A Family Again: A Heartwarming Medical Romance (The Three Sisters Series Book 2)
Deanna stood in the doorway, invisible and unwanted, as memories of previous Sunday mornings crowded her vision. It was always like this, she thought, shocked by the realization. The silence when she walked into the room. The obvious signs that she simply could go away. She blinked them away, turned on her heel and walked out. In the hallway, she paused, not sure where she should go. Her chest tightened and she hurried up the stairs. Once in her bedroom, she carefully closed and locked the door, then retreated to the bathroom, where she turned on the hot water and reached for the soap.
Apr 09, Susan rated it it was amazing Shelves: Andi has come to Blackberry Island for a new start. She has purchased the middle of three houses and it's in bad shape. She has hired a contractor to fix it up and get it ready for her to open her pediatric office and live in. She has sworn off men and plans to concentrate on her house and her practice, feeling that as she fixes the house she can fix herself. I loved the way that she is happy with her job in spite of the pressure from her parents to specialize in somet Incredibly emotional book. I loved the way that she is happy with her job in spite of the pressure from her parents to specialize in something more prestigious than "fixing scrapes and giving vaccinations".
As she settles in on the island she finds herself attracted to her contractor, but not wanting to make the same mistakes she made with her ex-fiance. As they start a relationship she has to deal with her trust issues, plus Wade's problems with feeling inferior to her thanks to issues from his own past. She also starts to make friends, including her two neighbors.
Boston is her neighbor on one side. She is a free spirited artist, married to her high school sweetheart. Everything was going well for them until the death of their infant son. She hasn't been able to actually grieve for her son and spends her time making drawing after drawing of her son, shutting her husband out. He too is having trouble but it seems to be pushing them further apart rather than bringing them together. Boston's art has stalled as she can't get past the darkness of her grief.
I ached for her loss and her inability to connect with her husband over their shared tragedy. Deanna is Andi's other neighbor. At first she comes across as a really snobby bitch. Her house is a showplace but her kids have so many rules that they are terribly stifled. She thinks her husband is having an affair but when she confronts him she finds out that he isn't but feels that she is causing so much stress in their home that no one wants to be around her. As we see more of her and her life it becomes obvious that her past has caused her to have some serious control issues that she has to learn to deal with.
As she gets to know Andi and Boston she starts to feel some hope for the future. I loved the way that the three women came together, cautiously at first but with an increasingly important bond. They learn to open up with each other about their feelings and their problems and find that their friendship is able to support without judging.
Boston's offer to paint murals in Andi's new office helps her begin to heal, while Andi and Deanna are there to support her as she tries to deal with her grief and repair her relationship with her husband. Deanna is able to go to Andi and Boston as she recognizes her need for help with her OCD and her control issues.
Their support enables her to start making the changes that are needed. And finally Andi has female friends that support her choices without judging her or trying to change her. They are able to support her with her budding romance with Wade while helping her to see that she can still be herself. The men in the story also had their own issues to deal with that helped create the stresses that the women were under. Zeke felt the increasing distance between himself and Boston and didn't know what to do about it. His attempts to push her into moving on only made things worse.
Colin loved Deanna but felt shut out of her life and that of his children because of her need to control everything. I felt that he should have seen at least some of the signs of her problem and helped her rather than distancing himself the way he did. Thanks to the problems he had had with his late wife's attitude toward his work Wade had some self worth issues to deal with. He had a hard time believing that Andi would actually want him for himself and not try to make him into something he wasn't.
He also wanted to protect his daughter from getting attached then losing Andi if things didn't work out, which added another layer of stress. Although each of these guys could be pretty clueless at times, they all came through when it really mattered. Feb 26, Carrie Padgett rated it really liked it. Andi Gordon was jilted at the altar and in response she did the first impulsive thing in her life: She buys a worn down house on a cul-de-sac.
Her house sits between two others. A perfectly restored home and one with more whimsy. Artist Boston King thought she and her high school sweetheart husband were going to be together forever. They probably would be, except for the heartbreak that has torn them apart. Each is so wounded they may never find their way through the grief, much less back to each other.
