Feels like coming back home…

Synopsis

The New Year brings unexpected revelations at Wynter House.

Neva Grey’s Christmas brought several surprises. Now a shocking secret has life-changing consequences for the Wynters, as the New Year brings revelations … and relatives to Wynter House.

It also brings Hazel Smart and Amelia Goodbody. And it’s not just Adam and Rafe Wynter who are pleased Hazel and Amelia have come to stay. Olivia Wynter will enjoy bossing nurse Hazel around and she also makes it clear Amelia – who is handling the marketing for Rafe’s new business venture – is far more suited to be her grandson’s girlfriend than Neva will ever be.

Whilst Amelia is ensconced at Wynter House, Neva is busy with her new hair and beauty salon in Merriment Bay. Perhaps she should enlist her niece, Sasha’s help because just when she thought she had found the love of her life, old secrets, ghosts from the past, and new arrivals might shatter all her dreams.

At least she has her best friend, Jo Duncan to lean on. But newly single, Jo is determined to have some fun, both at Wynter House and in Merriment Bay. And so is Adam Wynter.

This is book two in the Wyntersleap series but it can be read as a standalone. The Wyntersleapseries is interlinked with the Merriment Bay series and several characters appear in both series.

My review

After Neva spent Christmas at Wynter House, she finds herself in a loving relationship with Rafe. The story picks up where the previous one ended.

Rafe needs the help of Amelia to start his new business adventure. And Amelia surely is interested in become more than just partners or friends. And Rafe’s grandmother Olivia thinks Amelia is more suited as a girlfriend compared with Neva.
But when Olivia needs a nurse to look after her, Hazel also is suddenly staying at Wynter House… On top of that, also Neva’s best friend Jo is staying there after breaking up with her fiancée.

So many single women, it seems like a perfect place for Adam to put his charms in the game again!

I don’t know how Emily does it, but each time I read a story, I am so in love with it!
I loved how this next chapter just continues where the previous one ended. There are no fast forwards, you do not have wonder what happened in the meantime.

Neva and Rafe are in a new relationship, and of course there are some doubts. Are they moving too fast? Do they want the same on long term? What will other people think? Will everyone accept their relationship? So many questions that are so recognizable.

Adam is being true to himself, the man who never falls really in love and is not looking for a relationship. But even if he has the air of a player, he is there when his family needs him.

Those who are a fan of Emily like me, and have also read the Merriment Bay series, will recognize several other characters, and will be happy to see how these 2 stories intertwine. For me it was a lovely reunion with each one of them.

Some of the Wynter House people are exactly the same as in the first book. So is Olivia as stoic as before, Neva’s niece is a whirlwind as usual.
But there is also a change in some other, for the better. But I’m not going to spoil anything!

Again, I loved every bit of it and I will be looking forward to read more!