Nancy Allan

Alone, with a fall gale howling around the rafters, Amy Johnstone turns to see a woman’s rain-streaked face staring back at her through the dark window.

The face is...identical to her own!

Instantly, Amy's life crumbles. Something sinister surrounds her and those she loves. She is catapulted into a world she knows nothing about--a place where a killer rules, where her life is in constant peril, and where her child has been taken.

WINTER’S DESTINY is an edge-of-the-seat thriller - love story set on the rugged Pacific Coast of Oregon. Here, the story reaches its unique and spectacular conclusion.… (plus d'informations)

They say that everybody has a double, and maybe it's true. Amy, a professional architect, certainly begins to think so when one of Oregon's coast storms batters the house and a woman appears in her window looking exactly the same as herself, except for the fact that the woman was bleeding. Who was she? Certainly not a relative she has ever known about, none look like she does. With power going on and off, winds howling and rattling the house, she locates a flashlight to find the woman who obviously needs help.

What is it about these storms that come so suddenly and cause not just damage, but seem to create chaos with the inhabitants? When the sheriff receives the call, he is already dealing with one of these weird events. But when he gets to Amy's home, he is greeted by her rather obnoxious husband, a doctor, who declares nothing happened, there was no woman. How then will he explain the trail of blood? Even the tracker dog picked up the trail. So begins an interesting journey of long-kept secrets, wild car chases, foot races, and deadly villains. This book is an unusual thriller with a long history and a heart-stopping finish. Nancy Allan has kept me in her grip from start to finish.… (plus d'informations)

Quite a short read, felt like it could have been longer if handled differently.

The characers quite often felt like caricatures, like aspects of them were exaggerated (particularly Justin's parents and Ashla's grandmother).

Liked the premise, could see how injuring a star sports player at school could lead to bullying at school.

The character of Dell was odd, like he was supposed to be one sort of character but then went in a different direction. The drug supplying guy didn't gel with the academic.

Didn't like the way it ended without anything actually being resolved. Obviously Dell is moving away but the problems with the gang and bullying aren't resolved.

I know that bullying can be really bad but I felt like it was taken to extremes in the story.

Ashla's dad's cancer also felt tacked on, could've maybe been explored in greater detail.… (plus d'informations)