Books on Tour: Return to the Island
Book Description:
What would her life look like without her beloved island in it? Where would she go? Ellen had come back here—to the place she felt she belonged—thinking she would stay here. But was it home… or just a place to hide?
1918, Canada: The First World War is over and those who have been fighting in Europe are heading for home, forever changed. Amongst the lost, the damaged and the broken, is former nurse Ellen Copley; who finds herself returning—not to her house in Glasgow, but to her childhood home on Amherst Island.
There, she feels sure, in the warm embrace of the McCafferty family, with her beloved Aunt Rose and her cousins, she will feel safe and loved. She will be able to escape the ghosts of the past and her loss, and find peace.
But the island is a changed place too. The war has affected life the world over, and Aunt Rose is struggling to keep their small farmstead going. The family’s only hope is asking their neighbours, the Lymans, to help. But Jed Lyman is a broken man, both physically and emotionally, and his once-adoring brother Lucas is now more distant than ever.
And as Ellen fights to save the farm, she has to ask: what makes somewhere a home? And—when help comes from an unexpected place—she wonders, has the man she’s destined to love been waiting for her out there all along?
This is the third and final novel in the unmissable Amherst Island Trilogy following the life of Ellen Copley from her humble beginnings in Scotland to the brutal battlefields of the First World War, and ultimately her return to beautiful Amherst Island. Perfect for fans of The Oceans Between Us, The Orphan Sisters, and Rhys Bowen’s The Victory Garden.
1918, Canada: The First World War is over and those who have been fighting in Europe are heading for home, forever changed. Amongst the lost, the damaged and the broken, is former nurse Ellen Copley; who finds herself returning—not to her house in Glasgow, but to her childhood home on Amherst Island.
There, she feels sure, in the warm embrace of the McCafferty family, with her beloved Aunt Rose and her cousins, she will feel safe and loved. She will be able to escape the ghosts of the past and her loss, and find peace.
But the island is a changed place too. The war has affected life the world over, and Aunt Rose is struggling to keep their small farmstead going. The family’s only hope is asking their neighbours, the Lymans, to help. But Jed Lyman is a broken man, both physically and emotionally, and his once-adoring brother Lucas is now more distant than ever.
And as Ellen fights to save the farm, she has to ask: what makes somewhere a home? And—when help comes from an unexpected place—she wonders, has the man she’s destined to love been waiting for her out there all along?
This is the third and final novel in the unmissable Amherst Island Trilogy following the life of Ellen Copley from her humble beginnings in Scotland to the brutal battlefields of the First World War, and ultimately her return to beautiful Amherst Island. Perfect for fans of The Oceans Between Us, The Orphan Sisters, and Rhys Bowen’s The Victory Garden.
Kate Hewitt is the author of many romance and women’s fiction novels. A former New Yorker and now an American ex-pat, she lives in a small town on the Welsh border with her husband, five children, and their overly affectionate Golden Retriever. Whatever the genre, she enjoys telling stories that tackle real issues and touch people’s lives.
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Nerdy Mom Dot Com Review:
Return to the Island is book three and the final book in the Amherst Island series. Once again we meet up with kind-hearted Ellen Copely who is now in her late twenties and returning back to the Island from her service in World War I along with a few other islanders who also served. Ellen soon finds that she nor the island will ever be the same after the war.
Ellen debated coming back to Amherst Island after the war not knowing if it would be the right decision or if she should continue her art teaching career in Glasgow. When it came time to return from the war though Ellen decided she needed to return "home", and "home" was Amherst Island with the Mcafferty's. Once back Ellen soon found that her Aunt Rose was in a struggle trying to keep the farm running after her husband had died and the older children were off at school. Ellen knew that she had made the right choice coming back to the island to help her Aunt Rose get back on her feet.
The idea is presented to her Aunt Rose to start using her home as a bed and breakfast with the novelty of using Ellen as an art teacher to attract guest. The ladies soon find that they have bookings lined up and become engrossed in entertaining out of town, high society ladies. Along this venture Ellen meets a guest that will change the course of her life for the better. This plan gets them through a season but unfortunately Aunt Rose makes the decision that it cannot keep the family forever and she will have to sell the farm.
Return to the Island was a wonderful conclusion to this series. I enjoyed how Kate Hewitt ties together all three books and answers and finalizes all the lives of the characters in the final book. Ellen was a well thought out character that the reader was able to watch grow and mature throughout this series. She is a wonderful example of perseverance. I like that Kate gives Ellen her true place of belonging and happiness in the end.
Thanks so much to Netgalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy for an honest review.
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