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 text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.