this is the last in the series where we have been following the lives of three sisters. and i tell you what i was just done to perfection. i have loved all of these books. infact scrap that because its Sue Moorcroft and i have loved EVERY single one of all the books of hers ive read. like many of my favorite authors of this genre i could just feel my heart beating harder, cozier and warmer as i read this. i could sit and read them all day. or maybe its because i want to be adopted by the place and people in these books. or at least know them? go stay with them? come on surely one of the characters wants to invite me over for the summer too?
alas it looks like i will simply hav to love the book and wait for Sues next when. and love every minute of the time i spend in this community while i can.
in this book we are back in Skye. with the summer season bringing new sight and smells and descriptions that perfectly bring back what i remember of the island. this book we look to Valentina. but what i also love about this book is how just because the main focus is on her story, the others never fade and are still as important. it feels real and makes a bigger connection to all three of them and their tales.
Valentina is not doing ok. her marriage has collapsed and so she flees to the island of skye with her young boy to be with her sisters.
but Valentina isnt going to be given an easy ride. and when another event happens she has to face even more challenging times. not only that but a seemingly chance meeting on the train leaves her with all sorts of unexpected and what she deems unwanted at this time!
i loved just how real Valentina and her emotions at this time were. the relationship with her young son was fantastic and i could relate so much to his little feelings and interactions which were often confused and heightened by what was going on for his mum and dad. how Valentina handled this was not always perfect but felt full of love all the same. it was a woman doing the best she can and not always making wise choices or behaving rationally at such an emotionally impacted time.
oh add to that there might be a brother on the horizon? being adopted this brings a whole other level of emotional strife to our sister. and shes going to need her sisters and the island all the way. which of course she has whole heartedly. and this is actually the biggest story of love throughout all the books. ive been rooting for them all from the beginning. and im only sad now thinking this is the end? no! do we not need to go back and learn something more? cant we come back to them please? you see this is the problem with brilliant writers and brilliant books. you never really want them to leave or end.
the relationships are all so beautifully told. not only with eachother but how interwoven they are with the island, with the scenes set you can imagine the landscape and island around them.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for this ARC.
I have read many Sue Moorcroft books, I love her Christmas books. I have read the two preceding books in this trio logo and loved them both….
I thought this was an easy read, and it was good but it felt too predictable from the start. And although the other characters had had their own stair idea previously there wasn’t much about them at all in this book.

Oh what can I say about this one? I absolutely hand on heart love this series.

It’s a delightful, heartwarming and beautiful tale.

The scenery is gorgeous and written in such as way that you can hear the waves and feel the wind in your hair.

In this one, we centre our attention on Valentina, the eldest of the Wynter sisters and her whirlwind summer on Skye. What a rollercoaster of events and emotions she goes through.

I know I’ve said this before, in my review for book 2, but I love how even though the main focus shifts to a different sister, the others are still key to the story. They don’t just have small supporting roles, we follow their lives as significant events happen for them too.

The characters are all so well developed throughout, but in this book I especially loved how the relationship between Valentina and Barnaby was portrayed. Having a similar aged son myself I could totally relate to her, how she spoke to him and dealt with various situations.

This book felt so much like you were looking in on real life for this extended family. All the things they faced, day to day situations that occurred, all felt very real.

All in all it’s an absolute must read. Do read the whole series to fully appreciate this masterpiece.

