what I was looking for. And while I was reading it, I started to remember the other book that I'd read by this author -- in a separate, yet still related series -- and I remembered how much I loved that one. Dude...Lexi Ryan knows what I like to read. That's the only way I know how to put it.
There is something about the way she tells a story that clicks with me. And she has solidified her spot as one of my "go-to authors". Basically, if she writes it, I'm gonna need to read it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Once a college English professor, I now write full
time. I live in rural Indiana, where, when I’m not writing, I get to hang out
with my husband and two kids–a six-year-old boy and a two-year-old hellion, er,
girl. Not surprisingly, reading and writing remain my favorite activities,
though both come in bits and pieces these days, not the big hunks of time I
enjoyed before I had children. When I’m feeling virtuous, I like to go running
(I use that word liberally. I’m really, really slow) or do yoga. Don’t worry,
I’m always careful to balance out such activities with a hearty serving of ice
cream or a chocolate martini.
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