Somewhere I'll Find You

Touching and compelling
October 6, 2011

By
Beeshon

Format:
Kindle
Edition

This was a very touching story and beautifully written.

Set in the 1930’s, it centers around three main characters: Nick, who puts his new
nightclub
over and above everything else. He's a self-deprecating, toughened by life, once streetwise boy who falls in love with his lead act, Katherine, a beautiful - in mind and body - diminutive, golden-voiced singer. Completing the main trio is Ashton, a French aristocrat with name, money, title, class and good-breeding who competes for the love and affection of Katherine. Rugged Nick believes he cannot give Katherine what he believes she deserves - the life she could lead with the sophisticated French count, when all Katherine really wants is the love she knows he has for her, but refuses to admit to. It is Nick's denial and refusal to succumb to his feelings that is the catalyst of the chain of events that leads to unexpected endings for all.

I liked the subtle way in which Linda alludes to the era. There weren't blatant references, yet there was no doubt about the 30’s backdrop. Linda also skillfully endears you to Nick and Kat - for all of Nick's bravado and despite his harsh childhood, he is
tenderhearted
and Kat grows from a slightly unworldly young girl to a defiant and assertive woman. There is nothing more that you want for these two than for them to be together. Linda's conception of the pompous Ashton is equally skillful - he is someone you want to hate, but ultimately, you find yourself liking him just a little bit, even harboring the smallest amount of sympathy for him.

There are some harsh, adult scenes in this story, but they serve to embolden and develop the characters with the result that a novel which could verge on mushy or over-sentimental is neither: Linda has very ably conceived a tale that is touching, compelling and poignant with an ending, though not the HEA you might be hoping for, brings just a tiny glimmer of a smile to your lips.

Historical intrigue
October 5, 2011

By
Leah Banicki

Format:
Kindle Edition

I dove into the intrigue and setting immediately. The 1930's smoldered and the characters kept it lively and interesting. Suspenseful and Interesting. Dark and a bit twisted in a romantic slant.

Evocative, Provocative and at times, heart wrenching - but a book you won't ever forget!
April 14, 2012

By
Elaine Raco Chase

Format
: Kindle
Edition|
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Welcome to the 1940's - and you do arrive there! Author Linda Swain paints such a vivid picture of the era - food, clothes, music and of course the fact that we'd soon be at war.

Kat is a woman with a voice and talent that can't be ignored. And a beauty that Nick and Ashton can't ignore either.

I won't give the story away - but this is a book with such evocative writing you will read it again and again. The star-crossed lovers are so compelling that you feel they were real.

And you know
. . .
maybe
they were!

Time Heals Everything is also a song by Bernadette Peters - it might be fun to play that tune while you turn the pages.

Don't hesitate to buy this provocative novel - you won't be disappointed in the characters, the place, the
times,
or the fantastic way Linda Swain has with the written word.

Somewhere I’ll Find You

By

Linda Swain

Copyright © 2012 Linda Swain

Cover art by Rose Marie Olson

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For Elaine, Gary and Mar
c
:

Thanks for all the valuable advice. 

Michael never would have made it
out
alive without you
.

To Mac
:

Somewhere I’ll find you, again

A crescent moon reflected against the walls of the large mansion on
Mulholland Drive.
Below those vine-covered walls, a German
s
hepherd sat watching, his dark eyes reflecting eerily in the moonlight.

He waited
,
just as the great house seemed to be waiting.

A cloud drifted across the moon, casting a shadow over the dog’s dark coat.  Sharp-tipped ears perked forward while large amber eyes probed the night.  There wasn’t a sound beyond the breeze that ruffled the roses at the house’s base and the soft gurgle from an old fountain.  Water continually moved, just as
had
the people who had live
d
in
,
and then left
,
this house over the passing years.

Crouching, a quiet rumble of pleasure came from the dog’s throat.  Raising his head, he sent a low, plaintive cry to the moon, to the night, to the shadow that beckoned from inside.  The dog would obey as he had always obeyed.  Some laws knew no limits or rules.  So was the love between dog and master. Between ghost and friend.

Again, the dog let out a mournful howl.  On that sound, the shadow that had called to the dog stepped out of the portrait hanging in the living room.  Empty space shuddered and gave way to an athletic body and a handsome face, the figure accented by a dark silk shirt and a
diamond
pin that held
together
a perfectly knotted cravat. Erik Fletcher
again
moved in the place that had once been his home.