Eddie has been presented as such a down-to-earth, lovable kind of guy that we don’t want to believe he would use Sarah and then walk away. It’s hard to reveal more about this highly plotted story without giving something away. She boards her flight for California, hoping a return to her normal routine will help her forget Eddie just as he seemed to have forgotten her. At some point she loved her ex-husband, but she never felt the intensity she feels with Eddie.

Eddie still doesn’t answer.įinally Sarah believes her friends when they tell her she’s become obsessed. At one point she blames herself for not telling him about her recent divorce and sends a long message begging for forgiveness. Her self-esteem plummets as she finds herself acting and feeling more like a lovesick teenager than a woman in her late 30s who runs a successful charity organization. Going to his house for a face-to face confrontation is out of the question. Unable to accept that their love wasn’t real, Sarah uses Facebook to spy on him while pleading for an answer in letters posted to Facebook Messenger. After convincing her that he’s sincere, Eddie appears to be ending the relationship by ceasing all communication. Finally she faces the inevitable truth-she’s been ghosted! The term may be new, but the situation is ages old. Something terrible must have happened to him, she tells herself. Sarah travels to London as planned for a reunion with old friends before she returns home to California, but she can’t stop worrying about Eddie. No calls, no texts and his social media has gone silent.

He declares his love before leaving for a planned vacation in Spain and promises to stay in touch during the trip. Sarah and Eddie’s fairytale romance follows a familiar path for many modern daters. No sooner have they declared their love for each other than the story takes a dark turn. Sarah is newly divorced and in need of some passion in her life, which is exactly what Eddie provides during the magical week they spend together in his cozy home. They quickly bond as they capture an escaped sheep together on the village green. Sarah and Eddie meet while walking in the small English town where Sarah has returned for a visit after living in California for nearly 20 years. author Rosie Walsh, who has written four novels previously under the name Lucy Robinson. It’s a familiar plotline for many romance novels, including this debut from U.K. A woman who has moved away from her childhood home returns and has a chance encounter with a man who turns out to be the love of her life.

Ghosted by Rosie Walsh