Jacqueline Puchtler

The Candle People Jacqueline Puchtler

'Catherine suffers from amnesia brought about by post-traumatic 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 Smith's claims and searching for a lost Goya masterpiece. Catherine's quest is further complicated by an ominous presence that results in her subsequent disappearance.'