The Promise

Thistle Island #2

by Mia Kent

A dashing pilot. A young nurse. And a wartime love story left unwritten.

It’s the winter of 1943, and nineteen-year-old Helen Moore spends her days at the bedsides of the broken boys who are fighting gallantly to protect the land and people they love. Amid the tears and sorrow, the hope and dreams of a better future, fate intervenes—and a chance meeting with a handsome pilot changes the course of Helen’s life forever.

For eight decades, she’s held on to the last promise he made to that someday they would be reunited. Despite a lifetime searching for him, that promise has been left unfulfilled.

Now, at ninety-eight years old, she knows that time is running out. Will she ever find the man who captured her soul so long ago?
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Robyn Wright may have found the happiness she’s been seeking on beautiful Thistle Island, but that doesn’t mean life is free of complications. Between trying to make peace with her father’s May-December romance, dealing with an ex who isn’t content with simply fading into the background, and helping Helen track down the love she lost so many years ago, she has plenty to keep her busy.

Which may not be a bad thing. Because every time gruff, unapproachable widower Levi Graham comes around, she could use a good distraction.

Sink your toes into the golden-sand beaches of Thistle Island, where strangers are friends, sunshine is plentiful, and the ocean is always just a few steps away. This feel-good small-town women’s fiction series is perfect for readers of all ages.

Author's This is a continuing series that follows the lives of the residents of Thistle Island throughout multiple books that are best read in order.

Genres: Romance, Fiction

214 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 23, 2022

Reviews

[KK from KY]

Endearing love story

I find myself enthralled with these characters and their lives. I feel like I know each of them personally. I am fully invested in their stories. Especially Helen’s and John’s story. If you like cleanly written romance, this series is for you. Start with the first book, as they are meant to be read in order, each one flowing straight into the next. This one advances into three separate love storylines. One decades old, one that’s been waiting in the shadows undetected and one that’s a newly budding rose waiting to bloom.

[Lynn Dixon]

In Mia Kent’s The Promise, the second in her Thistle Island Series, Robyn Wright slowly accepts her father’s new young intended, grows closer to Levi and his daughter Delaney and continually assists her new employer search for her old flame. It is a story within a story as the reader lives in the present and in 1943, when Helen was a young nurse during WWII while attending to the injured pilot, John Sullivan. Robyn and her research crew have no success in locating the illusive John Sullivan; so will see what the 3rd book, The Letter, reveals as several situations develop simultaneously.

[Trish Drinkwater]

Having loved the first book of Thistle Island I immediately downloaded the rest of the set. I am enjoying every one. Really important to read in order so you don't miss anything or have confusing information. Difficult to add anything without giving away more than anyone should - the series is beautiful, meaningful, lovely and beautifully written. Very easy reading with each book being reasonably short but thoroughly enjoyable, wanting you to continue reading.

[Rochelle Smith]

This was a little slower than the first book

This one didn't hold my attention like the first book in this series but it was still pretty good. I have already bought book three. I'm a little disappointed that none of the story lines came to a conclusion in this book but I like where they are all headed so I'm still interested enough to see if book three is worth the read. Fingers crossed.

[Sheryl Byars]

I am intrigued by the unfolding of a mystery!

This, the second novel in the Thistle Island series, has intrigued me —sucked me in actually. I just ordered book three because I want to learn more. I have a pretty good guess about the solving of Helen’s search, and I am enjoying the multiple side stories that are evolving as this serial continues.

[Kristin]

great read

The only challenge is you do have to buy into reading the series because these aren’t stand alone books but I’m enjoying the good, clean, reads. Plus with series like this where the author doesn’t have to squeeze everything into one book, the stories develop more naturally and deeper, which I like.

[Leslie]

Robyn's curiosity leads her to attempt to find the mystery couple from the letter(s) in the bottle(s). She discovers who Rosie is, but John Sullivan may be an impossibility. Second in the series, this book continues Robyn's search and deals with things from her own life. The ending leads right to book 3.

[Jeannine Wickliffe]

Great continuation on story

Robyn is loving her job being Helen's companion and now she is trying to help find Helen's lost love. Can Robyn and her friends find Helen's lost love. Is her feelings for Levi growing

[Vanessa Boyle]

These are my fave new series they are just lovely and I can imagine thistle island and I want to go there and sit with Helen and Robyn and look at the harbour.

I find myself buying the next one straight away so I can continue the series

[Wendy Brescia]

Not as griping as book 1

I was not as attached to this book like the first one but it got better as the book went on. I did expect a resolution by the end of the story but that didn't happen. On to book 3 to get to the end of the storyline.

[Sharon Shellito]

The 2nd book in the series doesn't disappoint. I didn't want to put it down. The love story between Rosie and John is captivating, and the possibility of new found love has you wishing and hoping for more. Looking forward to finding out where the next book leads us.

[Kathleen Long]

The story is so well written. The stories of all the main characters continue to play out in book two. You can see the beginnings of 3 different love interest stories playing out in the book while they start to unravel more of the mystery of the love letter in a bottle.

[Jocelyn Bogart]

another cute mindless read! I enjoyed the multiple POVs we got to see in this book compared to the first one, and it was fun to read the flashback chapters about rosie and john! I wish this was just one book instead of these tiny little books, but they are def good for a beach day.

[Barb]

I am enjoying the series but I don’t appreciate that this book #2 didn’t really resolve anything. The series is one complete story but having to buy it in pieces is a bit of a turn off. Having said that, I really like the characters and I am invested in finding how how this ends.

[Sue Davies]

Great read

Thoroughly enjoyed this book, can't wait to see where the rest of the story leads. Into the next book now.

[Ann M. Link]

Nostalgic love story

Very good story of a lost love due to a war and another forming after a lot of heart break.

[Ruth Gosden]

great story

Cannot wait to see the outcome this great story has me hooked. I am having to buy book after book

[Beth]

This series hooks you in!

[Jessica Loveless]

Each book has left me wanting more! I feel like I’m right in the middle of the story!

[Delphine Wilson]

I enjoy reading and can’t wait to read the next in series

[Jane]

New twist

Great book, easy read, and easy to follow along. Then it gets to be a cliffhanger.
Very interesting the way all characters are a perfect match for each other.

[Judy Hardwick]

2nd part was as good

As the first. Sweet love story...maybe three? Hoping they all have good outcomes in the next book! Time will tell...

[Kate Friend]

was a lovely continuation but it finished soo quickly!!

[Kathleen Gibson]

A very nice fun read. Good for a summer beach read

[Eileen Murray Roybal]

The second in a series of nice people doing nice things. I’ll probably read them all.

[Tessa Putnam]

2nd book in the Thistle Island theory and it was still a quick easy beach read. You get more into the depth of the characters in this book, and flashback to the WWII romance. This is a cute series!