The Drowned Village by Norma Curtis

Told in two timelines sixty five years apart Al and Elin have a lot of catching up to do. Al is in America returning to Wales to put ghosts to rest and Elin unaware of Al's return is in for a surprise. Years ago Elin gave up on love of a lifetime with Al to save her village from being submerged under a dam. She thought (wrongly) that staying back cultivating a friendship with Rob the engineer in charge, wouldbe enough to persuade him to choose another village for submerging rather than hers. Her parents livelihood would be safe. She thought wrong and then discovered Al gone for good, and distraught at her non arrival marrying the woman he knew for longest. Returning back to Wales, Al was looking also for Abraham Lincoln's Welsh roots and to give his mother her place in history. Amidst looking for Elin and to get the real story from her. The bunkhouse where Al was staying along with the pub knew Elin's story but they hid it as they did not come out well in the telling. Al had to discover it for himself. Secrets that were finally spoken of, plenty of broken hearts and lives that could have been lived differently. Sent by Bookouture for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.