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Everything by this author is gold!

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This is a nice romance novel with a large cast of characters. There's a bit of drama and some hilarity interspersed with plenty of sweetness. Imagine having an aunt Bernie in real life! 😆

I enjoyed the story, but found that I got a bit lost with the characters at times. That's probably on me and not the author though. I am looking forward to going back and reading the first book and then the other books that follow this one.

Ophelia Simmons is back home at the Paradise—the former brothel where her mom raised her and six sisters—contemplating her next career move and dodging Great Aunt Bernie's matchmaking attempts. She is about to meet her match in Jake Brennan, the ruggedly handsome owner of a local winery where Aunt Bernie convinces her to take a job for the summer. At first Ophelia and Jake's personalities clash, but soon enough sparks start flying.

Meanwhile, older sister Tertia Simmons also returns home to look for a new job. Tertia never thought she'd work for, let alone fall for, Noah Sullivan—the boy who once taunted her when they were kids. But when he offers her the job of her dreams in his new café, Tertia finds herself torn between her head and her heart.

As the sisters navigate the ups and downs of love and career with the help of their outrageous great aunt and the rest of the close-knit family, they learn that love can be found in the most unexpected of places—including their own hometown.

Once again Carolyn Brown takes you on a sentimental ride. I really love her books as they feel like you are coming home again. Will recommend to others.

This is a good book. It is about a family that has seven sisters. They have grown up and left their home. They all come back to home with their parents for one of their sister’s marriage. This story is about family, loving, bad and good times. It is about choosing what you want out of life. It is about falling in love. It is really a good story.

Sisters in Paradise by Carolyn Brown. I really like the Sisters in Paradise books. The characters are charming and down to earth.

I am loving this series and this second book has been just as good as the first in the series. Going back home to find happiness sounds like a great plan for the sisters in this heart-warming and charming book. I am love Great Aunt Bernie and all her matchmaking attempts. She brings light and humour to this story. The two sisters Ophelia and Tertia are great characters too and they make for fun and interesting reading.

The books so far in this series are fun and entertaining, light hearted and family oriented which makes them easy to read and both the story and the characters are relatable. I already have the next book in this series lined up and ready to read so off I go for another great story.

Thank you NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

This is book 2 in the series, Sister’s in Paradise. Ophelia is out of the military and returns home to the family home , a former brothal, when her mother and grandmother raised her and her 6 sisters. Grandmother starts matchmaking with the new neighbor who runs a winery. Carolyn Brown always writes great romances with loving families. More books to come with more sisters.

This story was interesting about a family with 7 daughters and how their great aunt is trying to play match maker for the them. Her latest obsession is finding men for two of them and thinks she has found the perfect people for them.

Ophelia Simmons is back in the town where she was raised to figure out what her next step in life is going to be. Meanwhile her Aunt is on a steady campaign to set her up with local Jake Brennan. She does convince her to work at Jake's winery for the summer. The two see things differently but don't opposites attract. While all this is going on her older sister Terita.has also returned home and is looking for work herself. She ends up working for the boy who tormented her in school. Follow along as the two sisters work their way through a summer filled with romantic feelings, career choices, and family issues. Will everything work out for the two sisters or will things.all get turned upside down in the end?

Ophelia comes home to Paradise after leaving her job. Paradise was an old brothel. After encouragement from her Great Aunt Bernie to go interview for a job at the local winery owned by handsome Jake Brennan. She does so and gets the job. In the beginning Ophelia and Jake’s personalities have clashed. But sparks begin to fly between them.

Another sister Tertia returns home and she seeks a new job. Tertia never thought she would work for Noah who taunted her as kids. In addition to falling for him.

Follow this southern small town atmosphere of the love and careers of these two sisters with help of their outrageous great aunt and the whole family of five more sisters. It has some funny parts and has you chuckling as you read it. Carolyn Brown capture’s the southern small town feel and she has likable and realistic characters! It’s a good summer read!