This is the third book in the Skye Sisters trilogy and a book that I have been impatiently waiting for. Over the Sea to Skye is Valentina’s story. The oldest of three adopted sisters, she has always been the sensible one. However, her apparently happy marriage has collapsed and she has escaped to the Island of Skye with her young son to spend time with her sisters and work out what to do next.
It was so good to return to Skye and the Wynter sisters. This book takes place about 6 months after the previous book and it’s now Summer. Valentina has bought a cottage on the seafront and is looking forward to some peace and quiet family time to recover from her marriage break up. Sadly, the Summer is anything but peaceful. Her husband is involved in a serious accident and she is also contacted out of the blue by a man who claims to be her brother. Plus there is also an attractive American who is on the island for the Summer and who is definitely a threat to her peace of mind.
I really like the character of Valentina. She has always been the successful sister with a happy marriage, lovely son and a successful career but now her life has fallen to pieces around her and all she has left is her son Barney and two sisters. The fall out from a broken marriage when one parent walks out is well illustrated here with Barney’s distress at the lack of contact with his father clearly shown. Valentina deals with everything that the Summer throws at her and only occasionally gives into frustration and anger. She even stays calm in the face of rude behaviour from her in-laws which was definitely more than they deserved. She isn’t perfect though and the stress of her situation makes her handle some situations less well than she normally would.
As with all of Sue Moorcroft’s books, all of the character are well written. It was lovely to catch up with Thea and Ezzie again and I loved Xander and MacDonald. The Island of Skye also plays a starring role in the novel and the beautiful scenery is vividly described.
Sue Moorcroft has a real gift for capturing the messiness of modern family life. In this book, we see the fall out from a broken marriage and how families gradually work their way through to a workable situation, as well as what might happen when a member of your birth family gets in touch unexpectedly. Through this series though, the bond between the three sisters has remained unbroken and the love between them feels more real than any romance.
The Skye Sisters is a lovely set of three linked novels and this final instalment was a brilliant read. Thank you to Net Galley and the publishers, Avon Books, for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Sadly the final part of this lovely series featuring the Wynter sisters.
We're back on the gorgeous Isle of Skye, Valentina's renovation work on her cottage is finished and she arrives with her son Barnaby for the summer. Her husband Gary has left her, annoyingly for her assistant Minerva.
On their way she assists an American who is travelling with his nephew, not staying far away they begin a holiday friendship. It's comfort for then both as they begin new lives as single people. But when Gary is involved in an accident she finds her life changing as she has to decide what takes priority.
I've adored this series, the sisters all have their own characters, as the oldest, Valentina was always the stoic, pragmatic one so it was nice to see her more vulnerable side.
Despite this being Valentina's story it was lovely to recap with Thea and Ezz as well.
The description of Skye is fitting and evocative.

I always enjoy books written by Sue Moorcroft. This is book 3 in the Skye sisters trilogy. The story focuses on Valentina who is the eldest of the Wynter sisters.

This is a great summer read and I absolutely love how Skye is depicted within the book, it is described absolutely perfectly and sounds like such a wonderful place. I love how Sue more craft writes her characters and shows the development between them. This book has the perfect amount of romance and this shows with the character Xander.

I would write this book 4 stars and would recommend it to all.

A lovely finale to the story of the Wynter sisters and the beautiful Isle of Skye. This one is eldest sister Valentina's story, as she deals with abandonment by her errant husband, a young son missing his dad, the aftermath of a tragic accident and the possibility of finding her blood family just as her sisters have done. And there is romance too, of course, but with Xander living thousands of miles away it looks like it may all be over before it has really begun. A heartwarming and satisfying trilogy of novels with three strong women and an island community at its heart.
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This is the final book in the trilogy and I was very sad that this is the last instalment of this beautiful series but like all good things they just come to an end.

This instalment focused on us getting to know the backstory of Valentina the eldest of the sisters who until now we have only had a snapshot look into her life.

This was another beautiful read filled with engaging characters and relatable topics. and also the beautiful descriptions of the Isle of Skye which is definitely a place I would love to visit one day.

Look forward to seeing what this author writes next.

Enjoyable light read and the final in the series featuring three sisters, Valentina, Ezz and Thea. This book follows Valentina's story and, whilst it would help, I think it stands alone. The sisters were all adopted and searching for their very different birth families. Set in Scotland on the stunning Isle of Skye and Inverness. Very believable including DNA testing and the turmoil of the ensuring results. Heartwarming but also light reading despite the more serious issues.

