The Same Backward as Forward

By Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Part of the The Inheritance Games series

A tragic night binds a woman to the man she blames for her sister's death. Can hatred turn to something else?

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400 pages

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Hannah Rooney, living in the shadow of her criminal family, dreams of escape. Tobias Hawthorne II, heir to a fortune, hides dangerous secrets. Their worlds collide on a stormy night, leaving Hannah's sister dead and Toby with no memory. Rescued from the sea, Toby becomes Hannah's reluctant charge. She must keep him alive, despite her hatred, as he is the last link to her sister's death. But as memories resurface, so do unexpected feelings. Can Hannah navigate the thin line between vengeance and forgiveness, or will the past consume them both?

From the publisher

OVER 9 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES! You’ve fallen in love with the Hawthorne brothers, now discover the love story of the lost scion of Hawthorne House. Read Hannah’s side of the story, then flip the book over to experience their love anew through Toby’s eyes in this deluxe novel that you can read backward or forward! The lush edition includes designed edges, a special case, and illustrated endpapers. Hannah Rooney knows how to be invisible. At twenty, she keeps her head down and her eyes open, and so far, she’s managed to avoid being pulled into the dealings of her notorious criminal family. Hannah lives her life in countdown mode, biding her time in nursing school as she waits for her beloved sister, Kaylie, to turn eighteen so Hannah can get them both far, far away from Rockaway Watch and start a new life. Tobias Hawthorne II acts every inch the entitled heir that he is. As the only son of one of the country’s richest men, there isn’t a door that isn’t open to him. Yet behind his razor sharp cheekbones and devil-may-care attitude, Toby is guarding a nest of deadly secrets and a fiery anger fierce enough to burn everything in his path. Their lives collide in one tragic, stormy night, where an act of arson and nature leave Kaylie and two others dead and Toby just barely alive–with no memory of who he is. The fisherman who pulls him from the ocean enlists Hannah to help save the very person who she knows took away her sister. Fueled by her hatred, Hannah is determined to deny Toby’s death wish by keeping him alive. He is the last person that she should ever develop feelings for, and she is the first thing he ever remembers seeing. Some things cannot happen–and some things cannot be stopped. *Hannah’s side of the story was previously published as a novella in Games Untold Catch every thrilling twist and turn of The Inheritance Games Saga, including the Grandest Game, the thrilling new series set in the world of the Inheritance Games: The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games #1)The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games #2)The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games #3)The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games #4)Games UntoldThe Grandest Game (The Grandest Game #1)Glorious Rivals (The Grandest Game #2)The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3)The Same Backward as ForwardFor more unputdownable reads from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, don’t miss the killer The Naturals series, and The Debutantes duet.

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