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  • Return to the Irish Boarding House

  • The Irish Boarding House, Book 2
  • By: Sandy Taylor
  • Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
  • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (40 ratings)

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Return to the Irish Boarding House

By: Sandy Taylor
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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loved this 2nd book!

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

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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.

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The best

I get so much out of these books
Life lessons for sure they encourage ands help perspective

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Not as compelling as the 1st in the series.

I completely enjoyed the 1st in this series but this one felt thrown together. It was not bad, just not as good as the 1st.

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