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Synopsis
What happens when your soul mate returns after twelve long years – and has no idea who you are?
Aubrey Anderson is a pediatric occupational therapist who’s spent the last twelve years rebuilding her life after a car accident killed her boyfriend and crushed her legs. A series of strokes on the way to the hospital left her with no memory of either the accident or the weeks leading up to it, so when she starts having nightmares she can’t explain, she decides to return to the scene to see if she can piece together her past.
Finn Cavallo is Lindsey Point’s resident playboy, owner of a popular bar, and hero of the Cove Fire, when he pulled seven people from a burning building twelve years earlier. But his flirtatious personality hides the heart of a man who lost his soul mate the night of the fire. When Aubrey walks into his bar with no memory of who he is or what they had, he’s stunned – and it takes everything he has not to tell her about the summer they spent falling in love.
It’s only a matter of time before bar conversation turns to passion on the beach and more. But when a series of events raises suspicion that Finn himself might have started the Cove Fire, Aubrey is forced to do whatever she can to discover the truth about both their pasts, including going back to the spot where it all began..
Review
I started “Inferno of Love” right after reading the first book in the series “Beacon of Love” so I was excited to hear Finn’s story. I do recommend reading “Beacon of Love” first because there is quite a bit of back story that is really ties into this book. I had high hopes after reading the first book and I was not disappointed at all! This was definitely a page turner! The dual POV lets you see both Finn and Aubrey’s perspective and the author does a great job once again at writing an excellent mystery that kept me guessing! Aubrey and Finn have a past; the problem is that Aubrey has absolutely no memory of it! After a summer romance 12 years ago Aubrey was in a terrible car accident that left her with amnesia along with both physical and mental disabilities. I loved this character; she had a wonderful balance of strength and vulnerability. Finn has never forgotten the girl who stole his heart and then left without a trace 12 years ago. Since then he has never been able to find that same connection with another woman, sticking with one night stands and casual sex partners. Finn is a tortured soul who feels the need to help others to make up for what he thinks are his failures. Aubrey ends up back in Lindsey Point looking to fill in the blanks of her missing memories and when Finn see her again he must decide to tell her the truth or go on pretending they’d never met! This book, like the first, is less steamy than I am normally used too but again the story was so good it didn’t bother me so much. It was great to see some characters from the first book make appearances in this one and answer some questions I had. I was happy with the ending but felt there were still a few loose ends to tie up, hopefully those will be explained in the next book in the Hometown Hero’s series!
Dana
But It Now!
