Carol [Goodreads Addict]'s Reviews > The Lemon Sisters

RATING 4.5 STARS

The Lemon Sisters is book three in the Wildstone series by Jill Shalvis. I have loved this series from the start but had no idea what to expect with this book and wow, was I surprised. This book can definitely be read as a stand alone.

Brooke Lemon left Wildstone, CA seven years ago for Los Angeles. She is a producer for a Travel Network show. When Brooke left Wildstone, she also left her life behind including one very important man whom she hasn’t seen or spoken with since. She also let her relationship with her sister dry up. That’s why, after all this time, she’s shocked to find her older sister, Mindy, pounding at her door with her three kids in tow.



Mindy was always the perfect sister, married a doctor, lives in a perfect home, never a hair out of place. But that isn’t at all who Brooke found at her door. This woman was a mess. Mindy is frazzled, overwrought and seems to be completely falling apart. So Brooke takes the three kids back to Wildstone on her own and leaves her sister at her house to have a bit of a vacation. Brooke knows, though, that going back to Wildstone is going to be difficult. She has her own demons she needs to face.

There are reasons that Brooke never returned home. Things no one knows. The only person that knows some of it is the man she left behind, Garrett Montgomery. Now, going back to Wildstone, Brooke has the chance to finally take care of some unresolved things. Once she does, once she apologizes for what she did, she should be able to go back to L.A. and start fresh. Or so she thought.



Garrett never thought he’d see Brooke again. And here she was. One touch and he knows that all the feelings are still there. But she nearly broke him seven years ago. He can’t let her do it again.

“His dead heart beat in his chest for her, making him feel things he’d thought were long gone. Which meant he was so much more messed up than he’d thought.”



It turns out that Mindy’s kids are pretty darn amazing. Brooke is loving getting to know them again. And then there is Garrett. She never imagined that all of these feelings would come rushing back. She said what she wanted to say. As soon as Mindy comes home, she can leave. But she isn’t ready yet. She also needs to fix her relationship with her sister. And make sure that Mindy and her husband Linc are back on track. Then she’ll leave.



Usually when you read a romance, the book concentrates on the two main characters, the main couple. What I loved about this book is that wasn’t the case at all. Yes, we have the relationship between Garrett and Brooke which was beautiful, heart breaking, sweet, sexy and just fantastic. But, we also have the relationship between Mindy and Linc, between Mindy and Brooke, and the growing bond between Brooke and the kids. The chapters are told from each of their points of views so we get everyone’s perspective.

This book had a little bit of everything, plenty of sweet, sexy, romantic times. And also some great humor. Most of all, the characters were just all wonderful. They were all good people, just a little bit broken. But their love for each other, the bond they almost let wither away, brought them back together. The epilogue was so unexpected and wonderful. What a way to end the book. Perfection.

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