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Hawk's Way #13
Sisters Found
Charity
Beautiful, bold and uncertain of love after being abandoned as an infant, Charity is bewildered by Kane Longstreet's marriage proposal. Despite her misgivings, she agrees to go home with Kane for the holidays. But at his cousin's engagement party at Hawk's Pride, she gets the shock of her life when she comes face-to-face with identical twin sisters Hope and Faith Butler, and sees a mirror image of herself.
Hope
The stunning discovery that she is a triplet does little to distract Hope from her own personal heartbreak. The man she has loved all her life, Jake Whitelaw, is about to marry someone else. With only two weeks until the wedding, she needs a miracle. And thanks to her determined sisters, she might just get it.
Faith
Fearing that her parents gave Charity up for adoption because of her own special needs as a child, Faith is consumed by guilt. She vows to see both her sisters happy, no matter what it takes. That means she's got to break up one wedding, arrange a couple more...and seize her own chance for happiness.
Beautiful, bold and uncertain of love after being abandoned as an infant, Charity is bewildered by Kane Longstreet's marriage proposal. Despite her misgivings, she agrees to go home with Kane for the holidays. But at his cousin's engagement party at Hawk's Pride, she gets the shock of her life when she comes face-to-face with identical twin sisters Hope and Faith Butler, and sees a mirror image of herself.
Hope
The stunning discovery that she is a triplet does little to distract Hope from her own personal heartbreak. The man she has loved all her life, Jake Whitelaw, is about to marry someone else. With only two weeks until the wedding, she needs a miracle. And thanks to her determined sisters, she might just get it.
Faith
Fearing that her parents gave Charity up for adoption because of her own special needs as a child, Faith is consumed by guilt. She vows to see both her sisters happy, no matter what it takes. That means she's got to break up one wedding, arrange a couple more...and seize her own chance for happiness.
384 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2002
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About the author
Joan Johnston
125 books746 followersJoan Johnston (born Little Rock, Arkansas) is a best-selling American author of over forty contemporary and historical romance novels.
Johnston was the third of seven children born to an Air Force sergeant and his music-teacher wife. She received a B.A. in theatre arts from Jacksonville University in 1970, then earning an M.A. in theatre from the University of Illinois, Urbana in 1971. She received a law degree (with honors) at the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. For the next five years, Johnston worked as an attorney, serving with the Hunton & Williams firm in Richmond, Virginia, and with Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey in Miami. She has also worked as a newspaper editor and drama critic in San Antonio, Texas, and as a college professor at Southwest Texas Junior College, Barry University, and the University of Miami.
Johnston is a member of the Authors Guild, Novelists, Inc., Romance Writers of America, and Florida Romance Writers. She has two children and one grandchild, and divides her time between two homes, in Colorado and Florida.
Awards
* Paperbook Book Club of America's Book Rak Award (twice)
* Romantic Times' Best Western Historical Series Award (twice)
* Romantic Times' Best New Western Writer
* Romantic Times' Best Historical Series Award (twice)
* The Maggie (twice)
* Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist for The Disobedient Bride
Johnston was the third of seven children born to an Air Force sergeant and his music-teacher wife. She received a B.A. in theatre arts from Jacksonville University in 1970, then earning an M.A. in theatre from the University of Illinois, Urbana in 1971. She received a law degree (with honors) at the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. For the next five years, Johnston worked as an attorney, serving with the Hunton & Williams firm in Richmond, Virginia, and with Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey in Miami. She has also worked as a newspaper editor and drama critic in San Antonio, Texas, and as a college professor at Southwest Texas Junior College, Barry University, and the University of Miami.
Johnston is a member of the Authors Guild, Novelists, Inc., Romance Writers of America, and Florida Romance Writers. She has two children and one grandchild, and divides her time between two homes, in Colorado and Florida.
