In Reunion with Rembrandt Cheryl Blaydon tells her captivating story in deft strokes. It’s a so-real journey through love and loss and triumph, all set against a canvas of art and artists and the truths they reveal. From the Maine coast to Boston and back again, Blaydon paints a compelling portrait of one woman’s choices, unexpected consequences, and a life of determination and resilience. Every page is a pleasure. — GERRY BOYLE, AUTHOR OF THE JACK McMORROW MYSTERIES
It’s been twenty-eight years since a major art heist rocked Boston. March 18 is significant not only to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, but it is the date that represents the legal date of Kate Flannagan’s divorce. Once inside the venerable walls of ancient history and iconic works of art, Kate must navigate through a maze of feelings that also involve a grandmother whose life had been transformed because of art in the 1930s. But nothing is more difficult for Kate on that day than walking the galleries where every breath she takes, every corner she turns, and every remnant of her perfume lingers because of a man called Angus.
Cheryl Blaydon, author of Dancing at the Colony as well as four other novels, lives in East Boothbay, Maine. Besides writing, she is also an artist, and one of her paintings graces the cover of her second novel, Island Odyssey.