Deanna Phillips confronts her husband about an assumed affair. She discovers that her marriage is in much more trouble than she ever suspected. And it has nothing to do with another woman. Deanna has worked hard to have the perfect family, the perfect marriage, and the perfect home. How will she survive if anyone finds out her life is a sham? Each of the three women on the street needs a new beginning. Along the way they find each other and the life they are meant to live. I really enjoyed Three Sisters.
In fact, I need to caution my blog readers, there was a bit more sex than in the books I usually recommend, just FYI. Not a lot, but it was there and fairly graphic, although nowhere near pornographic. Anyway, there was humor, heart, and real life. I believed these women could be living on an island, making margaritas, and encouraging each other. None of them pretend to have all the answers. I loved this one. Mar 21, Glenda rated it it was amazing. I just finished Three Sisters, I loved it! I like it so much I took my time to read it and it was still over too soon.
The characters are outstanding, well developed. Each with unique traits, and each strives to conquer the negative and shine with the positive. The three sisters are Victorian Homes that are on a hill by themselves, two are beautiful and one has been empty for some time and is in need of some love. And love it shall receive when Andee buys it to get away from the city and a relatio I just finished Three Sisters, I loved it!
And love it shall receive when Andee buys it to get away from the city and a relationship gone bad and parents who fill she has not fulfilled her professional ability. The three owners are women, each very different, each with their own uniqueness and each has heart breaking events in their past they must overcome. Boston has lived on the Island her entire life and married her childhood sweetheart, her soul mate. She has a beauty that shines and appreciated wisdom for those who surround her, she also has a very special gift of being able to make a canvas come to life and is able to put colors together that bring that life to any given surface.
She is a very artsy person and her life and home exemplify this gift. I should add she has a hunky hubby and equally hunky brother-in-law and an adorable niece. Deanna is, well perfect. She is the kind of person that always has the perfect outfit on, every hair in place does the right things goes to the right places, has the perfect house, the handsome hubby and five yep, five children. Deanna has rules strict rules, she expects everyone and I do mean everyone to be perfect. It's wonderful to see how these owners bring perfection, artistic appreciation and professional expertise together.
It also shows how each personality can contribute to a friendship if only given a chance. Susan Mallery definitely has a gift to write and must say each time I read one of her books I like her more! Feb 01, Lisa rated it really liked it Shelves: This is the 2nd book in the Blackberry island series.
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There is a whole webpage for the series on Susan Mallery's website for you to check out. It has all kinds of interesting stuff like recipe's and info about the Island. I read book one and struggled with it in parts but i think that was because the characters are more intense than i like. I think it takes a certain mood to read some books. It was the same with Three Sisters. This isn't a fun romance book. It's about finding your way through li This is the 2nd book in the Blackberry island series. It's about finding your way through life. Looking around you might think so and so has a perfect life but i can almost bet you they don't.
Some people are just better at hiding it. This about 3 women who are not sisters but by the end of the book feel life sisters. Trust me it doesn't start out this way. Each one has their own conflict to deal with. It felt slow to me til the halfway point but i think when telling 3 separate but still connected stories it's hard to keep a momentum going because you have to keep switching to each one.
If you follow me on goodreads or twitter i think i mentioned i was having trouble with this one. I don't like to read the really conflicted type books where there is a lot of pain for the characters. I do but i don't particularly like it. I like how the 3 women start slowly getting to know each other and slowly start trusting each other. Deanna especially has a hard time since she comes across as a real bitch at the beginning.
It's worked out slowly but surely when you are really just want to yell advice to them to speed it up. I was sincerely on the fence about this book for the first half but had hoped that it would turn around for me and it did. Apr 14, Tina rated it liked it Shelves: Well written and engaging.
I really enjoyed the different issues each woman faced. I was most fascinated by Deanna. She was prickly and disliked by everyone but the reader got to know her well. Wonderful nuanced depiction of how someone can be misjudged. I also enjoyed how the friendship of the three women evolved. The relationship with the three men in their lives felt peripheral.