Loved this third in the Skye trilogy from Sue Moorcroft. This time we follow Valentine's story, although there are plenty of glimpses of the other sisters. The book tackles the complexity of new starts, and looks at adoption and the tracing of birth parents. Food for thought as well as being a brilliant story.

Marlowe heads to the Isle of Skye with her young son for the summer. she meets a man on the train on her way and they keep bumping into each other on the Isle of Skye.

I've been eagerly anticipating book three in the series - the little bits we've learnt about Valentina in the previous two books have made her story sound intriguing.

Valentina, the eldest of the Wynter sisters, appeared to have her life sorted, until she discovered that her husband Gary was cheating on her with her own assistant. This led to her putting in for redundancy after feeling embarrassed at this playing out at work.

This meant that she and her young son Barnaby were able to spend the summer at their holiday home in Skye, close to Thea and Ezzie, Valentina's (adopted) sisters. On the way to Skye, they run into two American tourists, Xander and his nephew MacDonald, who are also spending the summer in Skye.

As Barnaby and MacDonald forge a friendship, Valentina ends up spending a lot of her summer with Xander. However, despite wanting more, she's aware that all of them are going to leave the island at the end of summer, and that nothing can come from it. Add in complications with her ex husband, discovering her birth brothers, and one turning up in Skye unexpectedly, and Valentina's relaxing summer ends up not so relaxing!

This was the perfect summer book - Skye is so beautiful and the descriptions of it throughout the book transport you there. On a personal note, I also loved seeing my hometown mentioned in a book, the first time that's ever happened!!

Sue's books are so lovely, with engaging characters. I loved this - I'm a bit sad this series has come to an end, but am looking forward to seeing what's next!

A beautiful story. Set on the Beautiful Isle of skye where Valentena takes her son Barnaby for the summer after the breakdown of her marriage to Gary where she reunites with her sisters and the wider family,but when she meets the charismatic Xander and she receives bad news regarding Gary things get complicated.. Another fantastic read in this series of books and it's a really fantastic read

It's time for Valentina, the happily-married, sensible, mother-of-one, eldest sister to shine in this final book in the trilogy of the Wynter sisters. With younger sisters, Ezzie and Thea, settling into solid relationships, Valentina should be able to relax. But this story opens with her own marriage in tatters and she escapes to her holiday home on Skye to spend summer with her young son Barnaby and her two sisters. En route, she meets Xander, a charming middle-age American and his teenage nephew Macdonald, who are also spending summer on Skye. Their attraction is mutual - but Valentina's life is about to get more a lot more complicated. Can she really make room for romance?
You can always rely on Sue Morrcroft to put plenty meat on to her romantic stories, and this one is no exception. Themes of divorce, single parenthood and adoption keep this story firmly family focused, and there is plenty going on to keep the reader turning the pages.
The romance is sizzling! Xander is the perfect hero - he has problems of his own, and he does not always get thngs right, but he is just what Valentina needs, and I was rooting for him all the way.
Valentina is a very sympathetic heroine, often conflicted, but always ready to step up and do the right thing by her family - though usually at her own expense. It's great to see her character develop as the story unfolds. Will she finally put herself first? She has a lot to work through before she can do that.
Can't leave this review without mentioning the beauties of Skye, which Sue Moorcroft describes with passion and poetry. She obviously loves this Scottish island as much as the Wynter sisters do.
I'd recommend a visit through all three books, and then in person. It's a lovely place, and if I met people like Valentina, Ezzie and Thea there, I'm sure they'd soon be my friends.

