Over the Sea to Skye: The Skye Sisters Trilogy. Book 3 by Sue Moorcroft

 

Reading this book was like sinking into the embrace of a well-worn armchair, the kind that knows your shape and welcomes you back every time. It’s like walking into a room full of people you know well, but haven’t seen for a while, and your heart sings. This is a gorgeous series and I’m sad it’s just a trilogy.

 

When Valentina’s husband left her, for her assistant – a good 20 years younger than him, Valentina was devastated – not least for her seven-year-old son Barnaby who missed his Dad when he disappeared without trace. Valentina took Barnaby to her summer cottage on the Isle of Skye to be near her two sisters and for some morale support. When her husband finally gets in touch and wants to meet up, he doesn’t turn up. What has happened? Added to that Valentina plays good Samaritan to Xander and his nephew McDonald at the station when they are stranded, and gives them a lift. From then on Valentina and Xander’s paths seem to intersect fairly often – which helps Barnaby and McDonald as they keep each other amused despite the disparity in their ages.

 

A gorgeous story, well told, and it was wonderful to revisit so many ‘old friends’.

 

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