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The Breathless

By: Tara Goedjen
Narrated by: Catherine Taber
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Publisher's summary

For fans of the dark family secrets of We Were Liars and the suspense of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, The Breathless is a haunting tale of deeply buried secrets, forbidden love, and how far some will go to bring back what's long dead.

No one knows what really happened on the beach where Roxanne Cole's body was found, but her boyfriend, Cage, took off that night and hasn't been seen since. Until now. One year - almost to the day - from Ro's death, when he knocks on the door of Blue Gate Manor and asks where she is.

Cage has no memory of the past 12 months. According to him, Ro was alive only the day before. Ro's sister Mae wouldn't believe him, except that something's not right. Nothing's been right in the house since Ro died.

And then Mae finds the little green book. The one hidden in Ro's room. It's filled with secrets - dangerous secrets - about her family, and about Ro. And if what it says is true, then maybe, just maybe, Ro isn't lost forever.

And maybe there are secrets so dark, they should never see the light of day.

©2017 Tara Goedjen (P)2017 Listening Library

Critic reviews

"Evocative and mysterious; The Breathless is rich with layered secrets and intertwined stories of love and loss." (Sarah Tomp, author of My Best Everything)
" The Breathless is part magic-tinged mystery, part Southern Gothic, and part romance that chills and thrills you all at once. I couldn't put it down!" (Tara Hudson, author of the Hereafter trilogy)

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I couldn't put it down!

Wonderful, layered storytelling. I am still thinking about it today, and planning to read it again, because I think it will be a different story the next time I read it. Because I will be just a little different next time. No two people will experience this story in exactly the same way.

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Disappointed

I felt like this book could have had so much more potential. The back and forth between time was messy and still confusing. Cage... never really explains his true story beginning or end. I always finish a book because I feel like every story needs to be read. Great idea for a story but lacking in story telling.

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Can’t wait for her next book

Don’t want to spoil it , you will just have to read it yourself. Thank you.

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not my favorite

struggled to finish. kept thinking it would get better soon. it never did. to bad.

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great

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Absolutely loved it!

This was an amazing story for a debut author. I couldn't put it down, it was very well written and well performed.

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