The Life Intended

The Life Intended Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau and The Paris Daughter comes a novel about finding love after loss that's Sliding Doors meets P.S. I Love You. A woman who lost her husband twelve years ago is ready to move on, but her subconscious won't let her. Is she just dreaming of her late husband--or slipping through to the alternate life she should have had?

"An affecting tale about finding happiness amid grief and guilt." --Booklist

Twelve years ago, newlywed Kate Waithman had it all--until the day her husband, Patrick, the love of her life, was unexpectedly killed in a car accident.

More than a decade later, Kate has found happiness as a music therapist in New York City and has finally found a second chance at love, with a kind man named Dan. Life should be perfect, except that on the night she and Dan get engaged, Kate begins having jarringly realistic dreams in which Patrick is still alive--and he and Kate have a daughter. The dreams feel so vivid, so right, that Kate has to wonder: Is Patrick trying to tell her something?

Attempting to navigate between dreams and reality, Kate must uncover her late husband's hidden message. Her quest leads her to a sign language class and into the New York City foster system, where she finds rewards greater than she could have imagined--and learns that, even in loss, love never really leaves but waits to guide us exactly where we need to be.