Lake Union Publishing
December 2017
On Sale: December 5, 2017
332 pages ISBN: 1542047951 EAN: 9781542047951 Kindle: B0711B67D3 Trade Size / e-Book Add to Wish List
From New York Times bestselling author Catherine
Ryan Hyde comes a hauntingly emotional novel of how one
man’s life changes forever when he rediscovers his ability
to feel the pain of others.
Something has been asleep in forty-year-old cattle rancher
Aiden Delacorte for a long time. It all comes back in a rush
during a hunting trip, when he’s suddenly attuned to the
animals around him, feeling their pain and fear as if it
were his own. But the newfound sensitivity of Aiden’s “wake
up” has its price. He can no longer sleepwalk through life,
holding everyone at arm’s length. As he struggles to cope
with a trait he’s buried since childhood, Aiden falls in
love with Gwen, a single mother whose young son bears a
burden of his own.
Sullen and broken from his experiences with an abusive
father, Milo has turned to acting out in violent and
rebellious ways. Aiden can feel the boy’s pain, as well as
that of his victims. Now he and Milo must sift through their
pasts to find empathy with the innocent as well as the
guilty, to come to terms with their deepest fears, and to
finally discover the compassionate heart of a family.