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Wedding season includes searching for a missing bride�and a killer . . .


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One island. Three generations. A summer that changes everything.


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A snapshot made them legends. What it didn�t show could tear them apart.


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This life coach will give you a lift!


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Masquerades, secrets, and a forbidden romance stitched into every seam.


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A vanished manuscript. A murdered expert. A castle full of secrets�and one sharp-witted sleuth.


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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


The Island Villa

The Island Villa, May 2023
by Sarah Morgan

Canary Street Press
Featuring: Cassie; Catherine Swift; Adeline
384 pages
ISBN: 1335630953
EAN: 9781335630957
Kindle: B0BJ792V3H
Trade Paperback / e-Book
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"A charming book to read this summer!"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Island Villa
Sarah Morgan

Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel
Posted May 31, 2023

Women's Fiction Family Life

Bestselling romance author Catherine Swift is getting married again, for the fourth time. It’s a very small intimate wedding. She’s invited her two daughters, Adeline and Cassie. But she hasn’t told them the name of the groom. After three failed marriages, she’s hoping to surprise them – if they come.

Half-sisters Cassie and Adeline used to be close when they were very young, before everything changed. Now, Cassie wishes she could break down her sister’s walls. She’s hoping that spending these weeks with her sister will be rewarding. Adeline never wanted to come to the wedding, but after her father urged her to reconsider, she reluctantly travels to Corfu, Greece.

Catherine struggled as a mother and Adeline still blames her for her past mistakes. Catherine is hoping to put the past behind them all and start fresh, but secrets have a way of spilling out. Catherine has a deep dark secret that only one other person knows. They haven’t talked about it since that fateful night.

As the family secrets are revealed, each of these women will be forced to reexamine their past and determine how it will change their future.

THE ISLAND VILLA by Sarah Morgan is a breezy summer novel that tackles tough topics such as blended families and the struggles of parenthood. I enjoyed reading from both sisters’ perspectives. I loved how each of them saw the world very differently in terms of love. Of course, with a Sarah Morgan book, they both achieve happiness. THE ISLAND VILLA is a charming book to read this summer. Share it with your friends!

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SUMMARY

A messy family drama and a steamy little romance unfold under the Mediterranean sun for the perfect summer escape…

Celebrated romance author Catherine Swift has topped the bestseller lists for decades, though her personal story hasn’t been quite so successful. Three failed marriages have left her relationship with her daughters strained, but that’s about to be rectified. Engaged yet again, Catherine is counting on this wedding to be what finally brings them together as a family, and she’ll do whatever it takes to make that happen.

Adeline doesn’t know what’s worse—that her mother is getting married a fourth time, or that she’s being guilted into witnessing the train wreck at Catherine’s luxury villa in Corfu. It brings back the pain of her parents’ split, of her mother’s infidelity and the baby that was the result. Not that she blames her half sister, Cassie, but then she’s never made an effort to know her, either.

Cassie, on the other hand, is thrilled by her mother’s news and admires Catherine’s resilience. She’s equally excited about meeting the mystery groom, and at the prospect of spending her summer in Corfu, where she can process a secret of her own she’s been keeping from everyone.

As Cassie and Adeline arrive on the island, they each have very different expectations of what this week will bring—they haven’t been entirely honest with their mother about their lives, either—but in the lead-up to the wedding, all will be revealed, for better or worse.


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