Orphaned at 10-yearsold, Teagan "Tea" Harper is sent to live with her Grammy and Grampa's best friend Mrs. Marks in the impressive but gothic estate, Raven's Peak on the cliffs of Maine. Completely lost and alone, Teagan is taken under the wings of Mrs. Marks's adopted son, Kane Doyle, with the crystal blue eyes, just two years older than herself who has been abandoned by his own mother. The two are instant best friends and later proclaim to be soul mates never to be separated.
No two could be closer than Tea and Kane as they skip through the years with their clever pranks. Tea chooses to follow her parents footsteps by attending Boston University, but is reluctant at leaving Kane. Having indulged in sex and driven by their love for each other, pledges are made to always belong to each other. As her studies become problematic and she spends less time talking with Kane, his silence in turn becomes stifling. Returning home she finds Kane gone and eventually told he has married another. Teagan suffers the unbelievable loss of her soul mate but is determined to move on with the help of her gay friend, Simon. Letting go of her dreams with Kane is impossible without an explanation why he cut her loose so suddenly and painfully. Eleven years later, the devastating truth behind the betrayal comes to light only to open more secrets than either of them would have imagined. Teagan struggles over letting the past and her dreams go to starting over without her soul mate for a new life. Will fighting for their dream still be feasible?
The entire read is surrounded with devastating emotion and nostalgia. This story is very close to my heart as I have a nephew who was burned and fought for his life just as in this story. L. A. Fiore has an incredible knowledge of the pain and emotions it takes to overcome the tragedy she has written about. I will carry this story in my heart for a long time to come as I was so emotionally enraptured throughout the read. This is the first I have had the pleasure to preview by this author, but I can promise it will not be my last! I am totally impressed with the insight of this talented "artist".
Teagan Harper is barely ten years old when she finds herself orphaned and sent away to live at Ravenβs Peak, a Gothic estate on the seaside cliffs of Maine. Soon, though, her heartache and loneliness are tempered by a blossoming friendship with the only other child living at Ravenβs Peak: Kane Doyle, only two years older than Teagan and abandoned by his mother. Over the years, the pair grows inseparable. First theyβre pranksters and confidants, but eventually their feelings change, and best friends turn into soul mates. On the cusp of Teaganβs departure for a university in Boston, they share a glimpse into their happily-ever-after and make promises of forever.
But Teagan and Kaneβs engagement and dreams of the future are shattered when Teagan returns home to find Kane gone from Ravenβs Peakβand living with someone new. Devastated and heartbroken, Teagan cuts ties with her beloved adoptive home and tries to move on with her life. But years later, when the shocking truth behind Kaneβs betrayal comes to light, Teagan must decide whether to embrace her new life and let go of her past once and for all, or fight for her dream life with the only man sheβs ever wanted.
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