A Secret for the Lifeboat Sisters

By: Tilly Tennant

Many thanks to Bookouture for the ARC of this book and allowing me a stop on the book tour.

ABOUT THE BOOK

As the sun warms the sand of Port Promise bay and the sea is stained turquoise, Gaby Morrow is about to discover that her life is going to change forever…

As she looks through the window of Thistledown Cottage, her perfect home with its flower-filled garden and views of the sparkling, white-tipped waves, Gaby Morrow should feel like she has it all. She watches her two gorgeous children race down to the golden beach and waves goodbye to her husband Kilian, his chestnut hair tousled as he heads off for another day working on the lifeboats. To her friends and family Gaby’s life looks wonderful, but deep down Gaby knows that this is a lie.

Recently Kilian has grown distant, a terrible tragedy at sea causing him to withdraw. Try as she might, Gaby can’t get her beloved husband to open up, and she knows Kilian has been lying about where he has been going. Gaby wants to believe she can trust him. But when she discovers that he has been keeping a secret that will change all their lives, will she ever be able to feel the same again?

Gaby’s sisters rally round in her hour of need and remind her of everything she has that is worth fighting for. But just as she makes her decision, she sees helicopters circling the sea and the call she has dreaded her whole life comes in. Kilian’s rescue mission has gone wrong. Will Gaby’s life be turned upside down all over again? And has she only realised what is truly important when it’s too late?

MY REVIEW

This was such a lovely book and it has such a strong message, one that we’ve all probably heard in various ways – you don’t know what you got until its gone (or almost gone). It’s a reminder that we should live every day to the fullest and not to keep secrets from those that we love. Truth and honesty may be difficult, and sometimes it may hurt, but it really is the best way. Especially for these characters. Marriage is never easy, but secrets make it harder.

A new character is introduced in this third installment in this series, Lloyd. I was and probably still am a little skeptical about him. But all of the other characters that we have met in book 1 and 2 are present and it was nice to be reunited with them. While this book focuses on Gaby, I do appreciate that the other characters don’t just make a small appearance but they are central adjacent to the storyline.

I did shed some tears at some point, so get your tissues ready if you’re a big mush like me. It was a pleasure to read this book and I would recommend it!

This is available now, get your copy here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

From a young age, Tilly Tennant was convinced that she was destined for the stage. Once she realised she wasn’t actually very good at anything that would put her on the stage, she started to write stories instead. There were lots of terrible ones, like The Pet Rescue Gang (aged eight), which definitely should not see the light of day ever again. Thankfully, her debut novel, Hopelessly Devoted to Holden Finn was not one of those, and since it hit the Amazon best seller lists she hasn’t looked back. Born in Dorset, she currently lives in Staffordshire with her husband, two daughters, three guitars, four ukuleles, two violins and a kazoo.