The Stationmaster's Cottage: can a family mystery heal the past and shape the future?

The Stationmaster’s Cottage by Phillipa Nefri Clark is the first in the River’s End series. Christie Ryan loves her life, so she tells herself. She has built a great career and loves her city apartment and her ambitious fiancé, Derek. Christie learns that her grandmother, Dorothy Ryan, has passed away. She heads to River’s End to attend the funeral and check out the rundown cottage she has inherited. While there, she makes a discovery and starts to put together a family puzzle that began fifty years ago. What she uncovers will change her life forever and she begins to acknowledge that what she really wants is a simpler life with a family, a garden and a home to heal her heart. Will it be with Derek or in River’s End? 

Wow! What a story! Set in Australia and told between the present day of 2016 and 1967 in the past, The Stationmaster’s Cottage takes readers on a journey of self-discovery, secrets, betrayal and healing. I loved every moment of this story and eagerly read into each clue, trying to figure out the mystery. There were many, many surprises that I wasn’t expecting and even gasped at one reveal. I eagerly read well into the night, not willing to put it down until all the pieces were in place. I loved Christie and cheered as she began to stand up for herself and speak up for what she wanted in life. There are a great cast of characters that I hope to see in the rest of the series. I highly recommend The Stationmaster’s Cottage. 

The Stationmaster’s Cottage is available in paperback, eBook and audiobook