There are two sides to Lanore and I found her to be complex and interesting. Some of the events that occur in Boston, supernatural elements aside, are probably based on truth, but nevertheless made this reader uncomfortable. It is filled with obsession, alchemy, and magic. It is a one-sided love story about her and a man named Jonathan. The tale that Lanore share’s with us is so unbelievable that it had a ring of truth to it. This was clever because Findley could clarify things by asking questions about what we had just read. Lanore tells the past, and Findley the present. The author skillful takes us from the present to the past. She begins her tale in 1809 set against the Maine Territory. She then proceeds to tell him her story….the tale that unfolds is romantic, dark, gritty and spans nearly two hundred years. It is then that Lanny grabs a scalpel and shows Findley something he won’t soon forget. Not easily duped he proceeds to examine her, removing Lanny’s bloody clothing and looking for injuries.
She claims that she only helped a friend die at his request and that there are things he cannot understand.
Once inside an exam room, Lanore (Lanny as she prefers), asks Findley to help her escape. The police leave a guard and head out to the woods to find the body of the man she confessed to the killing. When Lanore McIlvrae walks in, he is shocked that this tiny, beautiful blonde, with corkscrew curls and blue eyes, is involved in a murder. Luke Findley is just beginning his shift and is told the local police are bringing in a murder suspect and need him to check her over. The tale begins at a rural hospital in Maine. Part historical novel, part supernatural page-turner, The Taker is an unforgettable tale about the power of unrequited love not only to elevate and sustain, but also to blind and ultimately destroy, and how each of us is responsible for finding our own path to redemption. And now, two centuries later, the key to her healing and her salvation lies with Dr. But the price she pays is steep-an immortal bond that chains her to a terrible fate for all eternity. Consumed as a child by her love for the son of the town’s founder, Lanny will do anything to be with him forever. Andrew, Maine, back when it was a Puritan settlement. And as she begins to tell her story, a story of enduring love and consummate betrayal that transcends time and mortality, Luke finds himself utterly captivated.Her impassioned account begins at the turn of the nineteenth century in the same small town of St. He is inexplicably drawn to her, despite the fact that she is a murder suspect with a police escort. A mysterious woman with a past and plenty of dark secrets, Lanny is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae-Lanny-walks into his ER, she changes his life forever. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr.
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