A one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life death and human
connection—an unprecedented collaboration between the globally bestselling author of love
stories like The Notebook and the renowned writer and director of blockbuster thrillers like
The Sixth Sense COMING SOON AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN AND
STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAAL AND PHOEBE DYNEVOR When New York architect Tate Donovan arrives in
Cape Cod to design his best friend’s summer home he is hoping to make a fresh start. Recently
discharged from an upscale psychiatric facility where he was treated for acute depression he
is still wrestling with the pain of losing his beloved sister. Sylvia’s deathbed
revelation—that she can see spirits who are still tethered to the living world a gift that
runs in their family—sits uneasily with Tate who struggles to believe in more than what reason
can explain. But when he takes up residence at a historic bed-and-breakfast on the Cape he
encounters a beautiful young woman named Wren who will challenge every assumption he has about
his logical and controlled world. Tate and Wren find themselves forging an immediate
connection one that neither has ever experienced before. But Tate gradually discovers that
below the surface of Wren’s idyllic small-town life hatred jealousy and greed are festering
threatening their fragile relationship just as it begins to blossom. Tate realizes that in
order to free Wren from an increasingly desperate fate he will need to unearth the truth about
her past before time runs out . . . a quest that will make him doubt whether we can ever
believe the stories we tell about ourselves and the laws that govern our existence. Love—while
transformative—can sometimes be frightening. A story about the power of transcendent emotion
Remain asks us all: Can love set us free not only from our greatest sorrows but even from the
boundaries of life and death?
