While I don't believe in reincarnation, I found myself rapidly reading the story of a seventy year old romance that started with the first world war as Bernadette found herself alone with a little girl when her husband went to fight leaving her to manage their small farm. When Jean did not return after years of waiting, she found herself deeply in love with an American who was lost and had knocked on her door. Annie his an author of children's books and attended a magic show while doing research on her next book, but she KNEW David even though they had never met. David is a surgeon and does magic as a hobby, yet as he looked at Annie, he felt attracted to her. I loved that Annie chose to rear her son on her own instead of marrying Michael, and as the story progressed she found out why she was having so much pain in her neck. ( )