That Not My Name eBook Yvonne Navarro


A woman abducted. A frantic husband. And no one can prove she exists…. One snowy night, in a suburban parking lot, a man finds the quarry he's been stalking for months. And Nola Elidad finds herself imprisoned by a strangely caring kidnapper—who insists she is his lost wife. Soon, he says—when she's no longer sick—she will remember who she is. But Nola knows she isn't the woman he claims … or is she? A nightmare journey is about to begin, propelling her into the shifting shadows of her own memory…. Across town, Nola's husband of three months must admit to Detective Lucas Conroy that he knows nothing of his bride's former life. Nor, it seems, does anyone else—not her boss, not her doctor—or they're not saying. Who is Nola Elidad? Somehow, Conroy must find the answer, even if his search for the missing woman leads him into a dark past haunted by cruelty, subterfuge, and murder.
That Not My Name eBook Yvonne Navarro
Twenty-one year old Nola Elidad was happey when she married Alec and the couple started out on a new life together, then a trip to the grocery store changes everything. Jesse who insists Nola is really his wife Stacey, abducts her as she is leaving the store and locks her up in the basement of the home he swears is theirs. His plan is simple, he'll take care of Stacey during her "sickness" and gradually reintroduce her to her real life until her memory comes back. Once she understands he has no intention of hurting her, Nola tries to prove him wrong and reclaim her identity as Nola.However, she is continuously shaken as the coincidences keep piling up, how Stacey's clothes fit her perfectly, the gaps in her memory, her familiarity with the house, Jesse's knowledge of her likes and dislikes, and especially the photos with people familiar to her (although she can't quite place them) and wedding photos with a younger Jesse and someone who looks exactly like herself, exchanging vows.
This five star book will grab you and hold your attention till the very last page as you travel through the novel and unravel the mystery of Nola along the characters themselves.
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That Not My Name eBook Yvonne Navarro Reviews
In That's Not My Name, Jesse Waite, believing that his wife has died a sudden death after loosing a baby, wanders into a carnival and suddenly spots a young woman who "is" his wife. He follows her for days and finally approaches her pulling her into his car to take her home where she belongs. He thinks her name is Stacey Waite; she thinks her name is Nola Elidad. Nola's husband of three months is distraught over her disappearance, but knows very little about her when he tries to tell the police about his new wife. It begins to look like story about a multiple personality when Nola/Stacey's memories begin to surface;however, a surprise development of another actual person turns the book into a real suspense that is hard to put down until the last detail surfaces.
Nola has been married to Alec for some three months when she is abducted from a parking lot by Jesse. Jesse is convinced that she is his supposedly dead wife, Stacey, who died ... some three months ago; except that Jesse never saw her in her coffin. As Nola tries to make Jesse see that she can't possibly be his wife, she is nonplussed at how familiar Stacey's things seem to her. She is shocked speechless when she sees photos of Stacey and realizes that she is looking at what appears to be her own face. The suspense of this excellent, faintly noir novel is relentless as the police search for Nola continues even as she begins to doubt her own identity and past. Jesse is a bizarre character who treats Nola with love and respect but locks her in when he leaves the house. Nola is horrified to discover that her abduction was not a spontaneous event; rather, Jesse quit his job and stalked her for months. After constant what if's, maybes, and I'll bet it was this, that, or the other, I was more than ready for all to be revealed in the end. I was a bit taken aback by the epilogue, however -- totally unexpected.
THAT'S NOT MY NAME starts off with a bang...a child is kidnapped. Move forward 15 or so years and another woman is taken from a convenience store. Connected? And if so..how? Navarro introduces to us Jesse Waite, who in a fit of despair and obsession, takes another man's wife thinking she is his own wife, who has been missing the past three months. Jesse then locks Nola in his house and explains to her, through pictures and half-remembered memories, that Nola is really Stacey, Jesse's wife of 4 years. Navarro weaves an interesting scenario and gives out clues throughout the narrative as to what is really going on here.
The author has a tough road ahead, trying to convince the reader that this really could and can happen. The scent of reality permeates this story and is hard to believe this wasn't motivated by a real life occurence. The characters are completely three dimensional, their motivations realistic and the dialogue crisp. We are introduced to a dedicated cop, Nola's husband and a host of whacked out relatives of Stacey's. These people help push along the story and never let it drag on.
The last 1/4 of this novel has such an astonishing number of revelations, some that I figured out but others that were just shocking. Navarro has written a mystery/suspense novel that will keep you guessing long into the night. Get comfortable when you start this one, you will be there for a long, fulfilling ride with a talented writer who delivers in a big way.
I'm giving this book 3 stars because I was impressed with Navarro's plot and with her writing. For a 422-page book that should have been only about 300 pages, she does an amazing job keeping the story going when there is nothing really happening for about 250 pages, as another reviewer also noted. But there are too many elements in the story that simply suspend belief. Yes, it is fiction; however, in order to enjoy the book, the reader needs to believe that these events could really happen to someone. I mean, even in science fiction, the situation needs to be believable, i.e. the reader needs to feel that the story could really happen at some point in the past or future. In "That's Not My Name" the author employed certain incredible facts and incidents that needed to be true so that the story could make sense. To provide examples of these would be to give some or all of the plot away, and I am no fan of those reviewers who reveal the plot in their reviews.
Secondly, there is no real suspense in the book, other than the normal suspense of wanting to know how the book ends ) I mean, let's face it, I read mystery thrillers so that my heart can race a little bit. Because, thankfully, my everyday life is not conducive to "heart-racing" )
And lastly, would like to reiterate that Navarro is a really good writer, and I might take a look at what she puts out in the future. But I would not recommend this book to my reading friends because it is too long and drawn out and because of the lack of suspense.
Twenty-one year old Nola Elidad was happey when she married Alec and the couple started out on a new life together, then a trip to the grocery store changes everything. Jesse who insists Nola is really his wife Stacey, abducts her as she is leaving the store and locks her up in the basement of the home he swears is theirs. His plan is simple, he'll take care of Stacey during her "sickness" and gradually reintroduce her to her real life until her memory comes back. Once she understands he has no intention of hurting her, Nola tries to prove him wrong and reclaim her identity as Nola.
However, she is continuously shaken as the coincidences keep piling up, how Stacey's clothes fit her perfectly, the gaps in her memory, her familiarity with the house, Jesse's knowledge of her likes and dislikes, and especially the photos with people familiar to her (although she can't quite place them) and wedding photos with a younger Jesse and someone who looks exactly like herself, exchanging vows.
This five star book will grab you and hold your attention till the very last page as you travel through the novel and unravel the mystery of Nola along the characters themselves.

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