I had so been looking forward to the third and final book in Sue Moorcroft’s Skye trilogy and I definitely wasn’t disappointed! It is the oldest sister Valentina’s story and since I’d read snippets about her life in the other two books I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen to her. I already knew I disliked her husband who was having a mid-life crisis and making everything so much more difficult than it had to be. And I really felt Valentina deserved something much better. Enter American Xander - happy sigh! From the moment they met their chemistry was undeniable and I was rooting for them to get together. Of course things are never that easy and the author puts them through the wringer but the resulting story was incredibly satisfying and heart-warming and I loved it! This amazing family of adopted daughters and their partners and children will stay with me for a long time. If you haven’t started on this series yet I highly recommend it!

I read this thinking it was a standalone. Naturally, I only discovered it was part of a series halfway through the book. But honestly? It didn’t matter. I never felt lost or like I’d missed some crucial backstory. So if you’re also stumbling into this one by accident, you’re fine. It holds up completely on its own.

The story itself is genuinely heartwarming without being overly sentimental, Valentina is easy to root for. The relationships she has with her son and sisters feel so grounded and real. Nothing overly polished or dramatic. Just the kind of messy, loving dynamic that actually exists in the world. The Isle of Skye setting? Perfect. I’ve been there, so maybe I’m biased, but I truly believe it’s one of the best places to pretend you’re healing emotionally while drinking tea and staring out at dramatic cliffs. I absolutely love it.

It’s a smooth read, something you can get through without emotional whiplash. Even though it does tackle some heavier themes like adoption, family, and divorce. It keeps things human without getting preachy or too heavy. Overall, a very solid and enjoyable book. And now, like any normal person who accidentally reads book three first, I’ll be going back to check out the other two.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon Books UK for the ARC!

Book 3 in the Skye Sisters Trilogy!

What an absolute treat to return to the Isle of Skye for Valentina's story and boy did Sue Moorcroft put her through the wringer! Cheating, vile in laws, an accident, an overwhelming half brother all wrapped up with the introduction of Xander and Mcdonald and of course a good catch up with Ezz and Thea.
As always so beautifully written and has you rooting for these sisters till the very end.
I now feel complete!

Another smashing, heart warming read from the very talented Sue Moorcroft, she definitely knows how to captivate a reader and fill your heart with joy!

This is the third book in the Skye series, and like the previous books, an excellent read. It can be read as a standalone book, but the whole series features wonderful stories, and recommended.

Valentina’s ex-husband Gary is having an affair with her assistant, and she decides to escape, taking her son Barnaby with her to a cottage she owns on the Isle of Skye. While on the journey she gives assistance to Xander and his nephew, and the children become friends.

Valentine’s adopted sisters Thea and Ezzie, also feature in the book, and the story is about their relationship, and Valentine’s developing romance with Xander. Skye’s rugged coastline and surrounding areas are beautifully described, making you feel like you’re there.

The book explores how families evolve, with blended families and children who have been adopted – their successes and concerns. The adopted three girls have been brought up together with wonderful parents, and discoveries about their biological parents are sensitively described by the author.

I became totally engrossed in the book, and couldn’t put it down. A real page turner.

When you are reading a series it should be like returning to old friends and this series definitely is, I'm sorry to see the end of it. The connection between the 3 Wynter sisters is stronger than ever and hopefully by the end of this story they will all be in a happy place, together.

This is the third book in the trilogy of the Skye Sisters. After reading this it can be read as a stand alone book but you will enjoy the story better if you read from book one.
This book is mostly about Valentina, the oldest sister and the first one to be adopt by the couple who were adopted parents to all three of them. Valentina is the only one who hasn't looked for her birth parents after having a DNA test done on an online site. The other two women have been successful with a happy outcome.

Velentina is travelling to her cottage in Skye with her son of 7yrs Barnaby. On the train she meets an American man,Zander who has just been mugged,he is also travelling to Skye with his 17yr old nephew McDonald.
Barnaby and McDonald strike up a friendship which means Valentina has to strike up a conversation with his uncle even when she doesn't feel like talking.
I can't say any more about this story as it would spoil it. I'm disappointed this is the end of the road for these books as I could just go on and on reading them.
I have loved this trilogy and this final book was just as good as the others.