Lost and Found Family: A Novel

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If you love Jill Shalvis, Lori Wilde, and Susan Mallery, then you won't want to miss New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan's riveting new novel about family, secrets, and a woman ready to embrace who she really is by facing down her past. As Sarah Anderson drives up to the house in Carmel, she knows she's on an impossible quest to make peace with the one person who truly hates her. For years, Sarah has hidden the truth about her late husband's lies from their children and their grandmother. When her mother-in-law, Margaret, threatens her with legal action to see the boys, Sarah strikes a bargain: she'll bring them for a six-week visit, hoping the boys, at least, will find connection and happiness with their extended family. It doesn't help that attorney and part-time rancher Luke Thompson lives right next door, and as an old friend of the family's he's agreed to investigate Sarah's past. Luke doesn't feel comfortable poking around in the very successful tech CEO's private life. What he finds is a truth very different from the one he's been led to believe. Far from being cold and unloving, Sarah is devoted to her boys and as at home on the ranch as she is in a boardroom. All Sarah ever wanted was a family, and all Luke wants now is her love. The time has come to reveal the terrible secrets that have been kept for so long. In losing the past, a new love-and family-can be found.

Jennifer Ryan is the New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of The Hunted, McBride, and Montana Men series. She writes suspenseful contemporary romances with outrageous plot twists, deeply emotional love stories, high stakes and higher drama. Her stories are filled with love, family, friendship, and the happily-ever-after we all hope to find. Jennifer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. When she finally leaves those fictional worlds, you'll find her in the garden, playing in the dirt and daydreaming about people who live only in her head, until she puts them on paper.

"Ryan is a master of the dysfunctional family unit, creating characters that draw you in and keep you engaged while immersing the reader in twisty stories that are overflowing with secrets and betrayals. Lost and Found Family is a complex, deeply emotional, and satisfying story that reinforces Jennifer Ryan's immense storytelling skill and a book I recommend." - TheRomanceDish "Jennifer Ryan's Sisters and Secrets should win an award for being the most unputdownable book of the whole year. The drama will keep you on the edge of your seat, and the emotional roller coaster will touch every emotion." - Carolyn Brown, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author "Sibling rivalry comes to a head in a masterpiece of family and secrets." - Fresh Fiction on Sisters and Secrets "Jennifer Ryan takes family drama to a new level in this tangled emotional web of a novel. Secrets come to light, love is rekindled, and redemption is found-all in the glorious golden sunshine of the Napa Valley. I loved it!" - Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author, on The Me I Used to Be "Gripping and emotionally compelling, The Me I Used to Be is a beautiful story of losing yourself, starting over against all odds, and coming out triumphant. I was hooked from page one!" - Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author "The Me I Used to Be is Jennifer Ryan at the height of her story-telling best. Page-turning, powerful, with high stakes drama and unforgettable romance. I couldn't put it down!" - Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling author