Everything We Lost

by Kate Smith

... a heart-wrenching yet wonderful story ... Amazon ReviewerThis book pulls your heartstrings ... Amazon ReviewerA devastating loss. A faded photo. A fateful meeting.When Savannah, a teenage girl from Oregon, ends up in Dr. Aiden Hamilton's emergency room, he experiences déjà vu, picturing the woman he once loved and the child he never knew. The meeting stirs memories of his own troubled childhood … memories of a devastating loss and deep secrets he’s kept hidden even from his closest friends.Ever since the death of her adoptive mother, Savannah has been on a mission to find the woman who gave her away at birth, aided only by the faded photo that was tucked inside her baby blanket. She never dreamed the ill-fated ending to a school trip to Chicago, thousands of miles away from her home town, might set her on the right path.Finding the answers and connections she seeks includes unforeseen complications and heartache. When she digs into the past, she learns nothing is simple when it comes to love, loss, and family.

Genres: Romance, Ebooks, Family, Contemporary

464 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 6, 2019

About the author

Author of Women's Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, and Contemporary Romance.

A World of Second Chances...

Kate Smith writes full-length novels in the genres of Contemporary and Women's Fiction with a liberal dose of Contemporary Romance.

Journey with the characters as the experience love and loss, joy and pain, and beginnings and endings.

Book 1 of her new series, You Me & Us is now available worldwide in ebook and paperback. Between You Me & Us is a Contemporary Romance with a strong female lead. The second book, Before You Me & Us is scheduled to release in 2021.

The Hamilton Series consists of six full-length novels and is also available worldwide.

Kate lives in the sunny Okanagan in British Columbia, Canada and has two daughters. She loves travel, a good cup of coffee, chocolate, and beautiful sandy beaches.

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gave up at 50%. I’m adopted, so I thought it would be interesting, but everything about this book annoyed the hell out of me. I might have enjoyed it when I was 13, but the sappy dialogue, wild coincidences and totally unbelievable interactions were just too much.
Updated: decided to scan through the rest, just to be fair in my rating. It actually got worse.

[Bonnye Reed]

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[Celinda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, interesting story, great characters, every emotion under the sun. It was great, until the end, when I started feeling "oh, no....this is not a stand-alone series book". Too open ended, but overall, I would say it's a very good read. I just have a backlog of reading and I'm afraid by the time I get to #2 in the series, I won't remember book one...So, if you love a series and have time, grab this book. You'll love it.

[Imogen Dior · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Hamilton series! It’s my all time favourite that i still re-read at least twice a year, the family dynamics present in this book with romance, humour, angst and undying love makes it a spectacular read! I will be following Kate Smith closely for any future releases!! 💕

[Taylor Segen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining but I wonder how much better it might have been if I could relate to the characters. I'm tired of books with super-wealthy characters who can, in no way, be relatable to me. So, basically, a fairy tale.

[Lynda Kelly · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is not for me......I'd only managed 5% but it's written like it's a Young Adult fiction story. I even went back and checked on Amazon's cataloguing genre for it and nope, it's an adult novel !!
It is written so it seems we know exactly how and why Savannah is behaving like some weird kid around the doctor she's just encountered and the speech in no way rings true at all. She's on some school trip when an accident occurs so that's how she meets him, then as she takes her leave of him, she asks, "Could I come back and ask you some questions ? You know, about being a doctor ?" Huh ??? WHY, would be the first thing I'd want to know !!! She's 14 and to my knowledge wasn't on any medical-related school jaunt ! He's a stranger and she's in a strange town.
Then they meet for coffee and we're to believe she's suddenly encountered her biological father. I knew the synopsis details this BUT there's no lead-up, we learnt zip about either Aiden or Savannah before we were thrust into this scene !!
I hate leaving one star reviews but it really needs to be rebadged. If I was around 13 I guess it would've been the perfect age-range.
I hadn't seen any mistakes by the time I gave up on it, however, which is always something I'm happy about and merits a mention.

[Kat (chocoholicreads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet story that gave me whiplash with how quickly it jumped from one moment to the next. I enjoyed it a lot and it was easy to read, but it's probably the most romanticised tragedy I've read in a long time. A lot of the story was predictable, and whimsical - bordering on being unbelievable. Still, sometimes it's good to just read a "nice", entertaining story that for the most part works out well for everyone.

I did get frustrated towards the end, wondering how things were going to be truly wrapped up, then lo and behold, it turns out there's a book 2! I'm not sure how I didn't realise this is a series but I'll most likely read the next one (and others) as I'm a sucker for a book series.. I just hope that the second book doesn't jump about so rapidly!

[Paula Kramer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a nice story about a guy who is found by a 15 year old daughter that he fathered and was given up for adoption, but the mother doesn’t want the girl to know who she is. The dad is a doctor who was 15 when his girlfriend got pregnant. Anyway….this book was over 700 pages telling a story that could have been told in 200 pages. I had all I could do to finish it. There was really nothing exciting about it with not much story to it.

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Savanna

This book surprised me in the beginning with the way it started. It developed into a great story which will sometimes surprise you. I liked this book but I am not sure I will continue the series.

[Becky · Rating 1 out of 5]

It started terribly with entirely unbelievable scenarios and coincidences. Then it became dull, like zero plot dull. I continued reading hoping that something would happen and yet...nothing. I very rarely DNF a book, but I was close. To the point I actually regret spending time reading this.

[Gaye Lemm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Usual

Good writing but so predictable. I knew what was going to happen all the way through the book. Too bad because Kate Smith is a good writer.

[Leanne Farmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh the losses.

Very sweet and tender story. This was a wonderful heart breaking story. A very good read. Leaves you hanging. Will have to read the next one.

[Kathy Spann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adoption story

Fast moving story beginning with a train accident in the first chapter. Good looking doctor dealing with a shock from the past.

[Annie Ballard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it.

[Dorothy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Would have given another star but did not because of the cliffhanger ending.

[Douglas D. Karttunen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of editing errors

There are many editing errors that were missed.
A 15 year old girl shouldn’t be sleeping in the same bed with her father. Creepy.

[Heather Williams · Rating 2 out of 5]

An predictable plot

[Debbie Weinstein · Rating 2 out of 5]

juvenile

I really skimmed through this ebook because both the story line and the writing were like reading a writer wannabe.

[Yavona R Stelken · Rating 5 out of 5]

Required reading.

I thoroughly enjoyed this tome. I have been reading true stories, but liked the experience of this fictional writing. It was engaging ,sad, and happy.

[Alison Young · Rating 2 out of 5]

Long drawm out family saga

Barely plausible characters and a long list of Sub characters in a story that is totally unbelievable. Don't bother reading though I did finish it.

[Cierra Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely had it's up and downs, but overall it was a decent book.

[Trish · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

[Lorena Meusel · Rating 3 out of 5]

light-hearted read and writing style, a nice quick read :) will read the entire series

[Cierra Mydock · Rating 2 out of 5]

You could shave about 200 pages off this book, and it only starts to get interesting at the very end. Theres more books in the series from different perspectives that seem interesting, but I don't want to go through the boredom again like I did for this book. Good storyline, but not great writing.