Love Arrives in Pieces by Betsy St. Amant

The best part of this book was the dedication page.  You'll have to pick up the book to read it for yourself!

The story is about two sisters with a domineering mother.  Both sisters have suffered from deep hurts due to breakups with the men they loved.  Now Kat is happily married awaiting the arrival of her first child.  Meanwhile Stella is thrust into a business working relationship with Kat's ex.  But it's a bit more twisted than that as the story reveals that Stella and Kat were both involved with Chase, the ex, at the same time and that he drove the sisters apart.  The story goes on to develop the relationship between Chase and Stella and Kat's acceptance of them as a couple at the end.

This book bothered me from the start but I kept questioning myself saying:  Who I am to question what could happen?  At first I felt the way the events happened in this book were really far fetched.  I don't mean in a fairytale, happily-ever-after way.  We all like a bit of romantic perfection at times.  But the emotions of the characters I had a hard time relating to.  It felt like they went from one extreme to another.  From out right disgust to calm acceptance and even joyful affirmation.

However, the story was interesting and had some excellent points of working through grief issues in connection with painful breakups.  So if you can get past the sisters sharing an ex it's worth a read.

I received this book free from the publishers in exchange for my honest review and was not required to write a positive review.