About the Book

Book: Tangled Lives

Author: Carol McClain

Genre: Women’s fiction

Release Date: July, 2023

Two sisters and one man. Both women love him, but only one is meant for him.

Crystal Snow struggles with the paralysis caused by her biological parents’ drug use. She convinced herself no one will ever love her. Roxie, devastated by chronic childhood rejections, knows anyone who loves her must be intrinsically flawed. Both want only what is right for their sister who is also their best friend.

Dreams upend careers. Destroy friendships. End love.

When searched out by their biological grandmother, the past tangles with the present. Issues the girls wished to forget resurrect and threaten their dreams.

Who gets the man and career of her dreams?

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My Thoughts:

What happens when two sisters love the same man? A whole lot of drama and as the title suggests, tangled lives that need a bit of straightening out. This is book three in the Treasured Lives series and continues to follow those little girls we met in the first book. However, they are all grown up now.

Roxie and Crystal are very close as sisters. Roxie is a photographer of nature and loves what she does. Life continues looking up for her as she is nearing college graduation, and her longtime boyfriend loves her deeply. In fact, he wants to marry her. Can Roxie put aside her fears and step into marriage with Jesse?

Crystal who has suffered some paralysis her entire life due to her biological parents' drug use, is happy for Roxie and Jesse at times. However, deep down and what she tries to keep hidden is her own feelings of love for Jesse. It is a hard battle and Crystal knows it will be hard to call him brother-in-law.

As in their journey through life already, nothing seems to go according to plan. There are mess ups and fall outs. Things are said in the heat of the moment and things are done in desperation. Many pieces need to be picked up and the picture they thought they were putting together changes dramatically.

I have enjoyed this series and following this family and getting to see what happens to all three of the sisters.

I received a copy of this novel from the author. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.

About the Author

Carol McClain is the award-winning author of five novels dealing with real people facing real problems. A fifth book will be out next summer.

She is a consummate encourager, and no matter what your faith might look like, you will find compassion, humor and wisdom in her complexly layered, but ultimately readable work.

Aside from writing, she’s a skilled stained-glass artist, a budding glass fuser. She lives in East Tennessee with her husband who finally gave into her dreams. They own five goats—three of them does who she milks from which she makes yogurt and cheese and butter. She’s raising bunches of chickens.