Meet Joan. The young manger of a furniture rental store in a small town, she stayed at home to help take care of her aging grandmother while her sisters were busy getting on with their lives. She’s dependable to a fault and has no idea how to restart her life when she discovers that she is one of the only members of her graduating high school class to stay in town. Allie, her older sister, is getting ready to have a baby, while Tori, her younger sister is still having fun sowing her wild oats. Even her greasy ex-fiancé who dumped her for a whirlwind romance with an office mate that ultimately made it down the aisle is moving on to better things and a bigger town. Joan feels Stuck in the Middle. While she’s the only sister in her family who is still going to church, she isn’t exactly feeling moved by the Spirit. Life is one big rut and she’s right in the middle of it.

Until her new neighbor moves in that is. The young Dr. Ken Fletcher, whom her ailing grandmother mistakenly assumes is a drug dealer, might be just what she needs to get her life back on track. Unfortunately, Tori the man-eater is set on digging her little claws into him too. The sibling rivalry is about ready to begin and Allie is set on giving Joan some much needed flirting lessons. What follows is a charming introduction to the Sanderson sisters and Virginia Smith’s Sister-to-Sister series.

Joan is a likable heroine. She’s reliable, smart, but perhaps a tad bit too organized for her own good. She’s pretty without being vain and is one of those people you would love to have as a best friend, just because she’s so genuine. Joan is also the girl who was a bit of a wall-flower, the girl next door who was taken for granted because she hadn’t found her voice or self-confidence.

A series of events causes Joan to discover the self-confidence she’s been lacking and patch up relationships she didn’t even know needed help. Readers are brought alongside Joan’s personal journey, cheering her on every step of the way as she becomes closer to God and those around her.

By the end of the book, the reader will be left wishing that perhaps they had discovered the book just a little bit later in the year. Not because there’s anything wrong with the book but rather, that it will be all that much sooner to the debut of the next novel in the series.

Review By;
Caitlin Muir
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