This is a free e-book I downloaded a while ago and actually started reading a few weeks ago. It just took me a while (and a long train journey) to get into it.
Long Way Home by Neve Cottrell is a holiday romance novel. It follows Alexis as she returns home to Mangrove Island 17 years after leaving her life on the island behind. Having become a hot-shot lawyer now living in London, her life couldn't be more different from the simple, family life the island offers. Yet here she is, home for Christmas. This novel examines Alexis' feelings on her past life on Mangrove Island, her life in London, kept hidden from her family for all these years, and now how life on the island has changed. Or more appropriately, how Alexis has changed.
This was a really heart-warming tale of reconnecting with family after past misunderstandings and tragedy, and I loved the relationships between Alexis and her nephews. It was a little odd for me to read about Christmas on a tropical island because I'm British and such things should be buried in snow, but that's not the point. I was also surprised at how graphic the novel was in some areas, even though I knew it was a romance novel. I guess I'm just not used to it. Even so, I did quite enjoy this book once I got into it.
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