After putting her life on hold to care for her dying father, Ivy Nichols feels stuck. Alone and disconnected, she’s struggling to pick up the pieces and move forward.The mysterious William Cole walks into her life, like a beacon of light in a fog. He’s sensual and captivating—awakening Ivy in ways she’s never experienced before. But he knows things about her—deeply personal things—that he … things—that he shouldn’t. His explanation is impossible, but the alternatives are worse. Her friends insist he’s either a con artist, or he’s crazy.
With her heart on the line, Ivy has to decide who—and what—she believes. The rational explanation from her trusted friends? Or the impossible story from the man without a past? The man who swears he will do anything to protect her.
One thing she is sure of—William doesn’t just know facts about her life. He knows her, inside and out. He knows her as intimately as if he’d spent every moment of his life loving her.
And, according to him, he has.
Remembering Ivy is a stand-alone contemporary romance with a hint of mystery, and ends with a HEA. Contains mature language and content and is intended for mature readers.
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I can’t say enough about what an amazingly beautiful and emotional storyline Claire Kingsley has created for William and Ivy! Other than the epilogue, this story was written from Ivy’s POV in order to maintain the mystery of William. And solving the mystery of William kept me up well past my bedtime on a work night, but I had to know the full story and I was not disappointed.
My only critique was the way the sex scenes were written. Truly, I love a good steamy romance scene, but I almost felt like these were “too steamy”, if that makes any sense. Specifically, I felt like the steamy tone of the sex scenes did not quite match the emotional and deeply moving tone of the rest of the story. So when reading them, it took me out of the flow of the story for a minute there. However, please do not let that deter you from reading this story for it’s amazing plot. Can’t wait to read more from this author!
William is my new book boyfriend. He is so pure and gentle while being protective of Ivy. The mystery kept me guessing the whole time. I loved this book.
Beyond Amazing
This book has me feeling so much right now, I don’t even know where to start! Wow! I believe that with every story she writes, Claire Kingsley just continues to outdo herself. I’m already fan-girl obsessed, so where would I go from here?! Well, let’s see. I think I’ve probably just upgraded my fan status to “super-psycho” fan-girl obsessed? Is there even such a thing?! LOL!
Seriously, William’s love for Ivy transcends human imagination. He felt, without a shadow of a doubt, that even before physically meeting Ivy, she was his to protect–to love. Not once did he waver from his truth. It’s a wonderful thing when I can become as invested in a couple as I was in William and Ivy. I believed in William and his amazing story, and I rooted for him wholeheartedly. Even with the elements of mystery concerning him, I read with hope, crossing my fingers that Ivy would just this once throw caution to the wind; giving William the chance to prove himself to be the man that he says he is. I can truly get behind a beautiful love story that leaves me feeling so much long after I’ve read every last word. Remembering Ivy is one of those stories. *Le Sigh*
This story was very different and I was intrigued from the start. I loved the mystery of William and open he was with Ivy and she trusted him completely. There is a twist that you won’t see coming. The characters and story created are great and it was another five star read Claire.
This is a fascinating story-line! There’s mystery; deceit; a stalker; and, near and dear friends. I was totally involved in the man with no distant memories and where he had come from. Ivy loved puzzles and the man she kept seeing everywhere she went, was certainly somewhat of a stalker. There are several moving parts in this book and I enjoyed every moment right up to The End.
I had heard the name, Author Claire Kingsley, but I had not read any of her works. Sadly, on June 2, 2021, this author lost the love of her life. I couldn’t send her flowers, so I perused her book titles and REMEMBERING IVY piqued my interest. Claire, I’m sorry for your loss.
When I put a puzzle together, I find all the edge pieces and build the boarder. Then I complete the rest of the puzzle. REMEMBERING IVY felt like a puzzle coming together from the inside out. Pieces fit when things didn’t make sense, couldn’t be possible or real. BUT, the pieces fit and so, the realization of the puzzle slowly coming together. I too, was in question, the same as her friends, wondering if Ivy was trusting the wrong man. And there was the point where I started to agree with her friends. I felt like Ivy, like I had hurt William too, with my unbelief. Strange how an unwanted person in Ivy’s life assisted in more pieces of the puzzle spanning. It was beautiful how this author shed a little more light, a little more truth and the puzzle was nearly complete. Except, for that one little corner. And then there was the bonus epilogue that completed the beautiful picture of Ivy and William!
I loved the characters and Edger! The descriptive placement of people, places and things was fabulous. This author is an artist with her words! I’m sure to be reading more of her books!
This book was definitely different but not a bad different by any means!!
Okay– so when I got to about 30% of the book–I literally got online and started reading reviews thinking maybe this was a paranormal book which wouldn’t have bothered me one bit (its not). I honestly continued to read because I was dying for some type of explanation to Williams existence. I kept thinking WHERE THE HECK IS THIS GOING?!?!
