The Return

[a Novel]

Sparks, Nicholas

Book - 2020 | First edition

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Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, North Carolina. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked as an orthopedic surgeon sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he'd inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any. Tending to his grandfather's beloved bee hives while preparing for a second stint in medical school, Trevor isn't prepared to fall in love with a local . . . yet, from their very first encounter, Trevor feels a connection with deputy sheriff Natalie Masterson that he can't ignore. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what she's hiding. Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, Callie, who lives in the trailer park down the road. Claiming to be 17, she works at the local sundries store and keeps to herself. Discovering that she was once befriended by his grandfather, Trevor hopes Callie can shed light on the mysterious circumstances of his grandfather's death, but she offers few clues - until a crisis triggers a race that will uncover the true nature of Callie's past, one more intertwined with the elderly man's passing than Trevor could have ever anticipated. In his quest to unravel Natalie and Callie's secrets, Trevor will learn the true meaning of love and forgiveness . . . and that in life, to move forward, we must often return to the place where it all began.

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Publisher: New York :, Grand Central Publishing,, 2020

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 9781538728574

Branch Call Number: FIC Spar

Characteristics: ix, 355 pages ; 22 cm

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K4Hiemstra Jan 08, 2021

I really enjoyed this story, while perhaps some predictability, you can never go wrong with Nicholas Sparks.

Margush Jan 03, 2021

My 50-page rule was applied to this book which means I made myself to read the first 50 pages to get interested. The rest of interesting, though, but a bit naive.

slaughlin12 Dec 12, 2020

I enjoyed this story! Definitely one that kept me guessing and excited to read. I thought it was a great love story.

MB_kcls Dec 01, 2020

I am not wowed or moved by 'The Return'. While it's interesting enough, it's certainly not unputdownable.

The only constant in the 'The Return' is the lead character, a former orthopedic surgeon moving on from devastating wartime injuries. But the story is a ball of confusion as there is little weaving of the sub-plots. They sort of jump about all over the place. The major parts of the story are dealt with in snippets with the revelations conveniently coming out near the end of the book.

There are no tears with 'The Return'. There is no browsing back through memorable or moving passages. It's a good story but less than we know Nicholas Sparks to be capable.

3 Stars

jgoins03 Nov 25, 2020

I had a hard time getting into this book. Enough about the bees. Trevor Benson (war hero) comes to town to tend to his late grandfather's affairs. Natalie is a local police deputy with a huge weight on her shoulders. Callie is a teenage girl with problems of her own. The romance was lacking in this book for me. Also the story line was all over the place in my opinion. Not the best from Sparks.

writermala Oct 17, 2020

Trevor Benson returns from Afghanistan broken physically and mentally. What better place than his Grandfather's home in New Bern California which he has inherited to recuperate. He finds solace in tending to the bees that are there. Will he find true love too? Let me not be a spoiler. Suffice it to say that the mystery of Callie and his grandfather's last garbled message keeps him busy . A love story with some mystery thrown in. Interesting if somewhat predictable.