Rosemary is determined to make it through a year in Juniper Ridge without forming any ties there. Harrison is determined to change her mind.
Rosemary Keogh considers herself pretty adaptable—she dealt with her father’s death-bed edict that she move across the country to work at his latest hotel. She hadn’t bitten the head off of any of her five unexpected half-sisters, had she? And she’s been pleasant about it. Mostly. She settled into the routine, even grew to like most of them, but when tragedy leaves her birth daughter parentless—and she is named guardian—her world spins again. Trying to raise a nine-year-old who shares her spunk and determination isn’t always an easy thing.
Adding to the confusion, Harrison Forest, head of the resort’s human resources department, decides it’s time to shift their relationship from semi-adversarial to something a whole lot more pleasant. They had briefly met years earlier, and though they had started off on the wrong foot, he hadn’t been able to forget her.
When Rosemary starts having mysterious ‘accidents,’ though, her worries shift from being a bad mother to leaving her daughter an orphan yet again. Can they get past the roadblocks she’s been throwing between herself and Harrison to make things work? More importantly, will she survive that long? AMAZON 4 STARS
Rosemary was quite an interesting character. But all of the sisters I found interesting too.
Each one had their own different story but they did have a few things in common. Like the feelings of betrayal from secrets kept and the manipulations of their lives. It was good to see all the sisters together, since I have read several of their stories. I know I also missed a few as well but I plan on remedying that soon. Although I will have to work it into my TBR pile.
Back to Rosemary..spunky and prickly Rosemary. What secrets that gal is hiding! Cleo is one pretty big one. I thought the author did a pretty good job of showing the emotions in this story. Not only between Cleo and Rosemary but also between Rosemary and Harrison. The relationship between Rosemary and the other sisters isn't totally healed yet either but this story helps work them closer together.
This story had quite a bit of emotion without being too mushy. I also enjoyed how deep the relationship Rosemary had with the couple who adopted her daughter. It was almost like they treated her like an additional daughter. That was unexpected.
Harrison isn't perfect but wow, what patience this guy has with Rosemary as the story goes forward. He was also so tender towards Cleo and that earned him a lot of points in my book.
He even mentioned that trying to get closer to Rosemary was like, taking one step forward and then several back. It was hard work to get her to trust. Made for quite a dance-like romance.
I also have to mention one of the sisters, Sage shows up in this story in a minor way but every time she does she adds flavor to the story. She just knows things..she gets flashes about other people. Harrison is her brother and she makes sure he knows the tidbits that she gets.
There is quite a lot of action in this book because of the mysterious accidents. I could almost FEEL that the one suspect they were focused on was not "The One" causing it all. But it didn't hurt the story one bit. Finally as the story continued I thought why aren't you considering, ____? Sure enough that was The One and I liked how it got found out and overcome. There is also a H.E.A. to the story.
I like that the author included a Cast of Characters list, that is so helpful. And fun.
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