Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Synopsis
At thirty-two, pregnant and recently divorced, Jillian Parrish and her seven-year-old daughter find refuge and solace on Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Jillian had experienced her best childhood memories here-until her best friend Lauren Mills disappeared, never to be found. At the time, Linc Rising, Lauren's boyfriend and Jillian's confidant, had been a suspect in Lauren's disappearance. Now he's back on Pawleys Island-renovating the old Mills house. And as ghosts of the past are resurrected, and Jillian's daughter begins having eerie conversations with an imaginary friend named Lauren, Jillian and Linc will uncover the truth about Lauren's disappearance and about the feelings they have buried for sixteen years.
Is The Color of Light appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This adult contemporary novel contains themes of a past disappearance/potential murder, a child communicating with what may be a ghost, pregnancy, divorce, and moderate romantic content including some sensuality. The mystery involves investigating a sixteen-year-old cold case.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, moderate sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, grief, and pregnancy (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers will be drawn to the haunting mystery of a friend's disappearance and the second-chance romance between two people who shared a tragic past.