Joel is afraid of the future.
Since he was a child he's been haunted by dreams about the people he loves. Visions of what's going to happen—the good and the bad. And the only way to prevent them is to never let anyone close to him again.

Callie can't let go of the past.
Since her best friend died, Callie's been lost. She knows she needs to be more spontaneous and live a bigger life. She just doesn't know how to find a way back to the person who used to have those dreams.

Joel and Callie both need a reason to start living for today.
And though they're not looking for each other, from the moment they meet it feels like the start of something life-changing.

Until Joel has a vision of how it's going to end...

 

當你預知戀情的結局，你還有勇氣選擇去愛嗎？

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喬爾七歲時開始「惡夢成真」：夢見身旁所愛之人未來發生的事。

第一次是表弟上學途中被黑狗咬傷。他哭著跟媽媽說，媽媽卻說那只是惡夢，後來表弟果真被狗咬傷，臉上留下難以磨滅的疤痕。

第二次，喬爾夢見媽媽得了乳癌，將在四年後病逝，但他不敢說。等到母親病情確診，從兒子眼中看到他早已知道此事，她說：「你為什麼不告訴我？」沒說完的是：為何不早說，讓我好好過完餘生？四年後，她果真死於乳癌。

於是喬爾決定再也不說、再也不愛。他用酒精麻痺自己，因為醉茫了睡昏了就不會作夢。直到他遇見凱莉。為了完成早逝好友的夢想，拋下工作接管咖啡店的凱莉。每天笑吟吟幫他泡雙份義式咖啡的凱莉。因緣巧合搬進樓上公寓的凱莉。

她是最完美的陌生人，喬爾想要奮不顧身愛她，卻也知道有朝一日惡夢必然來襲，揭示凱莉的未來，是意外？是傷病？總之預告了兩人的結局。未來的未來，他無能為力；當下的現在，他有沒有勇氣去愛？

成熟洗鍊的文筆，高概念的亮眼設定，讓人揪心落淚的故事內裡，構成了這本有如《真愛挑日子》加上《時空旅人之妻》和《真愛每一天》的療癒系小說

——中文簡介摘自春天出版《但願夢裡沒有你》