Another wonderful story! This time it's about Amy and Lijah who are given a second chance at love after Lijah returns to Port Kara after following his music career dreams for many years. Amy has so many doubts about whether she wants to pursue the relationship so there's lots of back and forth, but it's understandable. We also get a closer look at Gwen when she has a health scare. She's always such a staple in these stories, dispensing advice and humour. And a lovely update on Aiden and Jase's parental journey. Awesome read!
Thanks to Netgalley, Boldwood Books, and Jo Barlett for the free ARC. All opinions are my own.

Time to go back to the Cornish hospital and catch up with familiar faces. Gwen has a lot going on and is convinced her world is about to change . Is Amy ready to give her heart back to her first love ?

Do you believe in second chances ? A ride of emotions throughout the book .

I love catching up with the familiar faces however the books could be read as stand alones too .

Another visit to Port Kara and there is a lot going on. I enjoyed Gwen’s storyline in this book but wasn’t the biggest fan of Amy and Lijah; I just found the whole thing a bit cheesy and cliche. A perfectly good easy read but it doesn’t set the world on fire.

The latest in the Cornish Country Hospital series tells Amy's story. Nurse Amy loves her job at the hospital, but knows her life is missing that special someone. When first love Lijah returns to the area, can Amy protect her heart, and have what she truly desires?

I love the scenic descriptions in this series, and it was great to revisit old favourite characters again. I particularly liked the side story about Gwen, the retired midwife who is the centre of life at the hospital - it was lovely to have more depth to her story. Amy and Lijah were good strong characters, and I look forward to hearing more about them in the next instalment!

Together again book five.
A lost cove.. A surprise arrival... A reunion written in the stars...
Heartbreaking, heartwarming, emotional and uplifting.
Port Kara Cornwall.
Amy Spencer and Lijah Byrne, nurse and musician after a decade its time for Lijah to come home, he has followed his dreams, will this first love couple fall in love once again?
This book stole my heart big time, the utmost best in the series that had me letting all my emotions go.
The perfect romantic read, but it's not a easy ride for this unique couple that belong together always.
Perfectly loved it.

Another lovely story from the team of a Cornish Hospital, this time nurse Amy is the center. Her first love, and musician Lijah returns after his mother's death has left him bereft. Overall a good story with themes around second chances and love. The side characters all appear to varying degrees, with retired nurse and group leader Gwen having a central role as well.

Absolutely brilliant . Loved being back with old and new characters . Does not make you like journalists or fame. I so felt for Gwen. I also got a bit annoyed with Amy but I got why. You have to read it and find out. The baby birth was moving , sad and exciting, You won’t want to stop reading. Takes a couple of chapters to draw you in. Two lovely old love stories . Read it

I love the Cornish Country Hospital Series. Jo Bartlett does it again in the latest installment. It was great!

Read and reviewed in exchange for a free copy from Netgalley. I love Jo Bartlett's books so was pleased to be granted an ARC of the latest in the Cornish Country Hospital series. I enjoyed learning more about Amy and checking in with the other characters from previous books in the series. As ever, the characters were likeable and their stories engaging. I was particularly invested in Gwen's storyline. She has been a supporting character since the start of the Cornish Midwives, so it was lovely to see her take a starring role, albeit a challenging one. One thing that did irk me, however, was once again (this also happened in book two), Bartlett's portrayal of personality disorders, which rely on outdated, stigmatising, and incorrect stereotypes about PDs and mental illness - why not depict Nathan as a bully without that? For someone who usually writes about sensitive issues so skillfully, I do not understand why Bartlett now repeatedly relies on offensive tropes about personality disorders for a storyline. As such, I have dropped a star unwillingly, given my enjoyment of the author's books more broadly.