I seem to have ventured away from the mystery, thriller genre lately. Her Sister’s Baby is miles away from my comfort zone. This book delves into open, honest communication and how when we keep from telling the truth it can affect our relationships. Her Sister’s Baby is full of grief, the importance of family and unexpected love.

The author tells her story mainly from Sophie’s perspective, allowing the reader to experience her feelings first hand. You fall in love with baby Alana right along with the character and understand her need to keep the little girl in her life. I found her writing flowed easily off the page allowing me to work my way through her story in one day as I escaped into Sophie world and forgot all that was happening around me.

Sophie receives a phone call in the early hours of the morning telling her that her estranged sister has been in an accident. Rushing to the hospital only to find that her sister has passed away leaves Sophie filled with regret about not making more of an effort to be part of her sister life. Consumed with sadness she turns on her sister’s phone and discovers that her sister has a baby that needs to be collected from a babysitter. A baby Sophie knew nothing about.

With the baby wrapped in her arm, Sophie feels like she has a second chance. The baby is a piece of her sister and she promises the little girl she will always be there for her, protecting her.

Thrown into unfamiliar territory with a baby she has no idea how to take care of Sophie’s world is turned upside down. Only to have a man knock on the door announcing that he is Alana’s dad and that he wants to be a part of his daughter’s life. Immediately Sophie mistrusts Samson and is determined to do whatever she can to ensure that she does not lose Alana to him.

Can they reach a compromise? Is there a way for Sophie to remain a part of Alana’s life, her only living relative?

Opening this book I found myself quickly wrapped up in Sophie’s world and falling in love with baby Alana as Sophie did. I rooted for Sophie to keep Alana in her life, not trusting Samson either. I could not put it down and finished the story in one day.

The author made it easy to like Sophie while you could not help but dislike just about everyone else in the book. She painted Samson in a way that you were convinced he was up to something. He appeared to be hiding something behind his “too good to be true”  front. I loved how she turns that around at the end.

I do not spend a lot of time with this genre and romance books are something I tend to steer clear of. Yet, I found this story engrossing and the romance side of the book was extremely light making it easy to focus on the other side of the story. Her Sister’s Baby proved to be an entertaining read.

Romance and Women’s Fiction fans will love this story. It is a gripping, moving story with a happy ending.