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers in letting me read this book and allowing me to leave an honest review.

Quick Summary: A small town, family affair, women's fiction novel

My Review: Sisters in Paradise by Carolyn Brown is book #2 in the Sisters in Paradise series.

About the Book: Anything can happen in a small town. Well meaning loved ones can set you up. Encounters with familiar and not so familiar friends can happen. Problems and blessings occur. Forever is found when or where, perhaps, you least expect it. For Ophelia and Jake, as well as Tertia and Noah, their stories of connection are an event.

My Final Say: This is just the type of story I adore. It has a homey feel to it. It is about family and community. It is about the newness of relationships. It is about second chances. It is about love.

Other: I plan to go back and read book #1 (Paradise for Christmas). I don't want to miss a thing. Readers who want a story with humor, warmth, and sweetness will enjoy this book.

Rating: 4/5
Recommend: Yes
Audience: A
Status/Level: 🍬
Series: Yes

Sincere appreciation is extended to the author, to the publisher (SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca), and to NetGalley. Thank you for the opportunity to review this title. The words I have shared are my own and have been voluntarily submitted.

I love everything Carolyn Brown writes and this is another hit. Her stories of sisters, their struggles and love for each other really hits home. Her characters are so vivid and real it's as if the author is peering through my parents kitchen window spying on my own life! I loved the first book in this series TROUBLE IN PARADISE which came out years ago. It's so fun to revisit the sisters in the old brothel in Paradise and see them all grown up and finding love of their own. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It's just a fun, fast, entertaining read!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

This was a two for one small town romance!

First we follow Ophelia who returns home where her aunt will not stop trying by to play matchmaker. She soon takes a job at a local winery where she and the owner Jake seem to clash! But soon there is some major chemistry.
Tertia also returns back home and gets a job at a cafe, but soon finds herself torn between her head and her heart.


This was such a fun read! I can’t wait to go back and read the other books in this series! I loved watching the women grow and realize love is not always where you think it is. Carolyn Brown did a great job of making you feel like you’re in this story! I couldn’t put it down! This was such a sweet lighthearted book!

📘: Sisters in Paradise by Carolyn Brown
🗓️: May 7, 2024

Thank you to NetGalley, Carolyn Brown , and Sourcebooks Casablanca for this ARC!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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This is a delightful small-town romance novel featuring the Simmons sisters returning to their family home, the old Paradise house, where Great-Aunt Bernie plays matchmaker. The story focuses on two sisters: Ophelia, a former Air Force drone operator, and Tertia, a dissatisfied substitute teacher. Set in a slowly reviving Texas town, Ophelia finds romance with her new boss, winemaker Jake Brennan, while Tertia rekindles a softened enemies-to-lovers relationship with an old school rival, Noah Sullivan.

Great-Aunt Bernie catalyzes these romances, prompting the sisters to reevaluate their desire for relationships. Meanwhile, the family is busy with Ursula and Luna's summer wedding plans and the opening of Luna and Shane’s bait store. The novel features low conflict, focusing on family, sisterhood, and the revitalization of their town. The series continues with hints of future romances for other sisters. "Sisters in Paradise" is perfect for readers who enjoy easy-going, slice-of-life small-town romances.

As the seven Simmons sisters filter back to Paradise, Aunt Bernie is determined to see all of them settled and married. Ophelia Simmons has come home to make her next move whatever that may be. She is definitely not looking for love. Tertia Simmons has also returned to a new job. Will these two sisters be able to forge their own futures? Or will the find the love they don't realize they need? Aunt Bernie strikes again as matchmaker, but are these the two hardest candidates? I received a copy through Netgalley. A review was not required.

This was a great book. I connected with the characters. I felt engrossed with the plot. I would read another book by this author.

Thank you NetGalley allowing me to review this book. I truly enjoyed reading about wonderful sisterhood between the sisters. They share, laugh, cry, and stick together. It was funny that our great aunt try hook up by communicating with Universe. We have Aunt that know all and more. On the other, I glad that Jake and Noah each a Simmons sister. What a happy ending for all Simmons sisters that I got know in this book.

