Island in the Sun by Katie Fforde

I love Katie Fforde’s books and I knew I was going to be in for a treat with this one, largely set on the beautiful island of Dominica in the Caribbean.

Cass’ parents are divorced, and her father is living on a remote Scottish Island. When she goes to visit, he asks her to go to Dominica, recently ravaged by a hurricane, and try and photograph some stone carvings on the island for a book his friend Bastian is putting together. Cass’ father is a famous photographer but can’t go himself, so he trusts his daughter with the only copy of the very fragile map to the carvings, and his Leica camera. Not wanting her to go alone, he sends her with his friend and neighbour Ranaulph (Ran) to look after her and help with the aftermath of the hurricane. Cass is soon infatuated with the dashing Ran, but he is much older and she fears he sees her as a child.  There is another visitor on the Island – Austin, who is equally determined to prove that the rock carvings do not exist, and will stop at nothing to discredit Cass and Bastian.

There is mystery, intrigue, romance and danger all set against the beautiful backdrop of Dominica – and I loved it so much I was reading far into the night as I couldn’t put it down. It was even more special when I read the afterward from Katie Fforde and found that she has family on Dominica and several of the characters are based on members of her family. I loved it.

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