The second installment of Soraya Lane’s The Lost Daughter series tells the story of love, loss and self discovery as we travel back and forth from London to Havana in a dual time line story set in 1951 and the present day.

Present day—Claudia is both shocked and confused when she receives a summons to a lawyers office on a random day in London. Her life has been a bit of a mess recently, having just loss her beloved grandmother, ended things with her fiancé and completely changed careers. She’s more than a little surprised when she arrives at the office and is presented with a small box with her grandmothers name on it. The box had been found underneath the floor boards of Hope’s House…a safe haven for pregnant young women to go when they had no where else to turn. It’s contents were few but sent Claudia on a journey of discovery…not only into her grandmothers past but also one in which she figures out just what makes her heart sing.

1951–Esmeralda is the eldest daughter of a sugar manufacturing tycoon in Havana. She has everything she could ever want at her disposal. She’s her fathers pride and joy. When she accompanies him to London to broker a huge business deal…she finds herself head over heals in love with Christopher, the young Englishman in charge of the sealing the business deal. Knowing her father would never approve of the match, she chooses love and pays the ultimate price for betraying her father. A forbidden love and a secret force her to run away from the country and family she loves so much. She knows that there is a life with the man she loves waiting for her in London. But what will happen when she gets there.

How do the contents of the box link these two extraordinary women? What happens to Esmeralda when she arrives in England? You’ll just have to mark your calendars for March 23 when this page turner hits the shelves!

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Bookouture and Soraya Lane for access to this story. One of my reading goals for 2023 is to get hooked on a series and The Lost Daughters is definitely it! Can’t wait for the next installment!!

The Cuban daughter was such a good book. To be read by the beach or in the garden. Let this story take you away for a few hours of reading bliss.
The story flowed effortlessly from chapter to chapter with a wonderfully descriptive vocabulary, bringing the reader into each character’s personality and surrounding imagery in such a colourful way.

This is an amazing book! From the very beginning it drew me in and didn’t let go. Claudia receives information about her deceased grandmother that may change what she knows about her family. She decides to do some investigating on her own and makes an impulsive trip to Cuba. As with all other books I’ve read by Ms Lane this book is extremely well written and makes the reader feel they are actually part of the story. I can’t recommend this book enough especially for someone who likes historical fiction. I received an arc of this book from NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed are my own.