The Royal Daughter by Soraya Lane

 

My thoughts

Another heart-wrenchingly beautiful book by Soraya Lane. The third in the Lost Daughters series and in my opinion the best one yet. Though they are all great. This one just took my breath away. Made me have those big ugly tears. Made my heart beat fast. It was just so good. Though it was sad it was also happy in so many places too. 

This one is told in two time frames. One in the present and one in the mid sixties and up. Told from two people as it goes about bringing together another family who had been separate by adoption. Found because of Hope. Literally because of Hope House. A home for unwed mothers who have a choice. Who are not kept there against their will. Who make the decisions based on their own feelings and heart. Though it's painful and hard at the time. 

A story that is written with so much feeling. So realistic. This book will make you believe in following your heart. Following your dreams. It's about family who found each other when some didn't even know they were lost. Finding a part of yourself in someone who has loved you your whole life though you had no idea they even existed. Bringing together a mother, daughter and granddaughter. Lost loves. Present loves. Making up for years of lost time. It's about Hope. 

I loved reading this book. It was well written and left me wanting the next book so bad. It's just the kind of book that makes you feel emotion and gives you lots of feeling. It's about loss, love, family. It's about a lot of things but mostly finding lost family. Having the clues and finding out how they fall together. It's a work of art in many ways. 

You really don't want to miss this one. It's excellent. From start to finish it's captivating. 

Synopsis

The Royal Daughter: A completely unputdownable and heartbreaking page-turner full of family secrets (The Lost Daughters Book 3)

 

 

“My darling B, my heart, my soul. I only wish we’d had longer. Longer to search for the daughter that I should never have given up. The daughter that I should have been brave enough to keep, brave enough to tell you about, brave enough to tell the world about.”

London, present day. As Ella looks down at a faded black and white photograph of an unknown woman and child alongside a yellowing piece of sheet music, she wonders how the two things can possibly relate to her own family. The items were left for her family at Hope’s House, a home for unmarried mothers whose babies were adopted.

Soon Ella learns that the photograph was taken on the picturesque Greek island of Skopelos, nestled in the turquoise calming waters of the Aegean sea, and that the woman in the photo holds the key to her family’s heritage. As she opens up to her new flame Gabriel, he tells her that she should go to the island to unravel the mystery and that he will wait for her.

Though Ella is torn she decides to go and once there, she discovers a heart-wrenching story of a royal family forced to leave their country for a new life in London, and of a girl with a unique talent for music who captured the heart of a young violinist but was forced to leave him and London behind for the sake of her family.

When Ella discovers the sacrifice made by the two young lovers and comes face to face with her forgotten Greek family, will their story give her the courage to follow her own heart back to London and Gabriel, or will the beauty of the island capture her heart and lead her to a new love altogether?

A totally addictive and heartbreaking novel about the strength of family ties and never giving up on true love. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Lucinda Riley and Victoria Hislop.

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About the author

Soraya Lane graduated with a law degree before realising that law wasn't the career for her and that her future was in writing. She is the author of historical and contemporary women's fiction, including the #1 Kindle bestselling novels The Last Correspondent and The Secrets We Left Behind. 

Soraya lives on a small farm in her native New Zealand with her husband, their two young sons and a collection of four legged friends. When she's not writing, she loves to be outside playing make-believe with her children or snuggled up inside reading.

 

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