The Renaissance Sisters

By Wendy Cohan

What would you do if an aunt, who you were just getting to know, left you a ranch you'd never seen, 1,500 miles from your rainy Northwest home? Newly-single Harper Crawley seizes a second-chance at happiness.

With the ink not-yet dry on her divorce papers, landscape designer Harper Crawley meets up in Santa Fe with her sister Paige for the reading of their late Aunt Sabina's will. Major surprise-the Crawley sisters are now the co-owners of a derelict ranch in Verde Springs, New Mexico. Despite its sagging chicken coops and a resident bat colony, Harper falls in love with the juniper-covered hills and walls of red rimrock surrounding the neglected property. Soon, Harper is stuffing herself with Maggie's enchiladas and flirting with local contractor Caleb Johansson-while his adorable five-year-old daughter Ellie wanders the ranch with their two rescue pups. Aspen groves and fields of flowers miraculously thrive in the high-desert as Harper works hard to create the garden of her dreams. Then, out of nowhere, Ellie's mom, Mariah, returns after a traumatic two-year absence. Money troubles threaten the ranch, and Harper's ex appears like a serpent in their newfound paradise. But when the Crawley sisters put their stubborn heads together, they're magically unstoppable.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 195049537X
• ISBN13: 9781950495375
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Lucid House Publishing LLC
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Renaissance Sisters -- a good read!

A lovely, enjoyable book. The premise and location are great and set a stage big enough to support the promised trilogy (and beyond). The characters feel very real, particularly the protagonists Harper and Caleb and, despite her limited role for the first three-quarters of the book, Mariah, whose contradictions and angst come across as very believable. It a testimony to the author’s skill that she is able to create so full a character in so little space. I would be thrilled if a place like the Inn at Verde Springs came up on my search for a vacation rental and I hope to go back there soon!