This is the story of Gayle and Martin, who fall in love over the course of ten years- over a yearly visit to a tiny, isolated island off the Welsh coast.

Gayle is a teacher and each year she brings her class to the island to see the local flora and fauna, from sea birds to playful seals. Martin, the island’s caretaker and only human resident, lives in and maintains the lighthouse, which opens to the public for just this one day a year.

Gayle is effervescent but feels trapped, while Martin is lonely and isolated. As their love slowly builds over time, they both yearn for the annual field trip where they can finally see each other… Until one year Gayle doesn’t come back, and Martin has to leave his island hideaway to find her.

My Thoughts:

What a beautiful story, you are bound to fall in love with not just the story but with all the lovely characters too. The setting sounds idyllic and perfect. It is a tender love story about two lonely souls that are brought together by chance and it showed me if you want something that much, grab the bull by its horns and go for it. If you don’t you will regret it. I loved the pace of this read and read it throughout a day, you will go through all the emotions, I laughed, I cried and I felt all warm and fuzzy. It is a beautiful story and I loved it.

I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.

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