Lost Years by M.K. Schiller-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK : Release Date September 16, 2019

Ever had a dream so real it feels like a memory?

I’ve had those kinds of dreams since I was a kid. Each one of a beautiful girl, who is my best friend. We grow up together on a sunny island surrounded by water that’s as blue as her eyes. We share all our hopes and fears until we realize we belong to each other in every way one person claim another. She is my own personal serenity. Sweet story, eh?

Well forget about it.

The cold, harsh reality is that I’m a twenty-year-old, Manhattan bred, manwhore, who uses his fists to solve his problems. The only comfort I find is inside a bottle… and the dreams. But the dreams are my illness not my cure. Just when things look the darkest, the sun slaps me square in the jaw. I spot a picture of a scenic island surrounded by the bluest water – my island.

If the island exists then so must the girl, right?

So I’m headed to Serenity, Texas to find my girl and make some sense out of the chaos that is my life. Feel free to tag along, but this journey comes with a steep warning — dreams can turn into nightmares in the blink of an eye.

My name is Jason Flynn and this is our story.

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REVIEW: LOST YEARS by M.K. Schiller is a contemporary, new adult, paranormal romance story line focusing on twenty year old Jason Flynn, and Scarlett Jones.

Told from first person perspective (Jason Flynn) using memories, dreams and present day LOST YEARS focuses on Jason Flynn as he struggles with nightmares and dreams, and memories that may or may not be real or ever existed. Suspended from college for fighting, New York resident and spoiled rich kid Jason Flynn heads to Serenity, Texas, to spend time with the aunt he never knew, in an effort to ‘find’ the young woman who has haunted his dreams. Enter Scarlett Jones, wanna-be country singer, and the woman with whom Jason will fall in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Jason and Scarlett, as Jason comes to terms with what has happened, and what will be.

LOST YEARS is a story of what ifs and whys; a story of lost love, questionable memories, reality and dreams. We are introduced to Scarlett’s best friends Russell Foster, and Tommy Castings; Jason’s sister Anna and fiancé Keith, and their feisty diner owner, Aunt Rose. The premise is a psychological mystery with a little bit of heart break and emotional fall-out; the romance is sweet and passionate; the characters are colorful and captivating. LOST YEARS is a different kind of paranormal read, more contemporary romance with distinct elements of the supernatural. The reader will have to pay attention to the ‘time slips’ from present day to memories of the past.

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Reviewed by Sandy