The Lemon Sisters: Two Sisters Return to Wildstone, Where Secrets and a Sexy Past Await (The Wildstone Series, 3)

ALL THE SWOONS! No, seriously! This book is a new favorite by Jill Shalvis. I keep waiting for my girl crush on this author to wear off but she keeps delivering the best romance with the swooniest heroes and the sassiest heroines. On that note, I know this has been tagged as women's fiction but it has all the makings of a contemporary romance. So don't let that category turn you off! In THE LEMON SISTERS, the third in Ms. Shalvis's Wildstone series, we meet, surprise, the Lemon sisters. Brooke lives in LA and only goes home sporadically. A surprise visit by her sister, Mindy, and her three kids, takes her back to her hometown, Wildstone. She's determined to find her old self, make amends with her estranged sister, apologize to the man she left without a word, and return to LA as a new/old Brooke. Running into Garrett, the only man she ever loved, goes as expected - where Brooke is concerned he is distant, sometimes even unfriendly and not amicable at all. Over the course of the story we learn about the tragedy that happened to Brooke and how that affected her future. I think many women will sympathize with her. The reasons she left Wildstone made sense to me, although I'm not a fan of characters keeping secrets. I know it's an often used plot device - I trusted Jill Shalvis because she has never let me down. She didn't this time either. After the helicopter accident, that not only wrecked her body but also her confidence and spirit, the reckless love for life she'd always…

WOW!!!! This book is full of complicated relationships. They all center around Brooke Lemon who hasn't been home in seven years. She left her family in Wildstone years before but after a tragedy she all but disappeared from her family. She didn't talk to her parents but occasionally on the phone. She rarely contacted her sister, Mindy, and was a terrible aunt to three adorable children. The most devastating was that she blocked Garrett, her perfect man, from her life. Brooke was safe hiding in L.A until she wasn't. Mindy shows up at her front door falling apart, needing a break forcing Brooke to head home to Wildstone and all of her issues. What I really liked about Brooke was that she was amazing at solving other peoples problems. However, she was crappy at figuring out her own life. It really benefits the reader. There are so many emotions. There are a bunch of great laughs. And the book is filled with life lessons.