Taylor Townsend Bohl’s Momentary emerges as a story that lingers long after the final page is turned. With the lyricism of a poet and the conviction of a storyteller who has lived grief and resilience firsthand, Bohl delivers a narrative where memory, magic, and devotion collide.
At the
center of Momentary is Rowan Preston, a woman whose life is touched by
prophecy and transformed by love. Readers first meet her in the tender
beginnings of romance with James Kelly, a connection that quickly deepens into
a marriage full of joy, ordinary moments, and unshakable commitment. But as the
story unfolds across more than thirty chapters, Rowan’s journey is tested by
tragedy, grief, and the aching desire to hold onto what was. The death of her
soulmate becomes the catalyst for an odyssey of self-discovery that intertwines
with ancestral magic, ghostly voices, and the enduring question: how does one
live after losing everything?
The novel’s
breadth is staggering. From quiet Southern towns to the mist-draped landscapes
of Scotland, from kitchen tables where laughter softens sorrow to haunted
streets in New Orleans where spirits whisper, Momentary transports its
readers through settings as rich as its characters. Each chapter peels back a
new layer: family legacies, hidden histories, friendships that anchor, and
supernatural forces that both illuminate and endanger. Rowan’s grief is never
romanticized; it is raw, honest, and unrelenting. Yet it is through that very
pain that Bohl explores themes of rebirth, resilience, and the timeless truth
that love does not die, even when the body does.
Taylor
Townsend Bohl emerges as a writer who writes not from abstraction but from the
marrow of lived experience. A native of Memphis, now residing in Mississippi
with her son and a lively household of pets, Bohl is also the host of “The
Spooky Momma Podcast”. Her path as a storyteller has been shaped by personal
loss. Widowed at 34, she transformed her pain into pages that honor memory and
celebrate endurance. Her debut novel is not simply a work of fiction; it is a
testimony to love’s refusal to vanish.
Momentary is more than a novel; it is an
emotional reckoning. Readers will find themselves pausing to breathe after
passages that feel too close to their own lives and racing forward to discover
how Rowan reclaims her place in a world fractured by absence. By the time the
epilogue arrives, the book has done what few stories manage: it has carried its
audience through heartbreak and left them believing in the immortality of love.
Now
available, Momentary deserves a place on every bookshelf. For those
searching for a story that is at once haunting and healing, magical and deeply
human, Taylor Townsend Bohl has written the book you will not forget.