FORGETTING AUGUST (Lost and Found #1) by J.L. Berg-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 1, 2015

She can forgive, but can she forget?

Some days, Everly still thinks she sees him. In the food court at the mall, or in a car speeding past as the light changes. It only lasts a second, but when it happens, she slips back to a time when she was ruled-and nearly ruined-by August Kincaid. And it doesn’t matter that she’s moved on, that she’s about to marry another man. In those moments the only thing she can do to regain control is take a deep breath and remind herself that August can’t hurt her-because he’s in a coma. Except that he’s not anymore.

August is awake. With no memories, he sets out to solve the mystery of his lost life. He unearths a photograph of a beautiful redhead named Everly and knows instinctively that she’s the key. But when he finds her, the August she describes is more monster than man.

Tortured by the thought of having hurt her, August wants only to become the man Everly deserves. As the new August emerges, Everly glimpses the person she first fell in love with. But can she trust that this August is real? When the final secret of their shared past is revealed, one of them will make a choice that changes their future forever .

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REVIEW: FORGETTING AUGUST is the first installment in J. L. Berg’s LOST AND FOUND romantic, suspense duology focusing on August Kincaid, and Everly Adams.

Told from dual first person points of view (Everly and August) FORGETTING AUGUST focuses on the days and weeks following August’s ‘awakening’ after a twoyear coma. With no memories of the past or how he ended up in the hospital, August Kincaid begins to search for truth. Everly Adams is someone from his past; a woman who despises the ground upon which August walks; and the only person who is able to shed any light upon what has happened and how his life came to be. What ensues is August’s slow seduction of the woman he once loved-the problem-Everly is now engaged to another man, and wants nothing to do with August or his previous life.

FORGETTING AUGUST is a story of mystery, suspense, deceit and second chances. If memories are what makes up our past perhaps it is best that August’s memories remain stored and broken. J. L. Berg pulls the reader into a world of forgotten facts, information and experiences, such that even our heroine refuses to address the reality of what happened and why. Like August, we are oblivious to the how and why; to August’s spiral into the abyss; and Everly’s unwillingness to reveal the truth. FORGETTING AUGUST ends on a cliff hanger where a surprising twist in the storyline is revealed that will change the direction of August’s recovery and recapture of the past.

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Reviewed by Sandy