Awards
* Paperbook Book Club of America's Book Rak Award (twice)
* Romantic Times' Best Western Historical Series Award (twice)
* Romantic Times' Best New Western Writer
* Romantic Times' Best Historical Series Award (twice)
* The Maggie (twice)
* Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist for The Disobedient Bride
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May 27, 2010
This had to be the worse book ever written. It's about tripletts, one born without a hand. When they are two years old the parents decide to put one of them up for adoption because of soaring medical cost for the one without the hand. HELLO, she was BORN without it. Other than a prostetic there shouldn't have been any medical costs.This was a contemp. and even if there was a medical problem there are plenty of goverment agencys to help the family. Anyway the parents decide to keep the child without the hand because she would be hard to place, they also keep the one with the bad temper(at two years old,please) because no one would want her either. So they chose their favorite one because she was the easyest one to love. I couldn't believe this garbage, and I wont buy another one of Joan Johnstons books again.
January 26, 2008
Man was this horribly cheesy! I'm surprised that I finished it. My husband found it sitting in his stuff in the storage area, and said that I should read it. So I did. He had no idea what he gave me, as it turns out. However, it has provided a great source of entertainment as my husband reads some of the more salacious parts out loud in a voice that only he can...
October 4, 2015
Contemporary romance, quite a cute story of reunion. Nice change from Joan Johnston's usual historical western romances, which I love. Easy read.
January 19, 2024
This is a typical bodice-ripping romance, not a genre I often read. But for some reason the story appealed to me and I enjoyed it. Maybe because I am also from a family of three sisters it hald my interest. Perhaps not great literature but entertaining nonetheless.
July 28, 2021
Sisters Found is the first Joan Johnston book I’ve ever read. It was published almost 20 years ago in 2002.
From both the book blurb as well as the cover, I thought this book would be much more about three sisters who are triplets but were separated and adopted out as babies. While that’s definitely an element in the book, it’s not the only focus. The book begins by introducing one of the sisters, Hope Butler, who is around 21 years old. For the last four years or so, she’s been in love with Jake Whitelaw, a man who owns a neighboring ranch to the one her father manages in Texas. Problem is, the man is practically twice her age and has gotten engaged to a local school teacher nearer his age. To make things more complicated, Jake’s adopted brother Rabb is in love with Jake’s fiancé and it’s his feeling that she and Jake are just going through the motions rather really being in love.
To add to the cast, we are introduced to Hope’s identical “twin” sister Faith. Faith is a gentler, less outgoing version of her vivacious sister. She’s also already in relationship with a young man as the story begins. Since Faith has a disability — she’s missing a hand — she has always been reticent in pursuing relationships. However, Randy has proven his devotion and love for Faith and they are quite serious. Faith is also committed to helping her sister in her pursuit of Jake, since she also feels that Jake is more interested in Hope than he’s letting on.
We get about two-thirds of the way into book before we are finally introduced to the third sister, Charity Burnette. Surprise! Hope and Faith are not twins but are triplets. Charity, who has been mostly raised by a single mother, is in a relationship with Kane Longstreet. Kane is related to Jake and Rabb and so is in town to attend Jake’s wedding, accompanied by Charity. The last part of the book focuses on working out all the relationship complications involving four couples, in addition to the shock of the three sisters meeting each other and confronting why and how they were separated as babies.
Having been written in 2002, I did expect there to be an old school feel to Sisters Found and there definitely was. The interactions — especially between Hope and Jake — felt like it could have been in a romance written ten or more years earlier. While that doesn’t have to be a negative thing, in this case, I have to admit, I was rolling my eyes. Jake constantly calls Hope “little girl” which, I understand, is a way for him to discourage her and keep his distance, but considering that he *was* attracted to her, it was kind of ultimately self-defeating and I couldn’t get it out of my head. A further thing that seemed not only old school but less acceptable these days involved all the couples’ sexual relationships and I mean *all of them*. In each instance, the hero does not wear a condom and the author insists upon describing how the heroes are spilling their seeds into the heroines. Seriously. This very old school description that I might have read in a romance from the 1980s, just made me think about pregnancy and STDs when I should’ve been swept away by the lovemaking.
