Peasread: Red Thread of Fate

 

Red Thread of Fate by Lyn Liao Butler

A story about betrayal, family, love, healing, forgiveness, and letting go so you can move forward. I truly enjoyed this book and devoured it in one sitting. All 368 pages. I just kept turning the pages. This book is labeled as romance fiction. Maybe it is. It is more about familial bonds and love. Yes, there was/is love between Tam and her recently deceased husband. I found that I was drawn in by the relationships she had after the accident that killed her husband and estranged cousin.

Tam, to me, was learning to let people in. To see their stories and be vulnerable enough to share her own. I saw village building. Allowing yourself to let others be close to you. Allowing them to see the ugly parts along with the good. That is why I think this is a great read. All of that including the description below makes for a powerful story about the ties that bind us, and how fate has her own way of revealing what is to come.

I will be looking for more books by this author.

ABOUT RED THREAD OF FATE

In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she’s kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler.

Two days before Tam and Tony Kwan receive their letter of acceptance for the son they are adopting from China, Tony and his estranged cousin Mia are killed unexpectedly in an accident. A shell-shocked Tam learns she is named the guardian to Mia’s five-year-old daughter, Angela. With no other family around, Tam has no choice but to agree to take in the girl she hasn’t seen since the child was an infant. 

Overwhelmed by her life suddenly being upended, Tam must also decide if she will complete the adoption on her own and bring home the son waiting for her in a Chinese orphanage. But when a long-concealed secret comes to light just as she and Angela start to bond, their fragile family is threatened. As Tam begins to unravel the events of Tony and Mia’s past in China, she discovers the true meaning of love and the threads that bind her to the family she is fated to have.

Published by: Berkley/Penguin Random House
Release Date: February 8, 2022
Pages: 368
ISBN13: 9780593198742

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