Six months a widow, Lanie Jacobs finds out that she wasn’t her husbands only wife. Destroyed by his infidelity, Lanie goes back home to Wildstone and takes a temporary job at the family owned Capriotti Vineyard. Being enveloped by this warm and welcoming family makes Lanie feel a little uncomfortable but she quickly settles in while maintaining boundaries. Deputy Sheriff Mark Capriotti and his two adorable twin girls get past her guard until River Green makes those walls come back up. River, young, pregnant and obviously out of money also gets embraced into this welcoming family and makes friends but is keeping a big secret.

This Wildstone series is a little different from Jill Shalvis’s contemporary romance novels. They read a little less romance and more drama, but the reader is still able to relax into a story filled with friendship. Something that Jill Shalvis is especially great at portraying. River and Lanie’s friendship is rocky because of secrets and lack of trust but as the novel goes on they become closer until that climax where the reader is clued into the big reveal. It’s not especially surprising due to the basis of the plot being about a philandering spouse, but I did like both of these characters and wanted to see them come through the drama with their friendship intact. The romance portion of this book was slow and steady. The two little girls breaching Lanie’s line of defense with humor, charm and giggles. I swear, you can’t beat cute kids in a romance novel for helping to break down barriers. Their Dad wasn’t too bad either.

The Capriotti family were in your face, kind, knowing, and warm. I loved their dynamics and had hoped that this series would follow a couple of these characters. They were so interesting! I’m still getting through the series so I haven’t lost hope yet. This fictional family is worth the read alone, but I liked the other sub-plots too. This was a well-rounded story! ❤️❤️❤️❣️

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