This book is no longer available as Maestro, as originally published in 2013. It is, however, currently available in its revised version, with the new title Come Back to Me, published in 2016.
Thomma Lyn Grindstaff gets some of her best ideas for fiction when she's hiking in the mountains. She’s both a novelist and a musician: a classically-trained pianist, guitarist, singer, and composer.
Other passions include studying philosophy, science, and spirituality. Last but never least, she’s a cat wrangler. She shares her home with five Ballicai (also known as cats). If you could sum Thomma Lyn up in three words, they would be Artist, Seeker, and Adventurer.
Thomma Lyn writes literary fiction and magical realism. Currently available titles include two novels, Mirror Blue and Heart's Chalice, and three stories, Anthrax and the Disease Kid, Daddy's Glove, and The Saddle of Private Lucius Gray. Two of Thomma's stories are also featured in the anthology People Are Strange.
The book started off great and I did finish it, but wasn't impressed. --- SPOILERS - don't read on if you don't want to know!! --- The fact that the couple trusted Elena, after all that she'd done to them, is downright ridiculous and from that point the author lost me completely. Furthermore, when I meet a young girl who looks like (an old pic of) my mother, surely my first thought isn't: oh, she must have been timetravelling. There were too many inconsistencies for me to like the story.
As always I love Thomma Lyn's work. This romance is beautifully done intertwined as it is with the music world. If you like Time Travel romance, this is definitely worth your time.