Two other things that bothered me had less to do with the story seeming an unfortunate blast from the past than it did the plot and structure of the story itself. For instance, there were literally four couples whose romances we were following in his one story and, in each case, the couples already knew each other and, in two cases, were already committed to each other. Not only did that rob each couple of their own in-depth story, but it robs the reader of experiencing a romance from start to finish. Now, that doesn’t mean there can’t be a featured romance as well as one that takes more of a back seat in the same story. That’s often the structure of a romance. But *four* romances, all of which involved couples who are already introduced, if not half in love? That was a bit of a bummer. Finally, there was a plot point, which I will not go into for the sake of not spoiling the story that really didn’t make sense to me. It was fundamental to why the three girls were separated as babies and, I felt, should’ve been either changed or addressed better. Based on all these concerns I had about this story, I would give the book a C or C-.
From both the book blurb as well as the cover, I thought this book would be much more about three sisters who are triplets but were separated and adopted out as babies. While that’s definitely an element in the book, it’s not the only focus. The book begins by introducing one of the sisters, Hope Butler, who is around 21 years old. For the last four years or so, she’s been in love with Jake Whitelaw, a man who owns a neighboring ranch to the one her father manages in Texas. Problem is, the man is practically twice her age and has gotten engaged to a local school teacher nearer his age. To make things more complicated, Jake’s adopted brother Rabb is in love with Jake’s fiancé and it’s his feeling that she and Jake are just going through the motions rather really being in love.
To add to the cast, we are introduced to Hope’s identical “twin” sister Faith. Faith is a gentler, less outgoing version of her vivacious sister. She’s also already in relationship with a young man as the story begins. Since Faith has a disability — she’s missing a hand — she has always been reticent in pursuing relationships. However, Randy has proven his devotion and love for Faith and they are quite serious. Faith is also committed to helping her sister in her pursuit of Jake, since she also feels that Jake is more interested in Hope than he’s letting on.
We get about two-thirds of the way into book before we are finally introduced to the third sister, Charity Burnette. Surprise! Hope and Faith are not twins but are triplets. Charity, who has been mostly raised by a single mother, is in a relationship with Kane Longstreet. Kane is related to Jake and Rabb and so is in town to attend Jake’s wedding, accompanied by Charity. The last part of the book focuses on working out all the relationship complications involving four couples, in addition to the shock of the three sisters meeting each other and confronting why and how they were separated as babies.
Having been written in 2002, I did expect there to be an old school feel to Sisters Found and there definitely was. The interactions — especially between Hope and Jake — felt like it could have been in a romance written ten or more years earlier. While that doesn’t have to be a negative thing, in this case, I have to admit, I was rolling my eyes. Jake constantly calls Hope “little girl” which, I understand, is a way for him to discourage her and keep his distance, but considering that he *was* attracted to her, it was kind of ultimately self-defeating and I couldn’t get it out of my head. A further thing that seemed not only old school but less acceptable these days involved all the couples’ sexual relationships and I mean *all of them*. In each instance, the hero does not wear a condom and the author insists upon describing how the heroes are spilling their seeds into the heroines. Seriously. This very old school description that I might have read in a romance from the 1980s, just made me think about pregnancy and STDs when I should’ve been swept away by the lovemaking.
Two other things that bothered me had less to do with the story seeming an unfortunate blast from the past than it did the plot and structure of the story itself. For instance, there were literally four couples whose romances we were following in his one story and, in each case, the couples already knew each other and, in two cases, were already committed to each other. Not only did that rob each couple of their own in-depth story, but it robs the reader of experiencing a romance from start to finish. Now, that doesn’t mean there can’t be a featured romance as well as one that takes more of a back seat in the same story. That’s often the structure of a romance. But *four* romances, all of which involved couples who are already introduced, if not half in love? That was a bit of a bummer. Finally, there was a plot point, which I will not go into for the sake of not spoiling the story that really didn’t make sense to me. It was fundamental to why the three girls were separated as babies and, I felt, should’ve been either changed or addressed better. Based on all these concerns I had about this story, I would give the book a C or C-.
