Fifteen years ago Sammy Calloway disappeared on his way home from school. Now he’s back… or is he?Boyd Maccabbee has spent his life second-guessing his actions on that fateful day. What if he’d done something differently? Maybe Sammy would have made it home safe and never become Cutters Gap’s most tragic famous son. Or would it have been Boyd who was never seen again? When the police find new … find new evidence on the disappearance, Boyd hopes to finally get some answers.
The last thing Morgan Graves needs is to be dragged into some old case about a missing kid. He doesn’t know why police hit on his DNA, but he’s not Sammy Calloway. He thinks he’d remember being kidnapped.
He knows he’d remember firefighter Boyd.
Drawn into the complex web of suspicion, grief, and anger that has knit Cutters Gap together in the years since Sammy’s disappearance, Morgan struggles to hang on to himself when everyone already assumes they know him.
And somewhere, the truth about Sammy Calloway is waiting.
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A satisfying story about a boy who disappeared fifteen years ago. Morgan can’t remember anything before he was eight and his memories of being passed from pillar to post in foster care are really messed up. Is he Sammy Calloway? Boyd was Sammy’s best friend and he doesn’t know either. There’s angst, vulnerability and pushing people you’re falling in love with away before they can hurt you. There’s a rich backstory and cast of secondary characters and I like how some of the sub plots are left to spin themselves out in your head…you’ve got enough clues to work out what’s going on, but it’s not spoon fed to you. I recommend.
The synopsis made pick this one up because it suggested a great mystery. I don’t see a lot of romantic suspense with an MM love interest so paired with the kidnapping and fifteen years old unsolved case it was intriguing.
Sammy disappeared fifteen years ago and left behind a mother who can’t accept what happened, a brotber ruined by accusations and a best friend buried in guilt because he was the one who survived.
When new DNA evidence points to Morgan, he is dragged into a drama he never asked for. Some think he is the lost boy some think he is just a con man. And Boyd, the best friend, thinks he’s just a man with enough problems without inconclusive DNA evidence.
So the story is exciting. What happend 15 years ago, who is Morgan really, what does everyone else want.. A story to get rich by, a town that’s finally not identified with a tragedy, a case to be finally closed and a family put to peace some truth.
I kept wondering when will something finally come to light but this book was basically a big tease. I don’r know what to think about it. It was amazingly written and kept me in the dark aboht the case u til the end but at the same time nothing really happened. The case did not really moved forward. The characters (except from Morgan and maybe Boyd) did not develop. The assholy behaviour in this book was so strong I really wanted to punch somethin with all the false and wrongdul accusations.
THIS MAYBE A LITTLE SPOILERY…
And at the end.. one thing was proved that we already guessed since the beginning… and the case, what happened, who did it? No. Answers. More questions. This book was a big tease and prolouge. I hope there’ll be a sequel with actual investigations and answers because now I am frustrated as hell.
Good character development and plot revelation. However, tighter editing needed in the first half, and punctuation editing needed throughout.
It drew me in with how complicated and real the characters were. I’m definitely reading more from this character.
Sammy Calloway disappeared 15 years ago, at the age of 8. Boyd his best friend has tried to help his mother Donna and brother Shay deal with the loss but nothing can take Sammy’s place. Boyd has become good friends with Shay but Donna has always blamed Boyd for being the one who made it home.
Morgan Graves has had a hard life. He only remembers his life from age 8 forward and it’s not pretty. Being moved from foster care to foster care and having to protect himself from physical and sexual abuse. He’s been in and out of jail and is a con artist as well. He has to give a blood sample due to being accused of a crime and it comes back positive that he’s Sammy Calloway.
Boyd and Morgan are instantly attracted to each other. Morgan prefers one night stands and Boyd wants something more permanent. Dealing with the “Is Morgan Sammy” and all the people in town who have an opinion is hard on both of them. This is a dark, sad and emotionally ugly story. Even when they get the results, there’s no real solution. Morgan doesn’t know anything and no one can turn back time. The story is all too familiar as we have kids stolen every day and some actually get found. This one has some cliffhangers: what’s up with the arson cases that have recently crept up, does the town judge stop pushing for the erasure of all things Boyd/Sammy/Morgan, does Morgan get his criminal case squared away, does he stay with Boyd or does Boyd leave with him and does Donna stop being a hateful cow to Boyd. This last one was what really bothered me about this story. Sammy and Boyd get sent home from school because Sammy hits Boyd. Boyd’s mother comes to get him and leaves Sammy waiting in front of the school for his brother Shay but instead of blaming Boyd’s mother (the adult) for leaving an 8 year old alone, Donna blames an 8 year old because he made it home. This was hard to read and I never could understand that mentality. As this is advertised as book #1 I’m hoping there’ll be answers in the following books. This is not a HEA. It’s a HFN at best.
ARC received for an honest review.
Prodigal Son by TA Moore was given to me in exchange for an honest review. This book was fantastic . the story of a missing boy named sammy and the devastating after effects to those left behind. Boyd , Sammy’s best friend, is called to help when a dna match is found as a man named Morgan. Morgan meets Boyd and is attracted but believes he is not the person the DNA says he is. This story takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions and also keeps you guessing and still wanting more.
What happened to Sammy Calloway fifteen years ago?
Shay Calloway, Sammy’s brother was a suspect.
Donna Calloway, still grieves the loss of her son and holds out on what may be false hope.
After the botched up job of the police department, Captain Joe MacIntosh, want’s this long time tragedy solved.
Boyd Maccabee, Sammy’s best friend, is tangled in this web still feeling guilt for something he didn’t do.
In the small town of Cutters Gap, everyone has an opinion, a theory and a reason to bring an end to Sammy Calloway’s disappearance.
Morgan Graves is tough, snarky, smart and trouble. With inconclusive DNA, and the threat of jail time, he’s dragged into a twisted mystery. Everyone thinks they know him and believes he’s Sammy and some will do anything to get Morgan to put an end to the small town tragedy. The first time Boyd laid eyes on Morgan there’s a connection. Boyd, who also want’s this mystery to end, goes above and beyond to get Morgan back to the small town of “Cutters Gap” in hopes this is all put to rest.
I have no idea where TA Moore will take the “Lost and Found” series next but I’m all in. “Prodigal” was a page-turner, a twisted mystery with layers of questions, that kept me on edge to the very end. The connection between Boyd and Morgan is explosive and there’s no denying they fit together. At times I questioned myself, did I want Morgan to be Sammy or did I want Morgan to just be Morgan. It’s interesting to watch Morgan come up with his own conclusion to the disappearance, as he tries to stay one step ahead of everyone in the small town.
TA Moore, once again, does outstanding in delivering a suspenseful and tension filled story for the first installment of the “Lost and Found” series. From “Digging Up Bones”, “A Novel of Plenty, California”, “Blood and Bone” and many of her single novels the stories and characters are always fresh and new. I highly recommend this new series and can’t wait for the second installment.
I loved Prodigal. I love TA Moore’s non-scary books (I am a wuss), so this book was right up my alley. I refused to dislike Morgan no matter how awful he acted. I thought he was a good foil to Boyd. I loved how the two of them related to each other. I really like the world being built in Lost and Found series and think the secondary characters are going to make for some interesting stories. I absolutely recommend this book.