Strangely, the romance parts felt quite un-sexy. I found no romantic chemistry with any of the couples. But that is ok because I was really enjoying the story as it unfolded for each of the women. Jul 22, Anna rated it really liked it Shelves: Jilted by her long term boyfriend, she is looking for a fresh start. The home she bought is one of three grand Victorian houses. Andi envisions the first floor for her pediatric office and her home on the upper floors. Her next door neighbors are Deanna Phillips and Boston King.
Deanna struggles with control issues, and her family is bearing the brunt of the consequences. Boston's marriage is in trouble after a devastating loss. What the three women discover is a bond of friendship that lift each other up, giving them each the strength to overcome their difficulties. A story filled with warmth, humor and a bit of romance, perfect for a hot summer afternoon. While this is book two in the series, it could easily be read as a stand alone novel. Es geht hier um Freundschaft, um Familie, um Verlust und Trauer, um Vertrauen und noch sehr viel mehr.
Ich hatte hier keinerlei Schwierigkeiten, mich in den jeweiligen Charakter zu versetzen.
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Das Setting selber bleibt hier ein wenig im Hintergrund, da, wie schon gesagt, der Fokus einfach auf Andi, Boston und Deanne und deren Beziehungen zueinander, aber auch in ihren Familien liegt. Sie war mir mit ihrer offenen Art gleich vom ersten Moment an sympathisch und ich konnte ihre Gedanken sehr gut nachvollziehen. Auch wenn es hier um ganz viele, verschiedene Dinge, wie z. Lengva ir pakankamai prasminga knyga. Malonus, atpalaiduojantis skaitinys laisvalaikiui. Jan 15, Liz F added it.
OK, right there, I already like Andi. A girl who pays for her own wedding? Anyway, unfortunately for Andi, the house has been uninhabited for quite a while and it shows. So she needs a contractor. But Wade has his own baggage to deal with. But about six months ago, they had this horrible tragedy. The sections of the book that dealt with Boston and how she copes were not fun to read. Her fixation on her drawings are awful as well, and it made me want to shake her, as if it would help somehow.
Lastly, Deanna Phillips and her husband have their own problems. Clearly not a healthy way for a child to grow up. Man, Deanna is really tough to like at first. Sheesh, by the end of the book, I loved her crazy butt! I loved her distant, jerk of a husband! I loved her story. Just the sheer amount that this woman ends up changing is breathtaking.
How can you not love that and root for her? I know I did, and Deanna was one of my favorites because of it. This book eventually won me over.
Did you see what I did there? I would certainly read another one by the author, regardless of genre. If you like stories about healing and self-discovery, this book is for you. B Review copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley Feb 21, Michelle rated it really liked it Shelves: Posted on Dark Faerie Tales. Mallery has always shown me the positive a Posted on Dark Faerie Tales. Being a new mother, I found the loss of her son to be devastated. Dec 29, Jess rated it it was amazing Shelves: Loved Loved Loved this one! What I thought was really great about this book was that it was different than previous books by Mallery.
The characters were more broken and in trouble than is typical of Mallery's trilogies or series books. It still had the wonderful relationship aspect but it was more than just a comical romance. There were deeper relationships between the three female leads and each one had their own problem that was bigger than just a simple "I can't find a man worthy to marry" p Loved Loved Loved this one! There were deeper relationships between the three female leads and each one had their own problem that was bigger than just a simple "I can't find a man worthy to marry" problem.
Not that there's anything wrong with that either, but something about this book really drew me in and made me not want to stop reading. So as the title implies there are three women at the center of this story, but they aren't blood sisters. In fact they are strangers at the beginning of the story but as time goes on they learn that they might need to lean on eachother to solve their problems. First there is Andi, a woman who dated a man for ten years and then was essentially dumped at the altar.
To remedy this, Andi moves away from the big city of Seattle, buys a ramshackle house on Blackberry Island on a street with only two other houses. So now, she needs to deal with her ex-fiance issues as well as starting a new job in a new town and a giant construction job on her house. Enter hot construction man named Wade who makes everything alright! The second woman is Deanna and she is the neighbor next to Andi with the perfect house and perfect garden. But inside the house Deanna is struggling to keep her five daughters from hating her and her husband from leaving her.
