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The Lost Book of First Loves

The Lost Book of First Loves, June 2025
by RaeAnne Thayne

Canary Street Press
352 pages
ISBN: 1335467718
EAN: 9781335467713
Kindle: B0DGV1WV4D
Trade Paperback / e-Book
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"Easy to get lost in this amazing tale of finding yourself"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Lost Book of First Loves
RaeAnne Thayne

Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted June 15, 2025

Women's Fiction Contemporary

This is the story about Juniper Connelly whose life takes an unexpected turn. June is head of marketing at Move Inc. A very qualified, driven, go-getter and has had much success in training interns in the company internship program. Her latest intern Alison has turned out to be a disappointment and so our introduction to these two women is at the meeting where June is basically giving Alison her walking papers. However, fate stepped in and that’s how THE LOST BOOK OF FIRST LOVES begins.

Alison is not there at Move Inc. to get a job. She is there to get a look at the woman who might be the secret love child of her now-deceased father. Looking at June, Alison has her doubts since there is no physical resemblance. Alison and her father had done a DNA test. The results were, to say the least, disturbing. However, Alison is in a rather odd situation.

Having been the one to save June’s life, Alison feels somewhat responsible for the sister she never knew existed.

Coming home to Bridger Peak. THE LOST BOOK OF FIRST LOVES by RaeAnne Thayne is an adventure of sorts. Two women looking for a connection that they had never imagined. Alison had a very close relationship with her father – so finding out she had a sister was a major surprise. For June it was equally unexpected. June had been raised by her single mother. Her mother died rather young leaving June as a minor.

As part of the discovery, little items pop up. June is a huge fan of books written by Alison’s father. June’s mother read several books of his before she died.

You get the hints along the way, just as RaeAnne Thayne planned it.

Fans of RaeAnne Thayne will certainly appreciate the creativity in this story that interweaves so many lives. Personally, I read it twice. Falling in love with this author's characters is expected. They are written with such a sense of being, personality and purpose. Think of it as a mystery novel with hopefully a much-expected happy ending for all those involved.

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SUMMARY

From New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne comes a brand-new story about two women, a family secret and a lost manuscript that changes everything…

Raised by her literary icon father Carson Wells, Alison Wells always felt loved, even though her mother died when she was a teen. But when she takes a DNA test on a whim and discovers she has a sister she never knew about, it’s clear there are things her father didn\'t tell her before he died. Determined to meet Juniper—her half sister—and unravel the truth of what happened all those years ago, Ali finds herself taking a job as Juniper’s intern. She’ll eventually figure out a way to tell Juniper the truth of their relationship. But she never could have imagined what would happen next…

Juniper Connolly has always been incredibly healthy…until she wakes up in the hospital after experiencing cardiac arrest, with her new—and recently fired—intern to thank for saving her life. It’s clear June needs to de-stress her life a little, so when Ali offers her the use of her family’s cabin in a small Wyoming town, June has no reason not to go. But when she arrives, her life will never be the same.

Under the wide-open spaces of the Wyoming summer sun, Ali and June will untangle the secrets and lies their lives were built on to discover who they really are and what family really means. But even more than that, they\'ll build a real relationship with one another and finally become sisters. 


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3 comments posted.

Re: Easy to get lost in this amazing tale of finding yourself

I really love this review!!
(Theodore Walter 12:59pm today)

great new!
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Trap The Cat 3:31am today)

it is ok
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Space Waves 4:23am today)

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