"Kyra and David Winter are happier than they ever expected to be. They have a comfortable home, stable careers, and a young son, Michael, whom they adore. Though everyone who knows the Winters considers them extremely overprotective parents, both Kyra and David believe they have good reasons for fearing that something will happen to their little boy. And then, on a perfectly average summer day, it does, when Michael disappears from his own backyard. The only question is whose past has finally caught up with them: David feels sure that Michael was taken by his troubled ex-wife, while Kyra believes the kidnapper must be someone from her estranged family, someone she betrayed years ago.

As the Winters embark on a journey of time and memory to find Michael, they will be forced to admit these suspicions, revealing secrets about themselves they’ve always kept hidden. But they will also have a chance to discover that it’s not too late to have the family they’ve dreamed of; that even if the world is full of risks, as long as they have hope, the future can bloom."

Acquired via PaperBackSwap. (Unabridged on 7 CDs; read by Joyce Bean)

David and Kyra, overprotective parents of their young son Michael, are devastated when he disappears from their backyard one morning. How does something like this happen when they've done everything they can to protect him from something just like this? As the story unfolds, the past of both parents come back to haunt them.

The bare bones of this story had promise. But the execution, or at least a good one, just wasn't there. This felt very disjointed and almost confusing at times, almost like the author was trying to throw too many things in there at once. The main, present-day story line took place in just one day, but the way the story was constructed made it feel like it was dragged out much longer, even though the book itself wasn't that lengthy. I doubt that this one will stick with me for very long.

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