No matter how far you go, home is where the heart is...
Beth Williams hasn’t been home for ten years. After falling pregnant at sixteen, she ran away from the imposing Scottish estate where she grew up rather than risk her family’s disapproval, working hard to build a life for herself and daughter Isabelle but now she’s finally returning to Glendale Hall.
When Beth gets a call to say that her Grandmother has taken a turn for the worst, she knows within her heart that she must go back home, even though there are a million other things she would rather do. When she arrives, nothing has changed. The house is the same since she left it at sixteen and even her parents attitude towards her.
Though when she finds out that the once loved village where she spent most of her time as a teen, will slowly come to an end, Beth must quickly think up a way on being able to restore the Glendale village and spirit back to its original self.
Drew is struggling to help his brother hold the fort at their family farm and when Beth makes a surprising appearance (with his daughter he never knew existed in tow), things become even more complicated back in his home town.
As Beth navigates her way through helping fix the town, her families different views on parenthood and her childhood sweetheart walking back into hers and Issy’s life, she has a few questions on her lips.
Why had Drew never received her letter? What is her Father & Grandmother keeping from her? And most of all, will she be able to get a second chance?
Coming Home to Glendale Hall by Victoria Walters, was such a lovely winter read, filled with lots of magic, family and love. At first I struggled to get into the book, though after I reach my usual DNF mark I actually started to really enjoy it.
The characters are well written and I loved Beth and Drew’s characters so much, their relationship and how Drew is with Issy. I found that the story was more based around family rather than romance, which was lovely and it came across as to forgive your past problems and differences. Which is a fundamental thing to do at this time of year. The story itself is lovely, though some places were a tad slow.
Though I’m happy to say I will be reading more of her books in the near future.
I will be giving this book an 8 out 10
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