So, without giving anything away, YES, Williams existence IS explained, no its NOT a paranormal book and KEEP READING! hahaha
I must admit that I was feeling down and little out of sorts when I started reading Remembering Ivy. But this charming romance quickly lifted my spirits. Claire Kingsley has penned a perfectly charming romance. William’s utter devotion to Ivy and her willingingness to trust in him will warm your heart. I am not going to say any more than that about this book. Do yourself a big favor…Buy it! Read it! Enjoy it! I hope you love it just as I did.
William is so sweet, pure, and devoted. A unique story with some mystery and very intriguing. I was immediately sucked-in to the story.
A great book by Claire Kingsley! I highly recommend.
It takes quite a bit for me to go full 5. The story really has to make me happy or touch my heart. This one did both. And, bonus, it was well edited!
Ivy is going about her life, seeing her friends, going to work, and walking her dog. Nothing really amazing. Just life. Until, Mr. Amazing walks into a coffee shop. For some reason, she keeps seeing him every where she goes. Eventually, she confronts him and asks if he is stalking her. When he responds ‘Yes”, she is beyond conflicted. Why is he following her? What does he want? Who is he? Is he good? Is he bad?
After the initial meeting – where we learn his name is William – Ivy begins a tentative friendship. As time passes, she slowly learns about the mystery that is William. He is such a wonderful soul. Honest, patient, caring, thoughtful, and very protective. William tells Ivy he found her to protect her – from what he has no idea. Will he succeed? What is the threat? And while we are on questions, just who is William?
William speaks to Ivy on such a profound level. She doesn’t know why she trusts him, she just feels deeply that she should. Even when her friends and others tell her not to trust, she does. Even when she doubts, she still feels she should trust, and sets out to prove it to herself.
This was more of a linear progression for the romantic relationship. Sure, William really loves Ivy from the beginning, but he gives her time to catch up. Eventually, we understand why he loved her before he found her. There is a villain, but his motives are related to something outside of William and Ivy’s relationship. The relationship just begins and grows. Occasionally, I wanted to tell her friend Jess to just keep her mouth shut. Especially when she was championing the wrong guy and causing doubt about the right guy.
All in all, this was a wonderful love story. Enjoy!
I absolutely loved this book! I unique take on a traditional love story, haunting and wonderfully written. My first Claire Kingsley book, but definitely not my last.
I was really surprised on how much I enjoyed William and Ivy’s story. This was my first book by this author but I really loved the style. The suspense mixed in with an intriguing plot, add in a cute romance and great dialogue I was able to really enjoy the story. It was kinda low angst but at the same time the what is happening question stayed in my head. I wish the bad guy aspect had been embellished a little bit more then it was. At times it felt like it was an after through when it came to adding another aspect to the story. Even with that I really did like the story. 4 stars #2OCCJD
4.5 stars
Remembering Ivy is such a beautiful and emotional love story, unlike any other that I have read before. Plenty of romance and swoony moments, yet it had some big twists that I didn’t expect. William and Ivy’s story is definitely one that I would highly recommend to others!
To be honest with you, I didn’t think Claire could top His Heart. Ever. But she most definitely proved me wrong with Remembering Ivy.
Ivy is a young woman who has no family left and keeps to herself. A college professor, she prefers to spend her time at home instead of going out and trying to date. Ivy feels that she is just not up to par in the dating game.
William is a mysterious man who has no memory other then the fact he needs to keep Ivy safe. He begins to follow Ivy and when she confronts him, his story is crazy. However, something inside of Ivy tells her he is the real deal.
When William and Ivy’s relationship turns into something so much more, someone steps in to try and ruin everything. Will Ivy be able to continue to believe in William or is everything about to change? Who is William and why is he supposed to save Ivy?
I loved William and Ivy. They were both so unique and different and I adored the banter between the two of them. The storyline kept me wondering throughout as to what was going to happen…and I NEVER expected what did happen. I loved the everything about this book, especially watching the relationship between William and Ivy grow. I think everything came together absolutely perfect in the end. Another brilliant book by Claire Kingsley!!
A new, original, sweet, mystery read. This story was such a surprise and a wonderful one at that. It starts with a mystery and makes the reader guess right until the end. There were a lot of sweet moments, fun dialogue, interesting characters and a fun plot.
I guessed and guessed many times trying to figure out the ending. I never did get it, but my guesses were part of the fun, and man did they get wild and out there. It took everything in my power to skip to the end to find out!
This was a sweeter story, no crying this time! I enjoyed reading it and loved the characters. Claire did an amazing job of keeping William interesting and mysterious without being creepy and alarming. Ivy was a fun, sweet woman; who, I must admit, I questioned her sanity for a few chapters at the beginning; but that was only until I got to know William better.
This was such a unique and original story that I was engrossed and holding my breath. I needed to read it all at once so that I could figure out the mystery. It is worth the read.