How to Save a Life: A novel

Written by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon

The bestselling authors of The Good Widow deliver a modern, suspenseful twist on Groundhog Day that asks the question: How far are you willing to go to save the life of someone you love?

Dom is having a very bad day—one he literally can’t escape.

When Dom bumps into Mia, his ex-fiancée whom he hasn’t seen in almost a decade, he believes they’ve been given a second chance and asks her out. When Mia dies tragically on their date, Dom makes a desperate wish: to be given the chance to save her life. And when he wakes the next morning to the shock that she’s alive, he thinks his wish may have been granted. But day after day, no matter what he changes about their time together, she still meets a terrible fate.

Dom frantically searches for answers to save his beloved Mia and rekindle their former love. But the further he digs, the more obsessed he becomes, making him realize that slowing down time may be the only way to see things clearly. As he’s forced to confront the truth about himself and those he’s closest to, Dom vows that he’ll watch Mia die a thousand times if it means he can save her once.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Jul 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9781799767800

Liz Fenton

Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke have been best friends for over thirty years and survived high school and college together. They’ve coauthored seven novels, including The Two Lila Bennetts, Girls’ Night Out, and the Amazon Charts bestseller The Good Widow. In their former lives, Liz worked in the pharmaceutical industry, and Lisa was a talk show producer. They both reside with their families and several rescue dogs in San Diego, California. Find them at www.lizandlisa.com and on Instagram at @lisaandliz.

Reviews for How to Save a Life

[bookanonjeff · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Groundhog Day Meets Final Destination. This was an interesting take on the time loop/ premonition concept of those two franchises in that as more of a women's fiction take (and book form to boot), we get a more drama-based view of the idea rather than comedic or thriller based. The first time Mia dies is gut-wrenching, and the final pages of the book get back to that in their own way, but in between we get a view of her dying so many times it has an effect akin to the multiple-death montage of Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow/ Live Die Repeat. So obviously with so many pop culture references here (maybe I could even throw in another one in that I kept thinking early on that this would be a Family Man-esque "glimpse" scenario), I thoroughly enjoy this particular trope, and Fenton and Steinkle did it true justice in this book. One of the better executed takes on it I've ever seen, perhaps because of the nature of the medium we're able to get inside the main character's head a bit more explicitly, Very much recommended.

[lorikboyd · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

4.5/5 StarsThese two....are not afraid to think outside the box, Take a risk. I want to be friends with them! Fan girl all the way. Another fun ride thru this book. This time, the movie doppelgänger is Groundhog Day. Dom is madly in love with Mia, but ends up running scared and braking off their engagement. After 10 years, he still can’t get her out of his head, when a chance encounter brings them back in each other lives. What starts as a best day turns into a worse day, again and again and again. While the reliving of the day changes somewhat, it does get a little repetitious. But, I loved the development of Dom, as a person. Also the relationships of Mia and her various friends. While this book played out exactly as I expected, I still enjoyed the character development. Thanks to Ms. Fenton and Steinke, Lake Union Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC. Opinion is mine alone.