Book Review & Giveaway: Over the Sea to Skye by Sue Moorcroft

Published June 8, 2025 | By Mick Arnold

It’s our pleasure to be welcoming Sue Moorcroft back to Novel Kicks and the blog tour for her latest book, Over the Sea to Skye.

One summer on a beautiful island could change everything…

Valentina Taylor’s life has been upended. With her marriage over, and unsure of what her future holds, she heads to the Isle of Skye for the summer with her young son, Barnaby.

But the journey there sets her on a new path, when she meets Xander Courage on the train – a charming American, running from problems of his own. After sparks fly, they go their separate ways. But on this small island, they’re never far from one another…

Skye offers Valentina the refuge she needs as she whiles away the long summer days at her beachside cottage, enjoying visits from her sisters, Thea and Ezzie. But when bad news from home throws her Scottish idyll into turmoil, Valentina finds herself pulled away from the place – and people – that she loves.

Valentina knows she must confront her heart’s desires – but can she let go of the past and embrace the future she deserves?

Lose yourself in a heartfelt story of second chances, love, and self-discovery, set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Isle of Skye. Perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan and Karen Swan.

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Part of the joy I’ve had from reading these three books, is getting to know about each sister, and by giving each their own book, the author has only added to that joy. I’ve had a complete story for each, together with a little of the other two lightly sprinkled throughout, as the icing on a cake, to add to the wonderful flavour.

Sue Moorcroft has been one of my favourite authors for a number of years now, and I’m always grateful when a new story of hers is published. With ‘Over the Sea to Skye’ this is tempered by the knowledge that this is the third and final book in the series. That being said, this is one heck of a way to bring the series to a finale.

One of the main characters, so far as this reviewer is concerned, is the description of the setting provided by the author. Sue brings the scenery and location vividly to life and I’m certain I’m not the only one who now longs to take the journey to the Isle of Skye.

In this book, we have Valentina’s story, arguably the sister we’ve got to know the least about, until now, though perhaps that was the reason she was left until last. Valentina, a single mum with a seeemingly perfect life, both career-wise and personal (though we’ve had hints that perhaps not everything is so rosy after all), has her life turned upside down when her husband leaves her for a younger woman. Through the book, we watch as she learns exactly what happened, and how she responds (especially to her old in-laws) could be a good life lesson to learn for us all. She turns out to be quite a person, let alone, woman.

Of course, there’s a love interest for her, in an American, Xander, who’s over on a holiday to get away from a work crisis-of-confidence kind of thing. So, she has to work out what the future may hold for them, if anything, and the author shows, as she does in the whole book, a tremendous gift for storytelling.

You don’t have to read the other two books in the series, though it would help with a few bits of background, so far as her sisters are concerned who, by the way, are all adopted sisters. This is by the by, by the way (if you follow).

To surmise, if you’re a fan of Sue Moorcroft, settle down for a great read that you’ve come to expect. If you’re new to the author, settle down for a wonderful time, though you may find the hours flashing by without knowing it.

(My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the reading copy.)

About Sue Moorcroft –

Sue Moorcroft is a Sunday Times bestselling author. Her novels have been #1 on Kindle UK and Top 100 on Kindle US, Canada, Germany and Italy.

She’s won the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Novel of the Year, Readers’ Best Romantic Novel award, two HOLT Medallions and the Katie Fforde Bursary. She’s the president of the Romantic Novelists’ Association.

Her novels, short stories, serials, columns, writing ‘how to’ and courses have appeared around the world.

Say hello to Sue via her Amazon Page, Audible, her website, Facebook, X, Instagram, Linked in and Bookbub. Click here to see her Linktree page.

Over The Sea To Skye is book three in The Skye Sisters Trilogy and was released by Avon on 5th June 2025. Click to buy on Amazon UK, Apple, Waterstones, WH Smith, Kobo, Bookshop.org, Amazon US and Barnes & Noble.

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