The Secrets of Willow Bay
Temple River #4
Phillipa Nefri Clark
Once again MS Nefri Clark has taken me on a moving emotional journey, to a place that I feel very at home, River’s End this time can there be a second chance at love and friendship after everything that happened twenty five years ago, come along and meet Joanna, Lucas and Roslyn and see how things pan out when secrets and mystery are uncovered.
Joanna ran twenty five years ago when she felt so very betrayed by her best friend Roslyn she left behind her first love and a secret that she has done her best to bury deep, when she followed her parents to Queensland and left her aunt in Willow Bay she asked them never to bring up Willow Bay or her friend Roslyn and as time when on, although giving up her wish to be a fashion designer she found her place travelling the world as a fashion buyer, she has stayed single never forgetting her first love. But when a letter arrives she must now go back and face what she left behind.
Arriving back in the place she loved so much has her emotions flying in all directions and one of the first people she runs into is Lucas her heart jumps but he still has a place in her heart after all that happened not knowing what has gone on with Lucas and Roslyn has Joanna presuming what happened, which is probably not a good thing, will she ever be able to put the past behind her and find out exactly what happened?
With parts of a yacht washing up on the beach the reason she in in Willow Bay, Joanna worries about what this could mean for her is she partly to blame after that terrible night all those years ago? Getting to know Lucas and Roslyn again is so good but can she open up and tell them what really happened the night she ran, and she fears that she is in danger now with more questions than answers with more bits and pieces of the yacht washing up.
I did love this one so much, it is so well written the author has bought the characters to life on the pages I felt all of the emotions. The anger, the hurt, the pain and the love that still flows between friends and first loves, this is a story that I would highly recommend, and it has a bit of everything in it mystery, romance and a fabulous story.
This one is going to stay with me for a long time to come, many thanks MS Nefri Clark for a wonderful story.
My thanks to Storm Publishing and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
Joanna ran twenty five years ago when she felt so very betrayed by her best friend Roslyn she left behind her first love and a secret that she has done her best to bury deep, when she followed her parents to Queensland and left her aunt in Willow Bay she asked them never to bring up Willow Bay or her friend Roslyn and as time when on, although giving up her wish to be a fashion designer she found her place travelling the world as a fashion buyer, she has stayed single never forgetting her first love. But when a letter arrives she must now go back and face what she left behind.
Arriving back in the place she loved so much has her emotions flying in all directions and one of the first people she runs into is Lucas her heart jumps but he still has a place in her heart after all that happened not knowing what has gone on with Lucas and Roslyn has Joanna presuming what happened, which is probably not a good thing, will she ever be able to put the past behind her and find out exactly what happened?
With parts of a yacht washing up on the beach the reason she in in Willow Bay, Joanna worries about what this could mean for her is she partly to blame after that terrible night all those years ago? Getting to know Lucas and Roslyn again is so good but can she open up and tell them what really happened the night she ran, and she fears that she is in danger now with more questions than answers with more bits and pieces of the yacht washing up.
I did love this one so much, it is so well written the author has bought the characters to life on the pages I felt all of the emotions. The anger, the hurt, the pain and the love that still flows between friends and first loves, this is a story that I would highly recommend, and it has a bit of everything in it mystery, romance and a fabulous story.
This one is going to stay with me for a long time to come, many thanks MS Nefri Clark for a wonderful story.
My thanks to Storm Publishing and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
January 21, 2025 by Storm Publishing
