B.A. Paris you have done it again. This book had me tuned in from the very first word until the end. This is going to be another best seller and now I’m trying to patiently wait for your next masterpiece. This book had me in an emotional twist all the way to the end.

This was my first B.A. Paris novel, so I went into this book with no expectations, other than hoping it would be a great read. I found this book to just be okay though compared to some other psychological thrillers I've read. This was more of a psychological drama and although it kept me entertained initially, it fell a bit flat in the middle and the ending was too rushed for my liking. This book took me a while longer to read than most, probably because it was way too long for the content and the middle wasn't that interesting to keep my attention.

I honestly had low expectations for the book as soon as I finished the prologue. so it set a bad tone for the rest of the book for me. It seemed as though a 2nd grader was telling the story of what happened to Layla the night she disappeared. The writing style did change a bit once the first chapter began, but I didn't like Finn right away. He seemed immature, naive and just weird. And the Russian Doll thing was a bit odd and something I can't relate to, but at least it added some dimension to the story.

The book did keep me semi-engaged in Part One. It was interesting to get the back story and then flip to the present, and for the most part, I didn't think Finn was too terrible in this part. Parts Two and Three seemed to drag on and weren't that interesting to me. I found Layla to be deeply disturbed and even questioned Finn's sanity. But it wasn't too hard to figure out the plot of the book after Part One.

The most disappointing part of the book is the ending. The last chapter was predictable and sad, but I hated the epilogue. It was way too brief to make me feel as though this story really had a conclusion. We're left with so many questions still and I'd have really liked to see what happened down the road.

WOW ! Did not see that coming. Not my usual genre but glad I gave it a whirl. Thank you Netgalley for leading me here...and beyond my usual novels.

Intriguing storyline of missing woman presumed dead who reappears after 12 years when her ex sets up home with her sister and marriage is discussed.
Mysterious happenings are the first hint that she may still be alive but it is not till the end that we can unravel what has happened in the intervening years.
Compulsive reading though ultimately none of the characters are that likeable except maybe one of the fringe characters. Good holiday read but leaves more questions than it answers.

A thought provoking novel that looks into the dissappearance of a young lady while returning from a skiing trip. It follows the boy friends tortured trip into despair and continues to his present state and the mental hell he is put through. In the finale all is revealed and will leave the reader with a lot to ponder upon.

I have rated this book 4 stars.

I received an ARC from Netgalley for my unbiased review.

In an age where thrillers are being churned out, Bring Me Back was a true standout. While it does follow a similar style to Gone Girl, the characters and the story are unique. It follows the story of Finn, whose wife disappeared without a trace while he briefly used the bathroom at a rest-stop. The book alternates between before she disappeared and after as readers piece together what truly occurred. For the first time in a long time, I decided to stay up almost all night to finish this one. I don't want to give too much away, but this book renewed my faith in the genre!

Finn's girlfriend disappears in the French countryside and 12 years later he is set to marry her sister when odd things start to happen. Reminders of his life with Layla begin to pop up and he starts wondering if he should find Layla and be with her or stay with her sister, Ellen. This does not make me like him very much. That and his apparent temper. Well, as always in these cases, what happened the night she disappeared isn't what Finn told the police. And no one else is really telling the truth either. I think the puzzle with these books now is to figure out which part of which statement is the truth and which part can't be trusted instead of following the story. The reader has to spend too much time determining fact from fiction that it takes away from the story itself. The conclusion was one of my three big guesses and I was surprised that it took Finn as long as it did to figure it out. But it made for an decent read.

A young British couple are driving through France on holiday when they stop for gas. He runs in to pay, she stays in the car. When he returns her car door is hanging open, she must have awakened because she's not inside. Is she still in the bathroom? No, kidnapped? No one ever sees her again.

Move forward ten years and life, as it does, has carried on. He’s engaged to be married; he's happy, and his past is only a distant memory. But will it stay that way? One day he comes home from work and finds his new wife-to-be is sitting on the sofa. There is an object she seems to be intrigued with as she turns it over in her fingers, holding it up to the light. It is an object that would have no worth to anyone else, and eerily, it is an object only he and she would know about. Why do you ask? His second wife is sister of his missing first love.

