The Marvelous Monroe Girls
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2.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A heartwarming story of sisterhood, second chances, and falling in love
Gabriella Monroe is doing her best to pretend that everything is fine, but her life is a mess. Sales are down at her vintage dress shop, her beloved grandmother isn’t her usual spunky self, and Gabby desperately misses the closeness she had with her sisters, Margaret and Emma—who were once so inseparable that their family called them the Monroe Musketeers.
When the sisters stumble across a stash of letters that reveals their grandmother’s secret life, Gabby sees an opportunity to bring the sisters back together again and best of all, raise her grandmother’s spirits. And sure, this new project makes it easier to pretend her own life isn’t crashing around her, but concentrating on helping everyone else and ignoring her own feelings is what Gabby does best.
Except when it comes to Jake Maddox. Once the boy next door she crushed on—hard—he’s grown into an even more intriguing man, and her attraction to him isn’t so easy to hide. It’s clear he’s just as interested in her, but dating Jake would only muddy up her already complicated life. Or is it finally time to put herself first and risk it all for a chance at happiness?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A struggling shop owner falls for the boy next door, but it's her relationship with her family that puts the heart in this adorable friends-to-lovers romance from bestseller Jump (In Other Words, Love). Gabby Monroe is the glue holding her family together, despite her own life being in shambles. Business is down at her Harbor Cove, Mass., vintage store, her love life is nonexistent, and though she and her sisters, Emma and Margaret, were once inseparable, the women have drifted apart as adults. After the sisters uncover letters that reveal their grandmother has a secret life as an advice columnist, Gabby devises a plan to bond with her sisters and cheer up her grandmother by "creating a few happy endings for the people who write to her." Meanwhile, Jake Maddox, Gabby's childhood best friend, confesses his feelings for her, forcing Gabby to confront her conflicting emotions and growing attraction to him. But she'll need to put a painful romantic past behind her to give love a chance. Gabby and Jake's will-they-won't-they is light and sweet, but becomes repetitive as it goes on. The Monroe sisters' dynamic gives the story its Hallmark feel, and readers will hope to see more of Emma and Margaret in future books. This is sure to please.
