Beneath an Irish Sky by Isobella Connor
Jack Stewert thought he’d
put the past behind him. On the surface he has everything – success, money, a
big house and he is never short of an attractive woman by his side, but a
tragic road accident shatters his world.
Raised as an Irish
traveller, Luke Kiernan hasn’t had it easy, and when he wakes up in a Dublin
hospital to find the man he’s hated since childhood at his bedside he’s hungry
for revenge.
Two very different
worlds collide bringing new dangers exposing past deceits, and unearthing dark
family secrets buried long ago. But from tragedy springs the promise of a fresh
start with two women who are intent on helping Jack and Luke mend their lives.
This story reaches all
of the emotional senses its part family saga, part mystery, part love story but
unearthing all of the family skeletons over the preceding 20 years makes it
part tragedy. Just as you think you’ve got it figured out where the story is
going, you get a twist and it’s off down a different route.
Both the protagonist’s,
Luke and Jack are lovable, believable and the story is written in such a way
you really care about them both. You believe both sides of their very different
perspectives, and if they would just tell each other, and piece it together it
would save you so much emotional wringing, but where would that leave the
reader?
Once engrossed into the
story this book really is un-put-a-down-able. It made me laugh, cry, shout,
hope, hold my breath and pray. I was sat on the edge of my seat praying that it
would be ok, I needn’t have worried, because this is after all a Choclit novel
and therefore a happy ever after ending is guaranteed and this novel does not disappoint.
So much so I cried with joy! This is the most wonderful book and it deserves to
win every single award around.
The Commuting Bookworm
29/07/2013