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Sisters Found

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Family reunions and weddings should bring joy, not chaos, but the latter is what the Butler sisters find in this book. Though Faith is happy in her romance, she knows her sister, Hope is miserable as she watches Jake Whitelaw, who she has loved for ages, prepare to marry her former teacher, Amanda. Faith also knows that neither Jake nor Amanda will be happy in this marriage; Amanda is in love with Jake's brother Rabb, and Jake does love Hope, but feels he is too old for her. Yet, both are so darned honorable, they would rather go through with something that they don't want rather than cause the other the shame of being jilted. So, Faith is determined to make sure the right couples match up before four lives are ruined and hearts broken.

Then, the Butler family gets a little surprise. The third daughter they gave up for adoption over twenty years ago finds her way home on the arm of Jake's cousin. Charity is naturally resentful to discover that she was given away, and the shock is a definite one for her family. It will take a lot of tears and rage for this family to unite, and there are still three weddings to make come together!

...Told so well that all of the subplots merge smoothly and none are left dangling or short changed, this realistic novel is heart warming and heart rending at the same time. Each sister, and Amanda makes for a believeable heroine, and all of the heroes are truly Texan, strong, sexy, and honorable to an almost painful degree. Fans will not be at all disappointed...

Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.

I recently purchased this novel from my favorite retail store and I love it I stayed up all night just to finish I could not put it down. This book has gotten a lot of mixed reviews but I personally liked it.

All the characters are great and I found myself Laughing Lot Loud a lot.

I recommend this and all the Hawk's Way books

I thought this book was good, but there were too many storylines. I would have liked this book to focus exclusively on Jake and Hope, but the secondary characters were interesting.There were a few things that really bugged me about this book, however. Jake and Amanda obviously disliked each other. They even kept asking each other things like, Do you think wer'e doing the right thing? or Do you still want to marry me? I mean they were constantly second guessing their relationship. You think they would realize that they would not have a great marraige. And then Amanda catches Jake cheating on her with Hope and he STILL insists on marrying her. It got kinda old. Another thing that really bothered me about this book was Charity and why she was given away. I mean COME ON. You don't just give a two year old away. I am the mother of a two year old and I can tell you that no financial strain on this earth could posses me to do this. And then the way her family treats her when she confronts them. They act like she's an evil thing and they can't imagine why she would be so upset. Geez, I wonder? But besides from the problems the book had, I really did like it.

I had to finish the whole book. Hard to put down and do other things.

I have read several of Ms Johnston's books and found that this was one of my favourites. I do wish that it had focused more on Jake and Hope but still enjoyed it. As for the age difference between the two main characters, I have no problem with that. Speaking from experience, this does happen in real life and I could follow along with the situation.

We must remember that the novels that are written by Ms Johnston and other authors are fictional and meant to remove us from reality for the short bit of time it takes us to read them.

Keep up the good work as I can't wait to enjoy more. I'm already looking to find all the other books from Hawk's Way.

I have waited so long for the story of Hope and Jake to be published. I did not expect to be so disappointed. It would not have mattered to me that so many other couples were involved. Rabb's romance with Jake's former fiance was great. Faith's story was ok too, but the guilt trip got to be a little old. Hope's story would have been so much better if Charity's story had been left for another book. Her story most especially disappointed me. You can't tell a reader about a long lost sister after such a wonderful series of books, and cut the story down so much it falls flat on it's face! Add to that, Charity's man was nearly excluded from the book, and got very little attention. I'de have to look at the book to even remember his name! She could not possibly have bonded with the parents that gave her away, after living with them for 2 years, in such a short time. Also, how could they have been helped financially by just giving away a child? One little girl doesn't eat that much. There are too many financial aide programs to help families with a special needs child, like Faith, for a story line this lame! Besides, Faith was born missing a hand for crying out loud! If she had been born with a devistating illness, like cerebral palsy or some form of cancer, I could understand the hardship. No way would I give away one of my children because another of my children was born with a birth defect whose primary form of treatment is cosmetic! Although some parts of this book were absolutely wonderful, I give it 1 star for this story line alone.

Plot description on this book's Amazon[.com] page. What a waste of time. This book could be twice its size and still be boring and uninteresting. The only likable couple was Faith and Randy. There is something about an 18 year old (21 in this story) stalking a 36 year man that turns me off. And that is what Hope was doing, stalking him. Jake is dense and rigid--he takes 3 years to decide to marry--waiting for his stalker to finish school--can anyone believe this stuff. It gets better; about halfway through the book, the author drops another sister (triplets) into the story. The reason she was given away at two-they couldn't afford her! Nothing about this book is worth anyone's time, effort or money. Stay away from it.

I liked this book, but there were a few things about it that bothered me. I don't care for the age difference between two characters to be more than ten years. In this story Jake admits to being attracted to Hope while she was in high school and he was in his mid thirties. I also didn't like the reason for giving Charity up for adoption. It made me mad and I hated the way they treated Charity. It would have been more believable if there had been a rift left between Charity and her biological family. The two characters I liked in the book most were Rabb and Amanda. It's a good book but there are details that can be bothersome to some readers.

My first Joan Johnston book and I hope this is not the best example of her stories. I found this preposterous. What a dumb story line. I agree totally with the other reviewers on the pitiful reason to give away one of triplets. If they couldn't afford all three, they should have adopted all three out to a family that could raise and love them without separating them.

And to be able to pull off a triple wedding in one week, we all know that's not possible with full custom made gowns. Evidently the "poor" parents didn't have to pay for 3 weddings. I don't think I'm interested in reading any other of the Hawkes Way series.

Sisters Found is the concluding novel in the Hawk's Way Family series and ties up the loose ends from the previous novels telling the stories of Hope and Faith Butler, long lost sister Charity and Amanda Carter.

Hope Butler has long had a crush on Jake Whitelaw but was always rejected due to her age when she was a teenager. Now she's back in town all grown up after college and ready to get him...except that he's engaged to marry Amanda Carter in two weeks. Faith is busy playing supporting sister while her and Hope scheme. When Charity turns up as the triplet to Hope and Faith that no one knew about, their lives become even more complicated.

I thought this was a terrible book; so all over the place it was hard to even put together a bit about the story for this review. I haven't really liked this series at all, and this one continues that same feeling for me. The sexual attitudes drive me crazy (protection is rarely thought of and getting pregnant isn't a big deal because every woman wants eight babies at the age of 21, right?). The plot was especially ridiculous and implausible in this one when the story of Charity's past is brought out. There were a few cute moments, but relief was my main feeling on completion of this.