The Candle People by Jacqueline Puchtler Paperback Book 9781781485361

Catherine suffers from amnesia brought about by posttraumatic stress Desperate to recover details of her former life she travels to meet the inauspiciously named John Smith an abrasive yet charismatic artist who professes to be the reincarnation of the great Spanish Romantic painter Francisco de Goya Their emotional meeting is interrupted by a Spanish art historian investigating John Smiths claims and searching for a lost Goya masterpiece Catherines quest is further complicated by an ominous presence that results in her subsequent disappearance