September 17, 2021
I needed a break from reading mysteries, and was looking for something lighthearted. That's when I came across this.
Now, I have read a few of Joan Johnston's books in the past, so I kind of knew what to expect from this author. This book was a surprise in some ways, and in some ways, it could be better.
I enjoyed Hope and Jake's story. They fit perfectly together, and I got the feeling they were the main couple in the book. Faith and Randy's were sweet, but we didn't get much from them. Charity and Zane's was the couple I wished Joan had explored a bit more. The main story was really, supposed to be about the sisters, as I was hoping, but to me, it was lacking.
That's the reason for the missing star. I read this on the premise that it would be about three sister, triplets finding each other and growing closer, having scenes where they get to know each other, or rather Charity getting to know Faith and Hope, but there were no scenes only descriptions of them growing closer.
Now, I'm a fan of romance, but there are times when it seems the family takes a back seat when the book should have the family in it a bit more, especially when the family is supposed to be the main part of the story.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this book, but it was lacking and there were things that could have been better. I honestly think the couples should have had their own story, not clumped together in one book. Not to mention another couple who seemed to overshadow the three girls at times.
As for recommendation, it is a charming book, but don't hold it to a pedestal. It's one of those books you can read on a rainy day and wish it could be longer or something.
Now, I have read a few of Joan Johnston's books in the past, so I kind of knew what to expect from this author. This book was a surprise in some ways, and in some ways, it could be better.
I enjoyed Hope and Jake's story. They fit perfectly together, and I got the feeling they were the main couple in the book. Faith and Randy's were sweet, but we didn't get much from them. Charity and Zane's was the couple I wished Joan had explored a bit more. The main story was really, supposed to be about the sisters, as I was hoping, but to me, it was lacking.
That's the reason for the missing star. I read this on the premise that it would be about three sister, triplets finding each other and growing closer, having scenes where they get to know each other, or rather Charity getting to know Faith and Hope, but there were no scenes only descriptions of them growing closer.
Now, I'm a fan of romance, but there are times when it seems the family takes a back seat when the book should have the family in it a bit more, especially when the family is supposed to be the main part of the story.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this book, but it was lacking and there were things that could have been better. I honestly think the couples should have had their own story, not clumped together in one book. Not to mention another couple who seemed to overshadow the three girls at times.
As for recommendation, it is a charming book, but don't hold it to a pedestal. It's one of those books you can read on a rainy day and wish it could be longer or something.
May 28, 2019
This book has been sitting in my bookshelf for many years now, and thought it was bloody time l read it, and so glad l did.
It’s my first Joan Johnston book 📖 l have read , and now l am wanting more.
It was an easy read, very light, it was like watching an episode of Young and the Restless but that is ok.
I felt the book could of gone longer, l felt it was very rushed, as a reader l wanted more depth of the characters and more of the storyline to continue.
I loved and throughly enjoyed the romances of each the 👯 sisters, and the relationship between the sisters.
Sisters Found is worth the read, if you are after something light and romantic.
The characters are there to fall in love with, but all I wanted was more, l did not want the book to end.
I am a sucker for romance and Joan Johnston is a new favourite.
It’s my first Joan Johnston book 📖 l have read , and now l am wanting more.
It was an easy read, very light, it was like watching an episode of Young and the Restless but that is ok.
I felt the book could of gone longer, l felt it was very rushed, as a reader l wanted more depth of the characters and more of the storyline to continue.
