Book Review - Come Back to Me

"Come back to me, Marian. Come back." I had no idea when I picked up Jody Hedlund's first Waters of Time book, Come Back to Me, that the title would stir me the way it does since I read those words within the text. Even after finishing the book, they squeeze my heart with the sheer desperation penned into them by an author so very skilled at both storytelling and creating characters who get into the reader's heart and stay long after the story is told.

Marian Creighton humored her father’s research into healing waters influenced by the seeds from the biblical Tree of Life, even as he focused on it more than his relationships with his daughters. After all, he was utterly devastated by his wife’s death from the disease than now ravages the body of Marian’s sister, Ellen. Marian would give anything to heal her sister, even if it means following clues her father has left behind to lead Marian to holy water with supposed healing properties. There are just a few complications involved: someone is after her to get their hands on his research, there are still so many unknowns, and time travel. When Marian finds herself in the year 1381, with no other option but to participate in a marriage of convenience in order to stay alive long enough to locate the healing waters, she doesn't realize how it will change her life in both timelines.

With Come Back to Me, Jody Hedlund opens the Waters of Time with a tome filled with a love to last two lifetimes. The modern intrigue may hook the reader, but what comes to pass between Marian and Will is an achingly beautiful portrait of determination, affection, and undying devotion that spans centuries.

Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund is available now from your favorite local bookseller or online:

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Thank you to the author and publisher for allowing me a copy to read and review. All opinions expressed here are my own and are completely genuine.