I received this book for free in exchange for my honest feedback.
The Story:
When conflict photographer Jackson Swann dies, he leaves behind a conflict of his own making when his three daughters, each born from a different mother and unknown to each other, discover that they’re now part owners of Maison de Madelaine, the family’s Oregon vineyard—a once-famous business struggling to recover from a worldwide economic collapse.
After a successful career as a child TV star, a disastrous time as a teen pop star, and now a successful author, Tess is, for the first time in her life, suffering from a serious case of writer’s block and identity crisis.
Charlotte, brought up to be a proper Southern wife, has given up her own career goals to support her husband while having spent the past year struggling to conceive a child to create a more perfect marriage. On the worst day of her life, she discovers her beloved father has died, she has two sisters she’d never been told about, and her husband has fallen in love with another woman.
Natalie, daughter of Jack’s long-time mistress, has always known about both half-sisters. Still mourning the loss of her mother, the death of her father a year later is a devastating blow. And she can’t help feeling that both her sisters may resent her for being the daughter their father decided to keep.
As the sisters reluctantly gather at the family vineyard, they're enchanted by the legacy they've inherited, and by their grandmother’s rich stories of life in WWII France and the love she found with a wounded American soldier who brought her to Oregon where they started Maison de Madelaine.
My Take:
I enjoyed this book very much. For me it was a fast read as I was immersed into the story immediately. I am a big fan of stories about sisters, and this book had a new and interesting take on a group of women who were blood sisters but some who didn't know about the others. My favorite character was the grandmother, and I would have like to have had more stories from her. I am a big fan of historical fiction and I felt this book just touched on the best part of this book. It was a lot more romance than historical fiction, much more set in current times than in the past. All that said, I enjoyed learning about each of the sisters and watching their relationship develop. I also missed getting to know Jackson, their father, a bit more. He was an interesting character but died far too soon, in my opinion! I would recommend this book but to my historical fiction fans, this one just touches on World War II, you can find deeper, more full stories on that elsewhere.
The Author:
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author JoAnn Ross has been published in twenty-seven countries. The author of over 100 novels, JoAnn lives with her husband and many rescue pets — who pretty much rule the house — in the Pacific Northwest.
THE INHERITANCE
Author: JoAnn Ross
ISBN: 9781335418562
Publication Date: September 7, 2021
Publisher: HQN Books
Social Links:
Facebook: @JoAnnRossbooks
Instagram: @JoAnnRossBooks
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