More questions are raised which puts a strain on their young marriage. Has his first love somehow come back to him after all this time? Or is the person who took her playing games with his mind?

This story is an intriguing and twisty novel that kept this reader guessing until the very end.

The support cast are all well-developed and kept my suspicion of their involvement in the disappearance. The actual reveal will make you say aaah yes, I should have seen that coming. But I didn’t.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press for granting me this ARC and the privilege of reading this excellent thriller.

A psychological thriller with so many twists! You just won’t believe it!
Layla was Finn’s love. The one who got under his skin. When she disappears he can’t imagine living life without her. Fast forward twelve years and slowly Finn has made a new life for himself when he meets and falls in love with Ellen.
Ellen happens to be Layla’s sister. They are so different, but they love each other and plan for their wedding.
This is when things begin to “happen”!
Whose doing these things and what is the motive?
@stmartinspress #bringmeback @BAParisAuthor, #netgalley

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and B.A. Paris for a free advanced copy for an honest review.

I finished this book over a week ago, and honestly I am having the hardest time putting my thoughts and feelings together, because I was definitely left unimpressed. The first part of the book kept me turning pages and I was truly enjoying the story and then it was like I hit a WTH? brick wall. There was zero character development and Finn was, well, a narcissistic dick! I am all about suspending reality, but there was a lot of eye rolling. I guessed early on the “twist” between Layla and her sister Ellen, but that might be because I just read a book with a similar scenario. And then the ending happened, I am still dumfounded over that!! So, while I may have not enjoyed this book, lovers of this genre might.

Well done BA Paris! If you are a serious thriller fan, this book has everything you crave in a perfectly crafted thriller!

When Finn’s girlfriend Layla vanishes one night he’s left devastated. Like being frozen in time, he’s been unable to move on for years. Part of the problem… he can’t quite remember all the circumstances behind her disappearance.

Years later, Layla’s sister Ellen enters his life and he feels blessed to have another chance at finding love. But as is so often the case, the past has a nasty habit of finding its way to the surface.

If you’ve been reading reviews for this book you know that Russian Dolls make repeated appearances throughout. For some readers it was just too much. For me...I loved it! I had my own set of dolls growing up and it actually brought back some fond memories.

This book will keep you guessing to the final page. I had that rare fluttering of excitement the entire time reading this book. Couldn’t wait to see where it took me. And by the time I reached the end I was still left with a cliff-hangar moment. Delicious!

This is my third book by BA Paris and by far my favorite so far! Cannot wait for her next!!

A fantastic Traveling Sister read! 🤗💞

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and B.A. Paris for an ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.

Bring Me Back was a great book. Keep me interested and engaged. I loved the plot twists. B A Paris is a fabulous writer who really knows how to grab my attention and keep me wanting to read

I’m the kind of gal that writes my reviews as I go along, so I don’t forget to bring up how I feel as I’m reading the book. So, I had almost a complete review written on Bring Me Back, which I just had to jettison when I got to the end. Everything I had felt for the characters as I was reading got thrown into turmoil when I got to the end. So here’s what I can tell you. This is a creepy book and there were several twists I didn’t see coming. I didn’t care for Finn. I couldn’t see what attracted him to Layla, let alone why he was obsessed with her. And I didn’t care for her character either.

And once I got to the end, I just felt like it didn’t really hang together very well. It was just way too unbelievable.

I wasn’t a huge fan of The Breakdown and I never read Behind Closed Doors. I’m thinking I’m just not a B. A. Paris fan.

My Thanks to netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advance copy of this book.

Guys, I loved B.A. Paris' latest book, Bring Me Back. Finn and Layla are young and in love. Until Layla goes missing while on vacation, never to be seen again. Brought together by grief, Finn eventually falls in love with Layla's sister, Ellen. And they're happy, until months before their wedding clues begin to surface that suggest Layla might still be alive. And she might want Finn back. I found this to be a total page turner- a contained thriller with a few red herrings thrown in that kept me guessing the whole time. Fans of The Woman in the Window will like this one!

