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Four strangers time travel to the past and find themselves stuck on the day all their lives were changed in this stunning speculative mystery from award-winning film and television producer Dete Meserve, perfect for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Wrong Place Wrong Time and The Paradox Hotel.

What would you do if you could spend an hour in your past? Four strangers in the beach town of Ventura, California are about to find out.

Elizabeth aches for one more precious hour with her son who died in a senseless accident. Andy is desperate to find his first love who vanished after a whirlwind romance. Logan craves the rush of surfing and mountain climbing, yearning to reclaim the freedom he lost after a misstep landed him in a wheelchair. Brooke is looking for an hour of relief from the guilt of an unforgivable mistake.

Enter Aeon Expeditions, the groundbreaking time travel invention of Mark Saunders—which allows some lucky clients the chance to spend an hour in their past. Even though Aeon’s technology ensures time travel can’t alter the future, all four clients, including Mark’s ex-wife Elizabeth, yearn to revisit the hour that changed their lives forever.

But when their “hour” extends beyond sixty minutes, they find themselves stranded in the past. As their paths intertwine unexpectedly, they unearth shocking secrets hidden in the shadows of their shared All their lives were shattered the same night on a secluded highway by the beach. As they delve into the hidden truths of that pivotal hour, a startling revelation emerges. They were not alone. Someone else was present, harboring deadly intentions.

The Memory Collectors is a heart-wrenching, genre-bending novel brimming with hope, grief and second chances.

okay, each chapter has a new name so far! lol
so I'm making a list!

through: Chapter 4

Elizabeth (view spoiler)[ mother - lost Sam to a terrible accident. lots of questions about his death. her husband, Mark, made Aeon Expeditions (hide spoiler)]

Andy (view spoiler)[ author, met the love of his life but she ghosted him (or did she?) her name was Kate (hide spoiler)]

Logan (view spoiler)[ was in some kind of accident and is now paralyzed. he went into the past - and hiked - but he stayed longer than an hour? and maybe met someone new? (hide spoiler)]

Brooke (view spoiler)[ has daughter Olivia and husband James
ooooh. and she hit Sam (hide spoiler)]

6 chapters

what an intriguing beginning
(view spoiler)[
okay so are they all tied together from the accident

the night Sam died
the night Kate disappeared
the night Logan - possibly was paralyzed? if he was with Sam
and the night Brooke hit Sam and Logan?

hmmm. . .

and how are they all staying late in the jump? is this Mark's doing?
is he experimenting with Elizabeth and the night they lost Sam? (hide spoiler)]

10 chapters

okay, so wait
(view spoiler)[
Kate isn't really kate - She's someone else?

AND Haley grew up with Sam but Sam stood her up on the hike
AND Kate/Sarah knows Sam!!

and Logan saw Brooke - and now she knows they are both traveling.

so. . .where is Elizabeth? did Sam stay home because he stayed home with his mom?

where did Kate/Sarah go? and why was Sam on that road? and why was Logan there if he didn't know Sam, originally!!?

SO MANY QUESTIONS! (hide spoiler)]

through Part 1

wow (view spoiler)[ they connect in so many different ways
and yet, because we don't know Kate/Sarah or Sam and what happened to them or why they were there that night - we won't know how it all connects

I'm glad they are working with Brooke but wow! how tough to face her and not whoop her a$$. . . (hide spoiler)]

25 chapters

oooh (view spoiler)[ I'm so glad she told her husband
but now we know - Kate was hiding from (probably) an ex boyfriend?
and Sam was just trying to protect her - give her the chance to leave.

so did she get away? or did he take her too?

and now Sam's left again?!?! AND BROOKE IS ON THE ROAD! NOOOOOOO!!!

but did the mom just shift back? the husband loving her - broke my heart. I'm so sad for their future (hide spoiler)]

Through Part 2

(view spoiler)[ NOOOOOO!!!

they were all there again!!! and it's because they never told Kate or Sam so they were both there again! and everyone else gathered around them - trying top stop it.

This totally reminds me of Lucky Day and the Low Probability Event - that they try so hard to change the outcome of an event but the world will try to move other things around and get everyone in place so it happens no matter what. . . (hide spoiler)]

Trisha wrote: "okay, each chapter has a new name so far! lol
so I'm making a list!

through: Chapter 4

Elizabeth [spoilers removed]

Andy [spoilers removed]

Logan [spoilers removed] (view spoiler)[ with Sam when he was killed. He had stolen a gun and $3000 from his parents. (hide spoiler)]

Brooke has daughter Olivia..."(view spoiler)[ owns the restaurant/bar they frequent <.spoiler>

lol you beat me to it. Had my list I ws going to post this morning. So adding to it (hide spoiler)]

Trisha wrote: "6 chapters

what an intriguing beginning(view spoiler)[

okay so are they all tied together from the accident

the night Sam died
the night Kate disappeared
the night Logan - possibly was paralyzed? if he was wi..." (hide spoiler)]

Yes (view spoiler)[ they all seem to be reliving from Aug 20 to Aug 25? They all have been strictly instructed they would only stay 60 minutes and experience pain on the way out? They are having symptoms but no out, is it intentional or a glitch in the serendipity, like it can’t get round the loop of them all together (hide spoiler)]

Trisha wrote: "10 chapters (view spoiler)[

okay, so wait

Kate isn't really kate - She's someone else?

AND Haley grew up with Sam but Sam stood her up on the hike
AND Kate/Sarah knows Sam!!

and Logan saw Brooke - and now sh... (hide spoiler)]

Oh (view spoiler)[so many questions… I have a BIG one! Why in the holy hell would you pay to take a jump to an UNSPECIFIED time in your life? I totally understand taking a jump back to either change things(which is not allowed and they all have been told it CANT happen, but hmmmm I am wondering or to see some special loved ones just for 60 more minutes but oh no way I would go back to unknown. There are too many 60 minutes in my life I want to forget!!!! And that would be my lick! And also why does Elizabeth sound like she paid just like a regular “customer”. Does she have No connection with her ex being the developer/owner? (hide spoiler)]

Trisha wrote: "Through Part 2

NOOOOOO!!! (view spoiler)[

they were all there again!!! and it's because they never told Kate or Sam so they were both there again! and everyone else gathered around them - trying top stop it.

T..." (hide spoiler)]
(view spoiler)[ I agree...this "plot" has been done before...
I can see the resemblance to those books but this one is/was so much easier for me. I am totally invested. It was so hard to stop last night, actually have to find where I started “sleep reading”. Woke up with my dog sleeping on my tablet, lol (hide spoiler)]

and done!

(view spoiler)[ this one was cute
but it was just a little too "I've loved you my whole life" - I mean, I'm glad they were all given a kind of happy end but it was a little too pulled together at the end (hide spoiler)]

Finished-(view spoiler)[part 3 was for sure not as good as parts 1 & 2 or at least the end wasn't. It seemed very rushed and too cleaned up. This whole big mess throughout the story and then in 1 page every body is great with everybody else. Everyone is over their trauma. I think it they would have all made a turn and headed in the right direction, and even if in an epilogue, wrap somethings up, but it was too tightly wrapped at the end IMO, otherwise I thought it was a great book. (hide spoiler)]

I agree!! Part 1 was really a race to know more - but part 3 was just a little too tidy!