Return to the Irish Boarding House

The Irish Boarding House, Book 2

De: Sandy Taylor

Narrado por: Aoife McMahon

Mary Kate takes a deep breath as she stands outside 24 Merrion Square with its red front door and pretty rose garden. Grieving from her recent heartbreak, will returning to the Irish boarding house be the second chance she so desperately needs?

Dublin, 1956: When Mary Kate Ryan loses the love of her life, she’s not sure how she can keep going. Feeling completely lost, she allows her friend Moira Kent to persuade her to re-open the Boarding House for Single Ladies where she made so many memories and created a safe place for women in need. Now, it’s Mary Kate who needs to start over.

As Mary Kate sits by the large bay window, with her little dog Guinness by her feet, she realizes there are others who need her help. Can Mary Kate and Moira uncover the mystery surrounding their new guest? And can they provide a home for two orphan sisters?

Soon, Mary Kate breathes new life into the boarding house and learns that family can be formed in all sorts of ways. Clever, kind Moira is like the sister she never had, and Moira’s sweet, adopted ten-year-old daughter Abby means the world to both of them. And being back in Merrion Square brings Mary Kate the laughter and joy that she never dreamed she’d experience again.

But when a devastating secret about Abby’s birth mother begins to unravel, it threatens to destroy the happiness of her patchwork family. Mary Kate must gather her strength to protect the future of the boarding house—and to stop darling Abby being taken from them.

©2024 Sandy Taylor (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

Excellent series

The Irish Boarding House and Return to the Irish Boarding House are full of characters who become "so alive" they are like people you know. Their lives are rich in many ways. It was a pleasure to spend the hours with them.

I’m just gonna say it was sad

I am uncomfortable with the accents and I am just filling it with words to keep you guys happy

Another Sweet Story

Like the first book, I just love to have bunch of story lines that come together. I love that this is a book about women supporting women with no shame or conditions. I just love Eliza and she made me LOL multiple times.

Inspiration at its best!

This second book of the story of the Irish Boarding House, fulfilled the purpose of the first book. All those who lived there, found life. Hope endured for each and love was found when all else seemed lost.

A GOOD STORY, BUT W-A-Y TOO MUCH ELIZA…!

I enjoyed this book overall, but not nearly as much as enjoyed the first book, “ The Irish Boarding House.” I liked following up on the first book, but the follow-up book (THIS book), had a LOT of characters to of keep track of.

My major complaint about this book was ELIZA! There was just TOO, TOO MUCH OF HER IN THIS book; she wasn’t “cute” in my opinion, just annoying after a while.

I loved that the Boarding House was re-opened and was once again helping women in need find their way in life amongst caring people who became friends (and that each guest helped Mary Kate and Maude heal their worlds as well).I liked that each guest had a while to fill. I do wish the author had told the reader how Shawn had died…he had been such a big part of Book One and of Mary Kate’s life.

I don’t want to spoil anything for other readers, but the ending of this book made me very sad..😕

Still, I would recommend this book for anyone who has read and enjoyed the first book, “The Irish Boarding House,” and wasn’t quite ready for it to end.

As always, the narrator, Aoife McMahon, was PERFECTION!!

excellent!

what an excellent narration and storyline. if you have not read the first book, it's essential. both books were excellent

Feel good novel

People helping people charitable thinking
The novel is uplifting, and the series is very compelling you want to keep reading

A homey, happy book

This is a continuation of the previous book. Mary Kate's husband dies, so she leaves her family home and goes back to the boarding house. Once again, you have the same sweet cast of characters. Throughout the entire book, you have different people coming to the boarding house and working through their life‘s problems. Well done and a slightly better than the last one. There was a bit of repeating. Great narrator. A homey, happy book filled with real problems and the love, friendship and support to solve them.

loved this 2nd book!

truly enjoyed listening to the lives of the characters unravel. sad its come to an end

Better than the first one, IMO

I enjoyed this one more than the first. There were more characters to keep track of in this one but easy to follow each one.
Narrator did a great job.