Casey Schillinge is a young woman who is dying. She contracted a tropical disease and now needs a heart transplant. She is fading away .. a little at a time and her parents can do nothing but watch. But then the call comes in the middle of the night and Casey's life is going to change in ways no one can see coming.

Three years later, she is a shell of the young woman she used to be. She's withdrawn from everyone, suffers agoraphobia. She has night terrors and is afraid to go to sleep. She has memories, but they don't seem to be hers. No one understands ... no one believes her.

When she absolutely cannot take any more, she begins research into why she can't sleep. She's tried alcohol and drugs, sleeping pills, exercising hours at a time ... anything to be able to sleep without the nightmares haunting her.

What she first discovers is the donor of her new heart ... and her tragic story. As she seeks and finds more and more information, she realizes her dreams are not dreams .... but a real life nightmare.

It's really hard to pigeon hole this story. It's more than a psychological thriller ... more than a paranormal adventure ... more than a mystery. It's the journey of someone who refuses to quit, will not give up, and pushes herself out the door when she's so frightened she may faint. She is a lot stronger than anyone gives her credit for.

The beginning is a bit slower paced, but it does well in revealing just who Casey is ... and who she was. Once her investigation begins, the action and suspense becomes almost non-stop. WOW! what an ending! The entire story premise is a good one with skillfully defined characters. It's entertaining and riveting!

There have been perplexing reports of organ transplant receivers claiming that they seem to have inherited the memory, experiences and emotions of their deceased donors, and which are causing quirky changes in their personality ( http://www.namahjournal.com/doc/Actual/Memory-transference-in-organ-transplant-recipients-vol-19-iss-1.html)

Many thanks to the author / Central Avenue Publishing / Netgalley for the digital copy of this book. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.