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Coming Home to Maple Lodge by Alison Sherlock #Review

  I am delighted to feature the first in Alison Sherlock's new series set in the Corswolds. Coming Home to Maple Tree Lodge was published by Boldwood Books on June 20th. A family and hotel in desperate need of help… Maple Tree Lodge has been the home of the Jackson family for over a century. But the hotel has never been a success and, following the sudden loss of his father, architect Ben Jackson soon discovers the hotel is close to financial ruin. Ben has to make some tough decisions if the hotel is to survive and his family are to keep a roof over their heads. With the hotel in urgent need of a renovation, Ben’s sister calls on the talents of her best friend, interior designer Lily Watson. Cash strapped Lily needs a successful project to prove to herself and her high-achieving parents that she can carve a successful career and Maple Tree Lodge sounds like just the place for Lily to showcase her talents. However, Lily’s vision for a cosy, country Cotswolds hotel is the com...
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The Forgotten Sister by Caroline Bond #Review #PublicationDay #CorvusBooks



I am delighted to be taking part in the blog tour for Caroline Bond's The Forgotten Sister, especially on its Publication Day.

To lose your family is heart-breaking.

To be forgotten by them is unforgiveable.



Cassie and Erin are sisters. They are close - in age, looks and personality - but there is one crucial difference: Cassie is adopted.

At seventeen, Cassie sets out to find her birth mother. She is hungry for the truth, but she discovers her adoption was far more complicated than even she could have imagined. In uncovering her birth identity Cassie learns that her adoptive parents have kept a terrible secret from her her whole life, a secret that now threatens to destroy everything she has ever held dear.


The Forgotten Sister is a heart-rending, profoundly moving novel about protecting the ones you love from the secrets that will hurt them most. 

My Thoughts

There are some key moments in life after which nothing can ever be the same again. Cassie has one such moment in this novel when she realises that she has a birth sibling and that her adopted family have not told her. Suddenly everything she has thought of as fact becomes questionable and her relationship with her adopted family is seen through a different prism. 
    This story develops and shows that here are many layers to relationships. You get to understand Cassie's adopted parents' fears and actions. Of course, the most fascinating part for me were the three sisters: Cassie and her birth and adopted sisters. For me, all of them can be described as the 'forgotten sister'. Leah is the most difficult to understand but as you find out more about her, you see how her life has been affected by others and she has a big decision to make. Cassie has the assurety of a stable upbringing but you feel for her parents as they try to cope with the fallout of their past decisions. This is an emotional and thought-provoking read which delves beneath the surface of family relationships and which shows you that there are seldom simple solutions. 

In short: affecting, moving story of family dynamics.


About the Author

Caroline Bond was born in Scarborough and studied English at Oxford University before working as a market researcher for 25 years. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Leeds Trinity University, and lives in Leeds with her husband and three children. Her first novel, The Second Child, was published in 2018.

You can follow Caroline here: Facebook   |  Twitter 

Book links: Amazon UK 

Thanks to Caroline Bond, Corvus Books  and Anne Cater of Random Things Tours  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.


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