Such a Loving Couple – Hayley Smith

Summary

I blink open my eyes, taking in bright lights and a white room. A man smiles warmly at me from the end of my bed. “Honey, I’ve been so worried,” he says gently. “Do you remember me? I’m your husband.” My blood runs cold. I don’t know where I am, or who I am. All I know is I’ve never seen this man before….

As he packs my things, the nurses tell me Freddie hasn’t left my bedside since the accident I was in days ago. They tell me I’m lucky. We seem like the perfect couple, and together we’ll figure out what happened. So I go home to a beautiful house with a fancy marble kitchen and manicured garden that is supposedly ours. But deep down I know something isn’t right. Even though my memories are gone, this doesn’t feel like my life.

Slowly, flashes of memory come back. First the accident—the pouring rain, a swerving car, a sudden scream. Somebody whispering “I’ll love you forever.” But most heartbreaking of all are the haunting memories of a blue-eyed little girl. Is she my little girl? Was she in the accident too? Or is she in terrible danger?

Freddie is determined to keep me safe and hide me from the world. But I can’t shake the feeling that we aren’t the loving couple he wants us to be, and that beyond this house a precious child needs me now more than ever. So why am I here? What does Freddie want? And how far will I have to go to discover the truth?

Review

First of all, this is my first time hearing about the author. After sitting a bit longer on my experience with the book I’ve decided to lower my rating to 2 or 2.5 stars because even though it started a bit interesting, I felt like the story had way too much going on and things got tangled really quick so much (at least for me) that I had to go read some reviews in hopes there would be spoilers so that I could understand what went on.

Apart from having too much going on, I didn’t connect with the characters at all except maybe Becca at the beginning and (someone’s) daughter.

The writing didn’t really left me a big impression enough to check out Smith’s other works.