Overview
NOT ALL FAREWELLS ARE FOREVER... Evie Sutherland throws herself into everything. Like many on Scotland's picturesque Orkney Islands, she works several jobs: managing her family's shop, researching genealogy for tourists, and writing historical romance novels. Evie aces most challenges-except love. With a childhood diagnosis of Crohn's disease and a disastrous dating history, Evie has convinced herself that guys won't date the ""sick girl"" and the blame falls on the shoulders of her first love, a famous boy from London who spent his summers on her island. To the outside world, Nikolai Balfour lives a charmed life. Starring in a popular British TV series as a teen, young Nick stole fans' hearts from the Isle of Wight to Shetland. However, that was a lifetime ago, and the years since have been filled with ""Didn't you used to be..."" moments, career wrong-turns, and empty relationships. Now finding success behind the cameras, Nick is still racked with regret and guilt over how things ended with the Orcadian girl he'd loved and left behind. But when a television series filming in Orkney blows Nick back into Evie's quiet life, they're forced to face their heartbreaking past and revisit old secrets that should never have been kept. Unfolding in alternating past and present timelines, A Smile in a Whisper is a touching story of first love and second chances, and the enduring summer memories that shape us. THIS SPECIAL EDITION INCLUDES: Orkney Islands travel tips and a sneak peak at Jacquelyn Middleton's next romance, Love Wants Us to Win
Full Product Details
Author: Jacquelyn Middleton
Publisher: Kirkwall Books
Imprint: Kirkwall Books
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.485kg
ISBN: 9781068867217
ISBN 10: 1068867213
Pages: 422
Publication Date: 10 July 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""Middleton (author of The Certainty of Chance) spices this dual-timeline teen and second-chance romance with heaps of Scottish character and a deeply compassionate approach to challenges in physical and mental health. Takeaway: buoyant second chance romance with Scottish flavor!"" -- Publisher's Weekly Booklife (EDITOR'S PICK) ""Romance fans will fall head over heels for this layered, second-chance love story that delivers frank emotional vulnerability, optimistic triumph, and all the feelings genre readers relish."" -- BlueInk Review (STARRED REVIEW) ""Middleton shows a real knack for creating realistic and deeply developed characters...an often charming tale of youth, forgiveness, and second chances."" -- Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Jacquelyn Middleton's award-winning romances are ""sexy and overflowing with hope"" (Hypable) with ""...the kind of sweet nothings hopeless romantics die for"" (Kirkus Reviews), and ""emotionally connective characters who readers can't help but root for."" (BlueInk Review). Jacquelyn writes love stories for hopeful romantics because her novels are always optimistic and she believes happily ever afters are more important now than ever before. But life is messy, relationships are messy, and her books aren't afraid to go there, too. If you enjoy character and relationship-driven stories about people dealing with the triumphs and disasters we all face, Jacquelyn's books are for you. Jacquelyn previously worked in television broadcasting and as an award-winning freelance journalist specializing in health and travel. She loves the Toronto Maple Leafs, comic cons, London, and the Orkney Islands, and lives with her husband and Japanese Spitz dog in Ontario, Canada.