I loved and throughly enjoyed the romances of each the 👯 sisters, and the relationship between the sisters.
Sisters Found is worth the read, if you are after something light and romantic.
The characters are there to fall in love with, but all I wanted was more, l did not want the book to end.
I am a sucker for romance and Joan Johnston is a new favourite.
March 16, 2021
I found this story kept my interest right to the end. The storyline was well thought out and detailed each character well. I have read a few other novels from the "Hawk's Way" series and this has been my favourite so far. In the other novels I have read they introduced some of the characters from this story and it was nice to read more in depth about each of their lives. I like how the stories are interconnected and I like how the author tells the story in different viewpoints as well. The storyline became a little predictable in the end and a little fairy-tale like, but it was still a satisfying ending. I would like to read other books by this author in the future.
March 26, 2019
I’m gonna be completely honest. I’m not usually one to just pick up a romance novel and read it. I read this one because my coworker had just finished reading it and I needed something to do in my downtime at work. Were that parts that grabbed my attention? Yes. I wouldn’t have finished otherwise. Were there parts that were not quite working for me? Yes. Again, not really my genre. The majority of it is just plain cheesy. But it has some sass and humor, too.
October 16, 2022
It was a good book it wasn’t amazing but it was good. I really didn’t like Jake at all in the book. I thought he was a terrible person. I didn’t like Hope either. I don’t think I’d ever run after a man for that long. I also thought the whole incorporation with Charity was rushed. I wish there was more information when it came to that side of the plot. The ending felt rushed. All the marriages and all the babies at the same time? I didn’t like that lol but hey happy endings.
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July 31, 2018
Another wonderful "Don't try to put it down"
I have never read one of Joan Johnston's books that I didn't really enjoy, and I have read a lot of them. Most of them have caused me to lose sleep for reading too late and being unable to put them down. She has an imagination that I envy!
I have never read one of Joan Johnston's books that I didn't really enjoy, and I have read a lot of them. Most of them have caused me to lose sleep for reading too late and being unable to put them down. She has an imagination that I envy!
September 6, 2024
Early book.
A Joan Johnston book is always something to look forward to, but this one seemed too complicated and hard to believe to me. I was glad to reach the end. Her later books are much better.
A Joan Johnston book is always something to look forward to, but this one seemed too complicated and hard to believe to me. I was glad to reach the end. Her later books are much better.
September 10, 2018
Great book with the 3 twins being re-united together with their mom and dad love the commitment and love between each of the couples would highly recommend 👍👍
January 26, 2019
It was a little heavy on the romance but still a good story.
April 8, 2019
This is my first book by this author & it was pretty good.
February 22, 2020
Interesting story.
February 23, 2021
Of all the Joan Johnston books Hawks Way series was my favorite.
January 11, 2023
Loved it so much I read it in one day!
September 2, 2024
Though predictable, still compelled to finish it!
February 27, 2012
There were some MAJOR issues with this book. For one thing, who would give up a child...one of a triplet...for adoption after caring for and loving that baby for two years?!?!? Not people like the Butlers who LOVE their girls. It did NOT ring true. Poor people raise kids every day and love them and give them good lives. Also, they kept talking about medical bills for Faith who was born without her left hand. Why would those bills be so daunting? She wasn't a sickly child. Beside the prosthetic, what other bills would there be? I did think there were plot points that were just poorly planned out. There was also continuity issues. Rabb has hazel eyes at the beginning of the book and brown by the end. I also would have liked to see Amanda and Rabb one more time after they got together. Their story was kind of dropped, and I LOVED Amanda. I wanted to see her happy. The author would do other annoying things...like when Hope and Faith meet Charity there's a baby in the car. If Hope took the baby inside, I missed it. But the baby wasn't with them the rest of the day, so I know she had to have taken her inside. Or the characters would be wearing a dress in one scene and jeans in the next. When did they change? A lot of it just seemed like bad editing to me. Also, Jake NEVER reacts to Hope having another sister. Ever. In fact, he seems completely uninterested in her emotional state. I would have liked to see Jake a bit more developed in some areas. That's the bad part. However, I read this book in a day,and I NEVER do that. I don't have time. But I fell in love with these characters. I couldn't put it down. I was pulled in emotionally from the get go, and I felt like a rung out rag at the end. I LOVED IT! I loved the emotion and passion and just rawness of the characters. I also would have liked more attention paid to Kane and Charity's romance and to her emotional development. A lot of the emotion and points seemed very rushed to me. Even with all the bad of this book I was reminded of why I loved romances when I was younger and what kind of book I love to read and write. I love emotion and vulnerability, and this author is great at both. This will go down as one of my fave books even with all the flaws because the characters drew me in and made me love them.
