A Skye Full of Stars by Sue MoorcroftMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars.
Warning - there may be spoilers for the first book in the series.
And now the turn of the middle sister, Ezzie Wynter. As a reminder, the three Wynter sisters were all adopted (separate families) and had a loving childhood until their adoptive parents were killed in a freak accident. Ezzie and her younger sister Thea live and work on Skye for the wealthy Swedish Larson family at Rothach Hall. After the old manager was sacked, Ezzie has stepped up to manage the Hall and has been reading/watching YouTube videos on how to manage an estate (most of which doesn't really apply). As a young woman Ezzie was a bit of a party girl, something which could have had serious consequences when she was involved in an accident. Thea took the blame and has been hounded by it ever since, a secret she and Ezzie have kept from their older sister Valentine.
Ezzie is surprise when Grethe Larson, the matriarch of the family, and her son Mats turn up unexpectedly, with Mats' two small children, several weeks before Christmas and announce that they are staying until the rest of the family join them for the Christmas break.
Mats has a lot to deal with, comforting his children while their mother has left them to spending the holidays yachting around southern Europe with her new boyfriend, looking after his mother and trying to understand why she has come to Skye alone, trying to balance childcare with being the CFO of a global fish export business, and his attraction to Ezzie. Unfortunately, he is also impetuous and eager to solve problems, which means he has trodden on Ezzie's toes more than once by unilaterally making decisions.
But the path of true love never did run smooth and since Mats lives in Sweden and Ezzie lives on Skye can this ever be more than holiday romance?
I enjoyed this, ut I felt it was all too predictable and just a wee bit too safe. I never had any doubts about how it would end, not even a slight concern about things would be resolved.
Prediction. (view spoiler)
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.
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