Dovecote Cottages: Book 3
Publication Date: November 4, 2025
Turning towards the lighthouse, Sarah wipes a tear from her eye as she reads the inscription on the faded photograph. Will this discovery tear her family apart for good?
After running from her mother’s seaside cottage ten years ago following a devastating loss, Sarah returns to the village of Dovecote to fulfil her father’s dying wish. As she opens the gate of her childhood home, long-buried emotions rise to the surface. Having drifted from the close-knit community, she can’t bear to face those she hurt when she left…
When Sarah dislodges a loose floorboard in her mother’s bedroom, she finds a yellowed envelope filled with photos from the Second World War. Turning one over, her eyes widen at the two women pictured in her mother’s garden. Why were these photos kept hidden? And why does one of the women look so familiar?
Clutching the delicate photograph, Sarah turns to the one person who can help her make sense of what she’s found: her estranged husband, Rob. Staring into his kind, sapphire-blue eyes as they unravel a decades-old mystery, can Sarah find the courage to reveal why she really left Dovecote all those years ago?
But just as Sarah and Rob begin to rekindle their relationship, a heart-wrenching revelation about Sarah’s mother forces her to make an impossible decision. Will sharing this painful secret with Rob bring them back together? Or is Sarah destined to keep running from Dovecote forever?
A totally gorgeous and emotional read that will reveal long-lost family secrets and show you it’s never too late to forgive and find love again. Perfect for anyone who loves Susanne O’Leary, Debbie Macomber and Mary Alice Monroe.
It’s been a decade since Sarah left her hometown of Dovecote amid a flurry of grief. The only reason she goes back is to fulfill her late father’s wish.
Author Laura Sweeney serves up the third installment in the Dovecote Cottages series with My Mother’s Photograph. Through a dual past/present storyline, a family secret is exposed, which ultimately offers Sarah the courage to move forward.
As the story explores the present with Sarah, it also introduces a newlywed named Rose during World War II. The dual narratives shift seamlessly, tempting readers to discern the connection between the past and the present.
Through today’s lens, the relationships from the past would be more acceptable than they were during that era, which is part of Sarah’s dilemma. Investigating the past enables her to rebuild family connections.
My Mother’s Photograph provides a redemption story for a woman who uncovers a family secret.
Laura writes uplifting escapist women’s fiction with heart and a dash of humour. She was born in Ireland and spent parts of her childhood in France and South Africa. Laura now lives in the south-west of England, where she works in Financial Services, and is locked in a constant battle against her ever-growing to-be-read pile.