She also has a host of personal issues that she's trying to avoid including her past with her mother and her own battle with a psychological disorder. Although to the outside world she is cool, calm, collected and an utter bitch she doesn't feel that way inside except for the bitch part. The third woman on the cul-de-sac is Boston, she is an amazing artist with an amazing husband. She also has a great looking yard and an eclectic house filled with fun furniture.
But both Boston and her husband are only going through the motions of life ever since a tragedy struck their family. Neither is capable of moving on and yet if they don't find a way to be happy they will lose eachother. It was really heartwarming and tear inducing to watch these three women struggle to put their lives into order and to discover that despite each of their individual quirks they deserve more than what life has handed to them. Their bond together only grows stronger through the book, and after finishing it I just wanted to give a giant hug to all my friends.
It's just that kind of story. Mallery is a master at inducing feelings in her readers and with this book I felt like I was on life's roller coaster and I couldn't wait for everything to just be alright. Thank you to Netgalley and Harlequin for providing me with this copy to read and review. Feb 04, Kimberly rated it it was amazing Shelves: Review featured on www. One friend needs to learn to live again after the death of her baby. One friend needs to learn to love and trust again after a relationship ends. And one just needs to learn how to laugh and not take life so seriously.
This is not a story of romance but of course there is some. However this is a story about love. Learning to love yourself a Review featured on www. Learning to love yourself and the women who have become your friends. Each story is told only from the female point of view with three different yet intertwined stories.
They are heartbreaking and emotional. The stories leave you sad, angry, happy and renewed. The women that Susan Mallery has given us are so different that at first I thought I wonder which one of these women I will relate to and I found I somehow related to all of them in some way. I was the woman left with a broken heart wondering if I should or could love again, I was the woman who had lost something so incredibly special I wondered if I could be whole again and I was the woman who had done everything to be the woman I was supposed to be and was not sure if it was enough. I think every woman has been these women at some point in their lives.
No, not all at once but over time and years. These women were so poignant that it was hard not to feel the emotions of each as I read their stories and finally decided to just stop trying to fight the feelings and embrace them. I cried, I smiled, I wanted to be at their table having wine and giving them my opinion of what they needed to do.
This is real life encompassed in one single book. How Susan Mallery got through the writing of this book with all the emotions she poured into it I will never know but I am glad she did. I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. Jan 06, Obsidian rated it really liked it. This is the first book that I read by Susan Mallery that takes place on "Blackberry Island" and now want to go back and purchase Barefoot Season Blackberry Island which I understand is the first novel to take place in this setting.
This novel has three main characters and deals with a whole host of issues. Andi decides that she needs to get away from her family and bad memories and open up her own ped This is the first book that I read by Susan Mallery that takes place on "Blackberry Island" and now want to go back and purchase Barefoot Season Blackberry Island which I understand is the first novel to take place in this setting.
Andi decides that she needs to get away from her family and bad memories and open up her own pediatrician practice. Second, Deanna Phillips, due to a horrible childhood strives to always be the perfect wife and mother. The problem is that Deanna's family finds her suffocating and she realizes that something has to give before she loses everything. Third, Boston King, though she has perfect marriage is still dealing with a horrible loss that is slowly affecting her and her husband. The "three sisters" in the book title refer to three Queen Anne homes that are next to each other on Blackberry Island that Andi, Deanna, and Boston all live in.
I have to say that I really did love this novel. However, I think when novels like this have so many interesting characters and plots you always end up liking other characters more. For me, I was less interested in Andi's story as much as I was interested in Deanna and Boston's personal stories. Deanna and Boston to me had serious issues that they needed to work through and though I did like Andi I found myself rushing through the novel anytime it shifted the focus back to her.
I really do wish that Ms.
