A Five-Minute Life, an all-new standalone new adult romance by International bestselling author Emma Scott is LIVE!
A Five-Minute Life
by Emma Scott
A New Adult Romance
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Blurb
Thea Hughes has five minutes to live.
A car accident stole her parents and left her with the second-worst documented case of amnesia in the world. She now has only minutes of experiences, of consciousness, of life…before her memory is wiped clean. The once effervescent artist with a promising future is reduced to scribbling with pens and paper, living an empty, quiet life, three hundred seconds at a time.
Jim Whelan is on autopilot.
A foster kid shuffled around the system since birth, he’s lived his entire life without knowing love…and it’s taken its toll—until he learned to fight back, carry his armor, and keep his head down.
Working as an orderly in the Blue Ridge Sanitarium, deep in Virginia countryside, Jim looked up…and found Thea.
When Thea has the chance to break free of her five-minute prison with a risky, experimental surgery, it could lead them both to an epic love they never thought possible… or one that could require the ultimate sacrifice.
A stand-alone, new adult romance.
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Review
5+ “Keep me safe. Keep me wild.” stars!
It’s no wonder why Emma Scott is my favorite author. She continues to wow me with every single word she writes and this story is no exception! A Five-Minute Life is original, unique, and captivating. It’s emotional, magical, and unputdownable. It’s everything I could ask for in a new adult romance and more, and I loved every single word of this spectacular love story.
Thea was an exceptionally talented artist who had her whole life in front of her when an accident took it all away. She now suffers from one of the worst traumatic brain injuries documented and lives in a five-minute loop. Every time she “resets” she loses her memories and her day starts over.
Jim gets a job as an orderly at the Blue Ridge Sanitarium and is surprised what he learns about the patients. He can’t fathom what they go through day in and day out with little hope for recovery. Then Jim meets Thea. Her light draws him in and makes his darkness fade a little bit. He can’t seem to get her out of his mind yet he knows he must becauseThea is a patient at the sanitarium and strictly off limits.
Thea Hughes wasn’t recovering and wasn’t going to get better, and I had to adjust to that reality too. She was a resident of Blue Ridge Sanitarium. I was an orderly charged to take care of her, end of story.
End of our story.
Only, that isn’t the end. Every interaction between Jim and Thea makes his feelings grow stronger even though she continues to forget. Except, she may not entirely forget everything. Little clues lead Jim to believe that perhaps Thea does remember things from their time together. When a new surgery is developed to help amnesia patients, there is hope that Thea will remember and Jim can finally explore the connection he knows they share.
Gah! This story!! It is breathtakingly beautiful and really hits you with the feels. It is brought to life through Thea and Jim, two multidimensional characters who are ingrained in my heart. Despite her traumatic brain injury, Thea’s character remained true. She is still kind and genuine and full of life. Jim has a dark past that haunts him but he does not let it ruin him. He is good, sincere, and has a huge, unselfish heart that shines through with his actions.
Thea and Jim are flawed and different but are perfect for each other. Their insecurities make them real and relatable and their hearts make them endearing. I enjoyed their wonderful banter and swooned with every sweet interaction. They are easy together and they form a bond that grows into a special relationship that no challenge can break down.
I loved that Jim was there for Thea even if it was easier to let her go. And Thea encouraged Jim when he needed it most even when the world was against him. That’s the thing about love though, you fight for it no matter what. Thea and Jim saved each other when neither knew they needed saving. Thea saw something special in Jim that no one saw before and Jim was there for Thea when she needed someone to believe in her. They ended up bringing one another back to life and they were everything to each other.
She was all the light and color I could ever want.
It’s impossible not to be fully invested in Thea and Jim’s love story. There is a heartbreaking reality that doesn’t fall in line with the love that Thea and Jim share. The loss that both Thea and Jim experience every five-minutes pulled at my heartstrings, and the hope they felt when they are given a chance is beautiful.
I waited for the curtain of her mind to close and open again and we started over again. Actors in a movie, reading a script, but the cameras and crew were hidden from sight. The same words, take after take.
Every time, the confusion swept across her eyes, wiping everything away. Erasing our five minutes. Erasing who and what we were to each other.
It’s an emotional ride that will bring on the tears and bring on the smiles. There is so much love though and it is real. I felt it, I believed it, and it was everything. There is beauty in their strength and hope. They are all in and it filled me with so much joy even as my heart broke.
The storyline is original, imaginative, well-developed, and wonderfully written. You don’t know where it will go or what will happen. It surprises you in the best possible way even when it is tragic. It breaks you and then puts you back together, and all the emotion, both good and bad, is worth it because this love story is epic and will forever be in my heart. I want to relive Thea and Jim’s story over and over again and experience their love as if it were the first time because A Five-Minute Life is just that good. It deserves all the stars! Easily a new top favorite of 2019, this is a must read!
*ARC generously provided by the author and Social Butterfly PR in exchange for an honest review*
About the Author
Emma Scott is a bestselling author of emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy thoughtful, realistic stories with diverse characters and kind-hearted heroes, you will enjoy her novels.
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