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Title details for Sisters by Choice by Susan Mallery - Available

Sisters by Choice

#4 in series

by Susan Mallery
Tanya Eby
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From the New York Times bestselling author of California Girls comes an all new original Blackberry Island novel told with Susan Mallery's trademark humor and charm. Sisters by Choice is a heartfelt tale of love, family and the friendships that see us through.
Cousins by chance, sisters by choice...
After her cat toy empire goes up in flames, Sophie Lane returns to Blackberry Island, determined to rebuild. Until small-town life reveals a big problem: she can't grow unless she learns to let go. If Sophie relaxes her grip even a little, she might lose everything. Or she might finally be free to reach for the happiness and love that have eluded her for so long.
Kristine has become defined by her relationship to others. She's a wife, a mom. As much as she adores her husband and sons, she wants something for herself—a sweet little bakery just off the waterfront. She knew changing the rules wouldn't be easy, but she never imagined she might have to choose between her marriage and her dreams.
Like the mainland on the horizon, Heather's goals seem beyond her grasp. Every time she manages to save for college, her mother has another crisis. Can she break free, or will she be trapped in this tiny life forever?

Want more of Heather's story? Don't miss The Happiness Plan, a new novel coming from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery where three women experience hope, heartache, and the power of friendship as they search for true happiness!

  • Creators

  • Series

    Blackberry Island

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 11, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781488208065
      • File size: 308573 KB
      • Duration: 10:42:51

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 18, 2019
      In this poignant small-town charmer, Mallery (The Summer of Sunshine and Margot) beautifully illustrates the power of female friendship and the importance of reaching for one’s dreams. After the Los Angeles office of Sophie Lane’s cat products company goes up in flames, she moves her small business back home to Blackberry Island, Wash., where her cousins, Kristine and Amber, also live. Kristine, a stay-at-home mom of three sons, dreams of expanding her weekend business of selling cookies into a full-scale bakery but her husband disapproves. Amber’s 20-year-old daughter, Heather, nurses ambitions of leaving for business school, but is trapped on the island by her codependent mom who relies on Heather for emotional and financial support. Mallery alternates perspective between Sophie, Kristine, and Heather as each woman works to balance her familial and romantic relationships with her career goals. Surrounded by a first-rate cast of supporting characters—most notably Dugan, a hunky tai chi instructor with a secret, who falls for Sophie—Mallery’s women are achingly real. This irresistible, heartfelt story will appeal to romance readers and women’s fiction fans alike. Agent: Annelise Robey, Jane Rotrosen Agency.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Tanya Eby quickly has listeners caught up in the lives of three cousins on Blackberry Island, off the coast of Washington. Sophie has to relocate her cat toy company back home after a fire. Kristine wants to open a bakery despite her husband's protests. And 20-year-old Heather longs to escape from her mother, Amber. Eby gives each of the women a distinctive voice, especially Amber, who is overbearing and whiny. Amber feels entitled, and Eby uses a strident tone for her. Eby ably expresses Sophie's frustration as she tries to be less controlling and tries to learn to trust her employees. Eby also has listeners feeling Heather's despair in trying to deal with her mother. Listeners will enjoy the journey that each character takes to get to her happy ending. S.B © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
    • Booklist

      November 15, 2019
      Mallery's fourth Blackberry Island novel features three cousins?Sophie, a cat supply entrepreneur; Kristine, a wife and mother; and Heather, a 20-year-old juggling multiple part-time jobs to support her mean, dysfunctional mother?who are reunited after Sophie's cat-toy business goes up in flames. While Sophie reopens her business and hires Heather to work for her, Kristine longs to establish her own bakery, but her insecure husband wants her to stay home to cook and clean. Sophie admits that she really is a bad boss, and realizes that if she can't learn from her employees, her business won't thrive. Kristine decides to use a small inheritance to go into business, a decision with painful repercussions. Sophie gets involved with gorgeous hunk Dugan, who teaches tai-chi on the beach, but their relationship founders when she discovers who he really is. And Heather wants to go to college but is thwarted by her selfish mother. Mallery portrays a trio of women relying on each other for support as they struggle to discover what they really want in life and how to get it.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)

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