I received this book for free for review from NetGalley and St. Martin's Press.

This book was twisted in so many ways. The back and forth views and uncertainty of the characters irritated me, but the overall premise kept me reading.

<spoiler>Finn and Layla have a whirlwind romance of sorts, until she disappears. The entire book is spent trying to uncover what really happened to Layla because even though Finn was there, he doesn't really remember what happened to her.

In the end, all I wanted to know was, what happened to Peggy? </spoiler>

Overall, I don't regret spending some time reading this, but I wouldn't recommend for people who read and enjoy a lot of thriller/suspense books because the "twists" are predictable for the most part. What can I say, it was a decent read.

Finn and Layla are young and in love when Layla disappears after a skiing vacation in France. With no proof of wrongdoing against him, Finn returns to London to pick up the pieces of his broken life. Ten years later, Finn is engaged to Layla's sister Ellen, their shared grief bringing them together. With their wedding only months away, Finn is haunted by the feeling that his heart still belongs to Layla and that Ellen can't be trusted. I found this book to be an okay read and nothing like the twisty, gripping read it was promoted as. The characters were so lackluster and bland that by the time I got to the conclusion, I didn't really care much about them but I was very happy the dog was found safe and sound. This is a book that I recommend people read and make their own judgements about.

Suspenseful little number. A bit wearing at times, but an intended part of the delivery I think. Not a likable couple either way, however that doesn't take away from the story

My blogging partner, Sabrina, and I were lucky enough to score eGalleys of Bring Me Back, making this our third consecutive buddy read of B.A. Paris's books! We both loved reading Behind Closed Doors, were lukewarm on The Breakdown, and thankfully, B.A. Paris was able to bring us back with her third novel! Despite many of the negative reviews I had read on Paris's upcoming release, I was still excited to read this book. This author has an exceptional ability to write stories that keep readers guessing until the very end. 

It's been a long time since I've read a story quite as suspenseful and unpredictable as Bring Me Back. As always, I love buddy reading books, especially Thrillers, with Sabrina because it enhances the reading experience tenfold. We are able to bounce theories off of the other and come up with new possible scenarios when we put our heads together. Though Sabrina was able to predict the outcome of this story, it didn't seem to affect our enjoyment whatsoever, as it was just one guess in a sea of theories.

Going into this book completely blind also added to my enjoyment of the novel. I think the blurb is a tad too long and revealing, and I'm glad I decided to forgo reading it before I read the book. I think the blurb's first sentence is all readers need to know: "She went missing. He moved on. A whole world of secrets remained—until now." That sentence alone would make me read almost any book! It's mysterious and vague, just how I want my Suspense novels!

As things were revealed within the story, I was impressed with the author's ability in making question every possible character's motive and connection to the events at hand. As soon as I was sure I had things laced up in my mind, something new would happen and I would question everything again. That is precisely what I look for when reading this genre and the reason I enjoyed reading B.A. Paris's writing to begin with. As the plot moved toward the end, I wasn't sure if I was going to like the way things concluded - the ending makes or breaks Thrillers. Once I finished the epilogue and read the final sentence in the book, I was 100% won over. 

I think it's safe to say Sabrina and I are cemented as fans of B.A. Paris and hopefully will continue to have the chance to buddy read everything she writes in the future! I, personally, cannot wait to see what she has up next!

I didn’t think anything could top Paris’ previous book The breakdown, but she proved me wrong with Bring me back. I had no idea where she was going with this story of Finn who was traveling with his girlfriend Layla when she disappears one night in France and is never seen again. 10 years later he is engaged to be married to Layla’s sister Ellen, when it appears that Layla is alive – is it really her? The twists in the stories are great and fast paced. I highly recommend it!!!

My second read from this author. Really enjoyed this one. It didn't suck me in immediately like it seems to for other readers. I loved the authors ability to build atmosphere. Sometimes when authors start describing every little thing it has the opposite effect on me and I find it tiresome. With B.A. Paris you feel creeped out and curious. It is perfection. I enjoyed the end as well, I am pretty torn between a 4 and a 5 star rating, but I landed on 4. Definitely recommending this. I cannot wait to read more from Paris.