#BlogTour-‘Come Back To Me’ by Daniela Sacerdoti

About the book…

This third enchanting novel set on the windswept Seal Island is about finding love for a second time when hope seems lost.

Three separate lives. Three broken hearts.

Haunted by his wife’s death, Matt arrives on Seal Island determined to be alone and unable to escape his grief.

In the island’s hospital, a young woman named Rose lies in a coma,trapped by the memories of events leading up to her accident.

Grace, the island’s doctor, is at the heart of the community. Only she knows how much she regrets turning down the chance of love and a family years ago.

For these three people hope seems gone.

But life is about to offer an unexpected new beginning…

Many thanks to constant supporter of RachelreadIt, the wonderful Anne Cater, of Random Things Tours.

‘Come Back To Me’ is the third book set on the fictional Outer Hebrides island of Seal, this time Daniela gives us three compelling narratives in the form of Matthew, Grace and Rose.

Matthew has come to stay in a cottage belonging to the only person who stood by him whilst he was in prison for causing death by dangerous driving. His 3 year sentence is only the beginning, he intends to punish himself for a lifetime for causing the death of his wife Mia.

Grace is his next door neighbour and island doctor, hiding from the world and love as she has been hurt too much in the past, yet part of her still longs for the family she never had.

Rose is a girl in a coma, relating the events that led her to be in that state, something to do with her foster brother, Jacob, whose arrival turned her family’s lives upside down.

All 3 of them need a bit of the magic that Seal Island has in its very soil, they just need to hand themselves over to another power and believe…

What ann incredible, amazing book! It is lyrical, descriptive, without being overly wordy so that your mind can fill in the blanks. Juggling a multiple narrative tale is not easy as the voices of the narrators could become entangled, however, in ‘Come Back To Me’, all 3 of the main characters are present and disctinct.

It’s also not overly sentimental, there is a quiet grace and dignity in the way that each character’s loss is conveyed, the emotional involvement comes from the reader connecting with this through the pages.

You do not need to read books one and two (but I would suggest them, as based on the high quality of writing , they will be a worthy investment of your time), all you need to bring to Seal Island is a willingness to believe…and be ready to enjoy your time there. All of these characters live there to escape wider society but is an island really an escape? Or are your fears, wishes and dreams exposed to the surface due to the introspective nature of island life?

This is the thrid Outer Hebrides set novel I have read this year and all 3 authors have done a sterling job conveying a unique sense of place and time., It was a pure pleasure to read!
Thanks, once more, to Anne, Daniela and Headline for my gifted copy as part of the blog tour.

About the author…

Daniela Sacerdoti is a phenomenon. Over one million copies of her novels have been sold in eBook, her debut novel ‘‘Watch Over Me’ was the 8th bestselling Kindle book of all time in 2015 and she was also ranked as the 11th top-selling Kindle author. Daniela writes beautiful, haunting and bestselling fiction for adults (the Glen Avich series), young adults (the Sarah Midnight trilogy) and children. Her novels have been translated in twelve languages.

Daniela was born and raised in Italy. She studied Classics, then lived in Scotland for fourteen years,
where she married and taught in a primary school. Daniela’s children’s book Really Weird Removals.Com was shortlisted for the Scottish Children’s Book Awards. She has also written for the BBC. Daniela, her husband and their two sons make their home in a tiny village in the Alps.
To discover more about Daniela and her world, visit www.danielasacerdoti.com.