This sequel to The Cafe by the Sea was enjoyable from start to finish, as is every novel by jenny Colgan. Flora, who has moved permanently to the Isle of Mure to run the cafe and help out at the family farm, was pleased and shocked when her new love (and former boss), Joel, follows her to Mure to work exclusively for one client, who is opening a great resort on the island. With Joel always away on business and, quite frankly, acting pretty squirrelly, Flora is never quite sure where she stands or what the future will hold. Joel is notoriously close-mouthed about his past as a foster-child, and upbringing that makes it difficult for him to open up and commit. Is marriage in their future? Flora doubts it!
Colgan has added another, charming dimension to this novel with the character of Said Hassan, the Syrian refugee physician who initially appears in A very Distant Shore. He still hopes to be reunited with his family and is filled with hope and fear when he is informed that two children, thought to be his sons, have been located in Damascus and will be reunited with him after all of the red tape has been cleared.
As always, Colgan leaves us wanting more. I am looking forward to reading Christmas on the Island, the next installment. I wish she would write faster!
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