Though the execution is lacking, the subplots brim with misunderstandings, secrets, and requited and unrequited love, creating the framework for a rich family saga.Plot surprises and a plethora of characters saturate Kelleher’s meandering romance set in Cork, Ireland. The story is also riddled with wordy dialogue, confusing segues, and jarring shifts in time and point of view.
However, the sentimental moments are infrequent, underdeveloped, and protracted, diluted by the multitude of drawn-out subplots featuring Clodagh and James's peers and all their children. The premise for Clodagh and James's love story is promising, with mature characters and a romantic setting. Time has changed the place and caught the players in a tangled web of love triangles, but their love for each other remains. Unbeknownst to her, James is also living there. Now 50, Clodagh has plans to open a yarn shop in the hotel. Three decades after teen Clodagh Kenny first danced with James Murray at beautiful Brandon Lodge, she returns to the town. Plot surprises and a plethora of characters saturate Kelleher's meandering romance set in Cork, Ireland. When their new lives become entangled once again-Clodagh and James must reconcile the past if they ever hope to become lucky in love once more. Elsewhere, James is busy ascending the corporate ladder, only to find that no matter how far he climbs-he cannot escape the past. Looking to create a fresh start in the newly developed Brandon Lodge Enterprise Park, Clodagh seeks to plant the seeds of new birth in the land of her past mistakes.
Now a successful knitwear designer, Clodagh has found herself a solid businesswoman with a lovely daughter whom she has raised as her own. Years later, the site of the lodge has fallen under new management and those who once loved it have returned in order to restore it. It was there that they fell in love-and fell prey to heartbreak. Thirty years ago, this iconic landscape was the backdrop for a chance meeting between Clodagh Kenny and James Murray. It’s been decades since the Brandon Lodge was at its peak: the idyllic background for many Irish summers and the romantic seeds its planted. In the shadow of heartbreak, new love blooms under the giant Irish sky.
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