Blest be the ties that bind

Between Sisters
By Kristin Hannah
Ballantine, $23.95
400 pages, ISBN 0345450736

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Years ago, Meghann Dontess abandoned her younger sister Claire. When she receives an invitation to attend Claire's wedding—to country singer Bobby Jack Austin, a man she's known for 10 days—the estrangement finally has a chance to heal. Whether Meghann and Claire can overcome their years of living separate lives is tested in Kristin Hannah's powerful Between Sisters. An über-successful divorce lawyer who hides from her own emotions in shallow one-night stands, Meghann is compelled to examine her own life and choices in the light of her "poor" sister's wealth, measured in Claire's relationships with her father, Sam, and her little daughter, Ali Kat. More and more, Meghann turns to the mysterious auto mechanic, Joe, a widower who is as determined as she is to avoid the entanglement of another relationship. Joe is the one person Meghann can rely on when Claire's honeymoon becomes a journey to hell. Kristin Hannah will have readers pulling out their the hankies as they share the joys and fears of sisters compelled to forge anew the bonds of love.

Aladdin's magic

REVIEWS BY SANDY HUSEBY

A rusty old Russian teapot becomes an object of destiny in Barbara Bretton's heart-tugging contemporary romance, Shore Lights. Maddy Bainbridge and Aidan O'Malley compete in an online auction for the antique samovar because each has a daughter who yearns for it. For Maddy, the teapot is her chance to grant an Aladdin-like magic wish to her daughter Hannah, even as she tries to overcome her own years of conflict with her mother Rose DiFalco. Aidan O'Malley, the wounded ex-fireman, wants the same treasure for his daughter, Kelly, so she can give his aging grandmother one last wish. Drawn together in the New Jersey resort community where the DiFalcos own a B&B and the O'Malleys run their pub, Maddy and Aidan must overcome personal demons that threaten their fragile relationship. Only when the layers of distrust are rubbed away to expose the burnished treasure beneath can the DiFalco and O'Malley clans be united.


Marry in haste . . .

Charlotte Leone brushes aside her misgivings about her husband's lack of family ties and long-standing friendships until the day he unexpectedly vanishes, opening a door into a horrifying past of international terrorism in Jasmine Cresswell's riveting romantic thriller, Dead Ringer. A master of disguise, the man Charlotte knew as Riordan Gray is actually Daniel O'Toole, a leader of the Army of Armargh, an ultraradical Irish terror group. Thinking she's escaping the trauma of her brief marriage by moving from Iowa to Florida, Charlotte instead is caught up in a deadly game between the Armargh group and FBI officials, where there's no one to trust except the mysterious Rick Villier. Jasmine Cresswell's diplomatic background and knowledge of international intrigue enhance her storyteller's gift for a fast-paced tale of high adventure and passion.


Seems like old times

Intrigues aren't limited to contemporary headlines, as Amanda Quick's Regency romance, Late for the Wedding, ably proves. In the newest adventures of detectives Tobias March and Lavinia Lake, the pair anticipate a delightful country romp at Beaumont Castle. But instead of Lavinia, Tobias finds Aspasia Gray at his door, desperate for his protection from a serial killer. Add in a body falling from a rooftop and the sparkling repartee between Tobias and Lavinia as they mix their romance with mystery-solving, and readers are in for vintage Quick storytelling. Late for the Wedding is as full-bodied and flavorful as the claret Tobias and Lavinia share while they pursue the killer—and each other.


Sandy Huseby writes and reviews from her homes in Fargo, North Dakota, and northern Minnesota.

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