The Return

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks is back with a narrative about a wounded Navy doctor and two ladies whose secrets will alter his life's path, following in the romantic tradition of Dear John and The Lucky One.

Trevor Benson has no intention of returning to New Bern, North Carolina. However, the run-down cottage he inherited from his grandpa looked like as good a location to recoup as any after a mortar explosion outside the hospital where he worked as an orthopaedic surgeon returned him home from Afghanistan with severe injuries.

Trevor is preparing for his second year of medical school and is taking care of his grandfather's prized bee hives. He is not ready to fall in love with a local, but he can't help but be drawn to Natalie Masterson from their first meeting. But while seeming to feel the same way about him, she continues to be quite aloof, leaving Trevor to question what she may be concealing.

The existence of Callie, a gloomy adolescent girl who lives in the caravan park across the street from his grandfather's home, further complicates his stay in New Bern. She works at the neighbourhood sundries shop and stays to herself, claiming to be 19 years old. Trevor hopes that Callie, who he learns was once his grandfather's friend, can help explain the strange circumstances surrounding his grandfather's death. However, she doesn't provide many hints, until a crisis sets off a race that will reveal the truth about Callie's past—one that is more complicatedly connected to the old man's demise than Trevor could have ever imagined.

Trevor will discover the real meaning of love and forgiveness on his journey to discover Natalie and Callie's secrets. He will also discover that sometimes, in order to go on in life, we have to go back to where it all started.