Oh my, this was a good novella. I wish it were a full-length novel, simply because I liked the story, characters and the intriguing cursed scrimshaw doll so much. Aubrey broke my heart, losing both her parents to a car wreck when she was sixteen and then spending the next full decade fighting kidney disease. She has had dialysis for a decade, with only a ten-month break when she got a transplant, but then rejected the kidney. She has now been given a year or less to live unless she gets a transplant.
And then she meets Jim.
He comes in her antique toy shop with scrimshaw doll he found in the woods. They put it on consignment together so they both "own" it. Looking into its history they find it's supposed to be cursed and end up sharing the curse only to be broken when they find true love. They share a sweet, loving relationship despite her being so ill. Jim finds out but decides if they get thirty years or thirty days together, the time together is worth it.
An excellent novella with a lot of heart and delves into a surprising amount of storyline and emotions. Loved.
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