Mallery had broken the novel into a trilogy that focused on one woman at a time in order for the reader to become completely immersed in each character. Due to the heavy issues that this novel dealt with I guess I don't know how realistic it is that Deanna and Boston's could have been fixed as fast as the timeline in the novel shows. I do want to say though that I am definitely looking forward to the next novel in this series! Mar 16, Kathy Martin rated it it was amazing. This book was a very engaging page-turner for me. I stayed up way too late because I couldn't quit reading until I knew how everything was going to work out.
Andi Gordon is jilted at the altar by a guy she had a relationship with for ten years. She decides to give her life a fresh start. She moves to Blackberry Island, buys a very run-down Victorian, and is having it remodeled to start her pediatric medical practice. But on This book was a very engaging page-turner for me. But one of the contractors—Wade King— with his sense of humor and sexy body, could change her mind. Boston and her husband Zeke are having marriage issues because they lost their six month old baby to sudden heart failure and both are so lost in grief that they have lost each other too.
Boston is an artist but all she can draw right now are black and white images of her baby son Liam. Deanna Price is going through marriage troubles too. Her OCD and her need to have complete control of her life have gotten so severe that she has damaged her relationship with her husband and her five young daughters. The stories of these three women and the men in their lives are intertwined in this poignant and funny story of love and friendship and loss and recovery.
While I have never had any of the issues that the three women face, I could easily identify with and empathize with each one of them. My favorite character was Andi though. I liked her impulsiveness and her willingness to take a risk on love. I liked that she had learned to cope with never meeting her parent's high expectations for her. Engaging characters and compelling story lines give readers lots to think about. The book club questions in the end would lead to some very interesting discussions. I recommend this one highly.
Feb 27, Vickie rated it really liked it Shelves: I really needed to read a book like Three Sisters. It is the 2nd book in Mallery's Blackberry Island trilogy, and I felt it was far better than the first in the trilogy. If you are thinking that the book is about three family members, well, surprise, the Three Sisters are Queen Anne style houses all located on the same street. In my visual, it was more of a cul-de-sac, but that is off-topic. I really enjoyed Mallery's style of alternating between the stories of Deanna, Boston, and And My, oh, my!
I really enjoyed Mallery's style of alternating between the stories of Deanna, Boston, and Andi. Deanna is the uptight mom of five who is battling her inner demons but in the process alienates everyone from her neighbors to her children to her husband. Andi is the new neighbor on the "block" and is a pediatrician who has moved to the island to begin her pediatrician practice. Oh, btw, she is also starting over after being left at the alter, badgered to "better" herself from her overachieving family, and falling for the new contractor for her house.
Boston is an artist who is battling to recover from the lose of her son and alienation from her husband. I liked how Mallery wove the stories together; after all, it's a small block and all the women have issues. It did take a while for the story to really flow, but once it did, I was really into it. All three characters are in different stages of their lives but they were able to recognize each other's issues.
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Oh, what a bottle of wine and some brownies can do to develop friendships. Jun 08, Sarah Workaday Reads rated it it was amazing Shelves: This was such a beautiful book. The characters in this book all have different situations, but their stories all focused on each woman learning to love herself in order to make her life better. I thought this was a very positive and real mess This was such a beautiful book.
I thought this was a very positive and real message. Two of the women were married, and both wanted to save their marriages, which was also really wonderful to see. I really liked each woman and their stories. The character focus in this book is very well done, just like in the first book. Andi, Boston and Deanna are all at very different stages, and are dealing with very different problems, so it makes it hard to compare them.
Each woman had a unique personality that was very well developed. Overall, I found the book very heartwarming and uplifting. This is a powerful story about the importance of knowing and loving yourself. Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Showing of 4 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. The story was romantic and romantic and made you want to see what happens next. It had a little suspence in it too.
I had a hard time putting it down because I wanted to see what happens next. The author did an amazing job in writing it. I found this one to be mostly romance, with a bit of a thriller thrown in. I marked no "language" or the like, but I did note some scanner-type mistakes.
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None of them impeded reading, though. A wonderful love story about two people coming together to make a new family and over coming very different fears. Enjoyed this book and starting on the second in the three book series about three sister's. See all 4 reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway. A Family to Share: Set up a giveaway.
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