Review-A Sister’s Promise by Karen Lenfestey

Book Title – A Sister’s Promise Author – Karen Lenfestey Publisher – ISBN/ASIN - B004C44P38 Genre – Drama   Kate Hopper can list a million reasons why she doesn’t have kids. No, more like reasons why she shouldn’t have kids: genetics, a dysfunctional family, and ultimately, the fear that she wasn’t cut out to be June Cleaver or Carol Brady or Claire Huxtable. TV moms always made it look so easy, but Kate knows better. When Kate’s little sister, Joely, refuses a medical treatment because it will leave her infertile, Kate is willing to say anything to save her sister’s life—even promising to have a baby. Kate decides to keep her rash words a secret from her husband until she can figure out whether she really wants to be a mother. Especially since they agreed their marriage would remain childless. A sister’s promise and a wife’s promise: Kate must break one. Should she risk everything she has for the unknown?

Karen Lenfestey, a Midwest Writer’s Fellowship winner, writes “happy endings with a twist.” Her novel, A SISTER'S PROMISE, sold over 35,000 copies and spent many weeks as the #1 drama on Amazon. She recently published a new series: FRIDAY A LA MODE, A WEEKEND GETAWAY and NEXT DOOR SECRETS. Karen has a B.A. in Advertising from Purdue University and a M.S. in Counseling from Indiana University.

I suffer from lupus and the author was spot on with symptoms and the emotions that are felt with first diagnosed. From the relief of finally knowing what is going on to feel like giving up at times. The author did an amazing job expressing the reactions from the people closest to her as well. This is a disease that not only affects the person that is diagnosed, but everyone that is close to them. The emotions were so raw and the characters very relatable. I look forward to reading the next two books in this series.