Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. For six years, hiding his broken heart, he threw himself into a career as a college teacher. For six years he kept his promise to leave Natalie alone. Six years of painful dreams about her life with her husband Todd. But these six years have not quenched his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he cannot resist attending his funeral. There he catches a glimpse of Todd's wife, hoping for... but she's not Natalie. Whoever the woman in mourning was, she had been married to Todd for almost twenty years. And with that, everything Jake knew about the best time of his life, a time he will never forget, is turned upside down. And as Jake searches for the truth, his fairytale memories of Natalie begin to be explained. The couple's mutual friends are either impossible to find or they don't remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie for many years. Jake's search for the woman who broke his heart, who lied to him, will soon put Jake's life in danger when he realizes that the man he has become is the result of a carefully thought-out strategy. Harlan Coben returns with a shocking, gripping novel that artfully explores the power of past loves, the secrets and the lies that such love can hide. Translated by the group The book’s text has been translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence system. In most cases, the translation is accurate and clear, but occasionally there may be incorrect phrasing or individual words left untranslated.