Book Review: Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris

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She went missing. He moved on. A whole world of secrets remained—until now.

Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. They’re driving along the highway when Finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. When he returns Layla is gone—never to be seen again. That is the story Finn told to the police. But it is not the whole story.

Ten years later Finn is engaged to Layla’s sister, Ellen. Their shared grief over what happened to Layla drew them close and now they intend to remain together. Still, there’s something about Ellen that Finn has never fully understood. His heart wants to believe that she is the one for him...even though a sixth sense tells him not to trust her.

Then, not long before he and Ellen are to be married, Finn gets a phone call. Someone from his past has seen Layla—hiding in plain sight. There are other odd occurrences: Long-lost items from Layla’s past that keep turning up around Finn and Ellen’s house. Emails from strangers who seem to know too much. Secret messages, clues, warnings. If Layla is alive—and on Finn’s trail—what does she want? And how much does she know?

A tour de force of psychological suspense, Bring Me Back will have you questioning everything and everyone until its stunning climax.

Review:

Wow.

This book.

From the moment I started this book to the very end I was hooked. I loved the way the story started to slowly unravel and come together. We found out certain things regarding characters and it made me question what really happened that night. I had a few theories that were wrong put once I put the pieces together and saw I was correct, I had chills and goosebumps!!

“Yet there’s one thing that plagues me above all else, and it’s this: if I had truly loved Layla, surely I would have known her anywhere.”

That ending was not something else and left me shocked to my core. I have read “Behind Closed Doors” by this author which wasn’t a favorite but she redeemed herself with this book. I also listened to the book on audio and the narrator did an excellent job as well. Especially with the last few chapters of the book. I felt all the emotions!