The Way Back Home (Orange City Beach Book 5)

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars | 312 ratings

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Last update: 01-08-2025


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Heather Hullman always felt like a stranger in her family.

The high-flying corporate professional believes she’s living her best life in the bustling streets of New York City – but she can never forget abandoning her small-town roots and the family she left behind. After her grandmother’s passing pulls her back to her childhood hometown of Orange City Beach, she‘s quickly thrust into the storms of family life that she thought she’d left behind years ago.

Her family is just like she remembered them. She struggles to connect with her elderly father, and her brother never really left home. Still trying to regain her footing after an emotionally draining divorce from her cheating husband, Heather is greeted with fresh problems as she tries to straighten out her life and find her place in the family.

She always dreamed of the big city – but maybe embracing her roots will heal her scars. And when she’s faced with a life-altering decision, Heather must make a choice that will define her entire future...

Embrace the small-town charm of Orange City Beach and immerse yourself in a captivating feel-good adventure that comes alive with profound themes of identity, fate, and finding yourself. This contemporary women’s fiction series is an unforgettable read that’s great for anyone who wants to relax, unwind, and forget about their worries.


Top reviews from the United States

  • Debe Miller
    5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected things always show up
    Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2024
    I received a free copy of this book from the author and am leaving this review voluntarily.

    Just when Heather things are calming down, she is thrown a curve ball or two. Her office assistant and his boyfriend show up at her house and Victor only knows a large, strange man in on her porch, so he comes to the rescue and ends up in a near fist fight. As the days go by, Heather is asked by many people if she if leaving on the date she stated when she showed up or if she will be staying. As she weighs her options, her old boss calls and asks her to play along with some clients on the phone, then calls back and offers her a job with a much bigger package deal. As Heather rolls that around in her head, she gets a call from her nephew with some distressing news.

    The next and last installment of this series should be packed with some hard, get-wrenching decisions and lots of love thrown in for good measure.
  • Linda Wombacher
    5.0 out of 5 stars Heather and Victor trying
    Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2024
    Heather is glad Victor has returned, and they get a chance to spend some time together. The next day Patrick and his new boyfriend show up, and Victor thinks Roger a big man is an intruder. Heather gets angry and breaks it up and lets them both have it. Heather is getting used to this new life and likes it, but then out of the blue her old boss needs her and offers her a new deal. Then her nephew calls her, and he is very upset something is wrong with his grandfather. So much is happening Heather has a lot of things to work through. It should be a great book 6 to bring it all together.

    I am an ARC, reader and I am leaving my review voluntarily.
  • E. Ann Brotherton
    3.0 out of 5 stars Often Confusing….
    Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2024
    ….but then I guess life is sometimes confusing too. I don’t think I care to read any more in this series or by this author.
  • Kindle Customer John Belcher
    5.0 out of 5 stars You Can Never Go Back
    Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2024
    As several in the family begin to come to terms with things in their past, including Heather, as she begins to draw closer to Victor again the phone in her pocket goes off. It is her former boss trying to get her to come back to work when Heather calls her bluff, even though she has offered her triple everything, Heather realizes she is just being used again, so she let’s the boss believe she has one when Victor leaves extremely hurt believing she has once again dumped him. Before she can begin to think of anything to settle her mind a call comes through from her nephew panicked because her father can’t breathe. I received the book as an ARC free from Ivory Fields and I leave this review voluntarily.
  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars All is not as it seems
    Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2024
    I really liked this book. Lots of information and people changing and finding themselves and each other. It was hard watching River go through so much as his family stood by not knowing exactly what to do. Each chapter helped you get to know their personalities a little bit better. It kept me enticed from beginning to end. I highly recommend this book
  • Mary Lou Bradley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great series!!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2024
    I am really enjoying this series. Now that Heather has come home, so many emotions and issues from her past have come into play. She had so many things to work out. Now that she has made a good connection with her father, something seems to have happened to him. This was the cliffhanger at the end of the book and I am anxiously awaiting the next book to see what happens. Heather has a life changing decision to make so I can't wait for that also. What will it be???
  • Pam
    5.0 out of 5 stars Looking to the Future
    Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2024
    In book 5 Heather is adjusting to her unemployment status. Ex-coworker Patrick shows up with his friend. Threatened at first Victor apologizes and the group spends time together. River seems to be healing and recuperating.

    A shocking phone call puts Heather’s future into question. What is the answer she has been looking for? How can she best carry out iPokni’s wishes?

    Thank you to the author for this ARC. This review is my honest opinion.
  • Cynthia McCann
    5.0 out of 5 stars Decisions Decisions
    Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2024
    Everything seems to be coming together for Heather and it appears she is going to stay home where her family is. An absolutely surprising phone call from NY. Her old boss. Asking for help. Wanting her back big time. She can pretty much name the price. What should she do? End of story.
    I was given an ARC of this book and am leaving a review voluntarily.

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