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The One Meant to Last
A romance that crosses the seas of time. Meditation Teacher Josie sets off on a long held dream of visiting monks at a retreat in Nepal expecting the experience to be life changing. But things go wrong and instead of a monastery filled with monks, Josie finds herself in the local hospital, in a coma, and in the care of the blond haired, blue eyed, Doctor Oliver Frearson, who has a very powerful and unexpected affect on her. At the same time she finds herself introduced to Doctor Edward Cornel, also blond haired and blue eyed, an American doctor at the military hospital in Da Nang in Vietnam, 1970, the height of the war. Josie instantly feels love for Eddie. But Eddie Cornel comes from another time and another place, one Josie knows nothing about because the Vietnam War was before she was born. Can Josie really be knowing these things, or are the strange feelings and visions she is experiencing all down to the head injury that put her in the coma? And where does Doctor Oliver Frearson fit into it all? Josie finds she is experiencing some very strange feelings towards the man, despite their relationship being nothing but professional, too the point she feels she has to get away from the hospital and be separated from the doctor before she does something stupid. Trying to piece together what she experienced in the coma, Josie uses the internet to find out about the Vietnam War, and finds much more than she bargained for. Links are made with the past that Josie could never have imagined possible, leading to the realization that everything she had experienced while in the coma was true. Will past memories prove too strong and get in the way of the future? Or will the future accept the knowledge of the past and finally bring it to life?
- GenresFiction
399 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 13, 2019
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October 27, 2019
Goodreads Giveaways and Kindle have so opened me up to new authors. Janet Scaife lives in the UK. Authors, I find, that is from the UK write differently than U.S.A. writers. I have to adjust to their thinking, which, yes, is different than for us from the U.S.A. I loved that I won this book from Goodreads. The characters in this book were sweet. You know Jose can get on my nerves because she "assumes" too much. Thinking the worst instead of the best. I have my pros and cons on reincarnation but this book certainly gives you lots to think about for it. Josie/Carrie and Oliver/Eddie. WAs it a book she read or a movie she saw. It sounds a lot like the TV series MASH or the movie MASH. Anything is possible. Also, I always read the thanks in the books but this did not have one. You MUST read "About the Author" as it explains a lot of her thinking! ENJOY because I did!
January 6, 2020
A little to "out there" for me
I really dislike weak female characters in a book. Especially when it is the lead character. All of the women seem to be like ditsy blonds, despite their hair color. The book starts off strong and well written, but quickly winds down to be very anticlimactic. There is a strong underlying story contained in the book, which basically leaves you asking, why?
I really dislike weak female characters in a book. Especially when it is the lead character. All of the women seem to be like ditsy blonds, despite their hair color. The book starts off strong and well written, but quickly winds down to be very anticlimactic. There is a strong underlying story contained in the book, which basically leaves you asking, why?
November 30, 2019
I thoroughly enjoy this book. Josie, Oliver, Eddie and Carrie and how there were intertwined. I do believe in reincarnation and life after death. This was my first fictional novel with that topic written into the story. I will be reading more from Janet Scaife.
October 28, 2019
This was a great read that kept me throughout. I would highly recommend it.
November 3, 2019
Excellent Book
Beautifully written, very believable. The kind of book with real characters you want to visit again. I can relate to this book.
Beautifully written, very believable. The kind of book with real characters you want to visit again. I can relate to this book.
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