September 28, 2010
Hope falls in love with the H, who is almost 20 years older. Of course, because of this huge age gap, he refuses her and in an attempt to divert his feelings, he asks another woman, Hope's English teacher, to marry him. Three years later, just 2 weeks before his marriage to another woman, Hope returns home from college, ready to fight for him no matter what.
The book is about 2 couples, who mainly spend their time cheating on the other. This book isn't just about the H/h, it's also about the heroes fiance and his brother, who's been in love with her since high school.
I found the book mostly dull and common. Nothing exceptional about this plot...
The book is about 2 couples, who mainly spend their time cheating on the other. This book isn't just about the H/h, it's also about the heroes fiance and his brother, who's been in love with her since high school.
I found the book mostly dull and common. Nothing exceptional about this plot...
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September 6, 2010
This book was sappy, soapish, and was barely hanging above the boring line. It's about triplets who find their lost sister while trying to get the guy. The only sister I liked was Faith and even then only because she was in love with her guy and he with her and they were together not trying to wiggle a way out of being love love with each other. It was dull, lost me less than half way through the book, and the jumping from lead to lead didn't make it any better.
March 4, 2012
3 ½ Stars! ~ This is the last in the Hawk's Way series, though there is plenty of room should Ms. Johnston want to reunite us with the Whitelaws. Sisters Found is about the Butler triplets and how they find their HEA. There's alot going on in the book, in fact there are four romances. It's an enjoyable read, one you won't want to miss as the Butler girls have been mentioned several times in earlier books. I'd love to read a family reunion story about the Whitelaws some day.
November 4, 2016
knocked off a star because gosh dang it i only wanted to know about jake and hope the build up was not bad but gosh dang it from the moment i read about them from i can't remember if it was from jewel's story or her brother's but i wanted to know what happened and i found out. well sisters are reunited and woop- ti- doo there's a thired sister so not twins but triplets didn't see that one coming......
August 17, 2020
It will never not be very weird to me that the grooms not only decided to go on the same honeymoon but also to share a house. Like I get it, Hope and Faith were close their entire lives (though as Hope noted herself they weren't number ones for each other anymore) and they just met Charity but it's not like they were actually going to live on different continents. The least they could've done was to rent cabins so they'd have some privacy outside bedroom.
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October 9, 2016
I love Joan Johnston but this book didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Why would a family have identical triplets and raise them until they're two but then give one up for adoption? And never look for her and never let the other two know about the third one? I really enjoyed Jake and Hope's story, I wish there had been more about them instead of all of the rest of the stuff.
January 27, 2010
smutty, fluffy, and just what I was looking for, with Valentines day comin up, I'm looking for some schmultzy fluff this is the book for you, never ready anything else by this author, but I probably will
July 5, 2010
Found this book by scanning the shelves. Enjoyed the characters, but found the story too incredible to accept. I read it through, but found it lacked fluidity for me due to my inability to suspend disbelief.
February 6, 2016
I have read this book over and over. I love this book! The stories of these 3 sisters are heart warming, loving. Through out the book you are with them thru everything. You won't be disappointed in this book at all!
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