Ophelia and Tertia are next in line to find romance and their Aunt Bernie is on the prowl. What a sweet story, with ample romance but still more towards what I would consider women's fiction because the focus is more on the women and how they find themselves. And their family is such a great one, setting up a wonderful world where the people are all about supporting and bolstering each other up. I enjoyed this story- I did not read the first in the series but will go back and put it on my TBR!

The Simmons sisters are trickling back home to the old Paradise house and Great-Aunt Bernie decides to take a hand at matchmaking for former Air Force drone operator, Ophelia, and dissatisfied substitute schoolteacher, Tertia. Carolyn Brown writes a fun and sassy easy-going twofer small town country romance, and I had my cozy chair and cool glass of lemonade all set to be entertained.

Sisters in Paradise is the second novel, but third entry (if one wants to count the prequel about their mother- and I do) in a series of romances telling the Simmons family romances set in the converted old brothel house called The Paradise in their small slowly reviving Texas hometown.

It appears each book will tackles two romances at a time. The first book, Paradise for Christmas, told oldest sister, Ursula, and one of the younger twins, Luna’s romances, and now, Sisters in Paradise set in the late spring has second sister, Ophelia meeting her new boss, winemaker, Jake Brennan, in a coworker romance, and third sister Tertia in a softened enemies to lovers with an old school enemy, Noah Sullivan, when they secretly fulfill old dreams of setting up a cafe and cooking.

Great Aunt Bernie is the catalyst. She believes she’s a matchmaker and succeeds in getting both Simmons girls backs up about romance, but she does get them to really think about wanting guys of their own and the worth of the two men who are now right in front of them. Meanwhile, Ursula and Luna have the whole family up to their eyeballs in summer wedding plans and Luna and her Shane’s big bait store opening.

Sisters in Paradise is so low-angst as to have little conflict, and I appreciate how Carolyn Brown can make me enjoy her slice-of-life storytelling. Family, sisters, relationships and even the tale of their town coming to life as the sisters are a big part of bringing business and life back to the area. Oh, there is a blip of conflict that happens for both women’s romances, but it mostly serves to highlight that the relationships were worth fighting for.

In the background, relationship-shy Endora might have a little something going and the wandering twins are both making plans to come home to stay. I look foward to what is coming next for a new installment of romance and life with the Simmons sisters at the Paradise. This series is for those who enjoy easy-going small town romance.

Sisters in Paradise by Carolyn Brown
Series book #2 of Sisters in Paradise. Contemporary romance. Small town, multiple couples running in parallel. Can be read as a stand-alone but family does overlap. Closed door.
Great-Aunt Bernie has given up the bar-tending business and moved to the small town of Spanish Forks, Texas. Her goal is to get all seven sisters married and get the next generation started. She’s already got two of the sisters engaged, so this summer, her focus is on Ophelia and Tertia.
Ophelia and Tertia Simmons have both moved back to Paradise, a former brothel that was remodeled for a family, where they grew up. Ophelia is tired of substitute teaching all over Montaque County so agrees to the sales and hostess position at a local winery. She is not a fan of the handsome owner, Jake Brennan, but soon enough, sparks start to fly.
Tertia is offered her dream job in the new cafe by Noah Sullivan, the boy who once tainted and teased her mercilessly. Too good to turn down, she works with Noah and soon finds out the teasing as just a prelude to the feelings he can stir in her.
Opeliia and Tertia take mirrored paths to romance.

Small town romance with large family interactions and hilarious Great-Aunt Bernie pushing her marriage agenda without remorse. Of course, we get the ups and downs of any new and building relationship and again, it’s doubled, similar to the first book in the series. It’s actually kind of sweet as the sisters relationship steps mirror each other.
Southern romance doubled. Sweet and comforting.

I received a copy of this from NetGalley.