Lost and Found Sisters by Jill Shalvis – Review & Giveaway
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Description:
They say life can change in an instant…
After losing her sister in a devastating car accident, chef Quinn Weller is finally getting her life back on track. She appears to have it all: a loving family, a dream job in one of L.A.’s hottest eateries, and a gorgeous boyfriend dying to slip an engagement ring on her finger. So why does she feel so empty, like she’s looking for a missing piece she can’t find?
The answer comes when a lawyer tracks down Quinn and reveals a bombshell secret and a mysterious inheritance that only she can claim. This shocking revelation washes over Quinn like a tidal wave. Her whole life has been a lie.
On impulse, Quinn gives up her job, home, and boyfriend. She heads up the coast to the small hometown of Wildstone, California, which is just a few hours north, but feels worlds apart from Los Angeles. Though she doesn’t quite fit in right away, she can’t help but be drawn to the town’s simple pleasures…and the handsome, dark-haired stranger who offers friendship with no questions asked.
As Quinn settles into Wildstone, she discovers there’s another surprise in store for her. The inheritance isn’t a house or money, but rather something earthshattering, something that will make her question everything she thought she knew about herself, about her family. Now with a world of possibilities opening up to Quinn, she must decide if this new life is the one she was always meant to have—and the one that could finally give her the fulfillment she’s searched so long for.
Review:
Lost and Found Sisters by Jill Shalvis is the first book in her new Wildstone series. As always with Jill Shalvis, I get a happy face when I know I am starting one of her books, and the glow remains all the way through. I loved this story, which not only has a sweet romance, but covers life issues revolving around family, loss, healing and discovery.
Quinn Weller, our heroine, has been living her life on automatic, unable to feel much since the loss of her sister Beth two years ago. Quinn is a sous-chef in a fancy restaurant. Stopping for coffee one day, she is approached by a stranger, who claims that she has inherited something. Quinn will learn that she is adopted, and the inheritance was from her deceased real mother. This will take Quinn by shock, and even though she knows her parents love her, she decides to find out more about her true mother and the inheritance, which is in Wildstone, California.
When she arrives in Wildstone, Quinn learns she has inherited part of a house and the local diner. Quinn also gets to meet her 15 year old half sister, Tilly, who will share the inheritance. Things do not start off well between them, as Tilly was resentful, difficult and unwilling to accept Qunn. Tilly, at first was a bit unlikeable, but knowing that she lost the most important thing in her life, her mother, it was understandable.
Mick Hennessey, our hero, has recently returned home to Wildstone to help his mother fix up her place, especially since the death of his father. Mick was a great hero, as he was sweet, fun and definitely very sexy. He also had the cutest dog, Coop. Mick happens upon Quinn one day, when she was on the verge of a panic attack, and from there on a friendship built that would eventually become a sizzling romance. Neither one of them were interested in a relationship, other than friends with benefits, but things will change; such as their feelings, Wildstone and its residents will have an effect on them both.
Quinn begins to help out at the diner, giving her a chance to meet some of the wonderful secondary characters in Wildstone, as well as opening up her heart again to the different type of element in a small town like Wildstone. Quinn still plans on returning to Los Angeles, her job & her family. But she has a dilemma. Tilly is living with the next door neighbor, which is not permanent and Quinn is now the only relative she has. Will Quinn become Tilly’s Guardian? Will Tilly allow Quinn into her life? Will Quinn and Mick find a way to stay together?
Lost and Found Sisters was such a sweet, emotional, fun and sexy story. I loved Quinn and Mick together, as they made a fabulous couple. I also enjoyed all the wonderful secondary characters (so many wonderful ones) that Shalvis has created, and look forward to learning more about them in the future books of this series. As the norm with Jill Shalvis, every book is a fun and happy read, and you can never go wrong reading her books. Lost and Found was no different, as it was an enjoyable, emotional and romantic story line. I recommend that you read Lost and Found Sisters.
Reviewed by Barb
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