No matter how stranded in life they feel, this fateful night could be the new beginning they didn’t think was possible. They’ll discover more about each other, and themselves, than they ever knew-and Nora will be forced to question her brother’s disappearance in ways she never could have imagined. There’s Marlene, an elderly loner who believes that, apart from her husband, there’s little good left in the world Jasmine, a troubled teen Lewis, a homeless man with lost hope and one last wish and Vlado, the security guard who loves a good book and, from afar, Nora.Īs a winter storm buries Silver Ridge, this collection of lonely hearts takes shelter in the library. It’s her home away from home, but it’s also a sanctuary for others who, like her brother, could use a second chance. She holds on to the hope that she’ll be reunited with her missing brother and does what she can at the town library. Instead, the openhearted librarian in the small Colorado community of Silver Ridge sees only promise. Orphaned at a young age and witness to her brother’s decline into addiction, Nora Martinez has every excuse to question the fairness of life. Through healing, forgiveness, and second chances, Claire may realize that what's most important might not be re-creating the person she was, but embracing the possibilities of being the person she is.From Melissa Payne, bestselling author of Memories in the Drift, comes an emotionally rich, feel-good novel about hope, second chances, and seeing the world through someone else’s eyes. It's there, in the reminders.Īs determined as Claire is to regain all that's disappeared, she'd prefer to live without some memories of her before life-especially those of her mother, Alice, who abandoned her, and Tate, the ex-boyfriend who broke her heart.īut when Alice and Tate return from the past, there'll be so much more for Claire to relive. She also has a close-knit community of friends in the remote Alaskan town where she teaches guitar to the local children. With notebooks, calendars, to-do lists, fractured pieces of the past, and her father's support, Claire makes it through each day, hour by hour, with relative confidence. Ten years ago, Claire Hines lost her unborn child-and her short-term memory-following a heartrending tragedy. I know what I'm doing and why I am here…for now.

Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Secrets of Lost Stones, returns with another haunting and hopeful novel about redemption, the power of memory, and a woman's will to reclaim her life.

Memories in the Drift by Melissa Payne