GRR Reviews The Sweetest Thing (Montana Riverbend by Lilian Darcy

The Sweetest Thing, in retrospect, feels more of a "pun" title, for the story revolves about Suzanne "Sugar" Morgan, Tully Morgan, and all the people around them. It was more of a family drama than a pure romance, but it sure jerked some tears out of me. But first, let me do a blurb...

Tully Morgan left Marietta, Montana 18 years ago, at the night of the prom, after learning a secret that destroyed her. She fled to California months early, leaving her date that night, Ren Fletcher, just standing there, and she never explained why. Now, Tully is back, to face the revelations that shattered her that night, to take care of her seriously ill mother, Suzanne "Sugar" Morgan. Tully had been raised to think of Sugar as her sister, only figuring out that night. Sugar has cancer, and before she passes, she has one last regret she needed to resolve, and she needed both Tully and Ren's help to do it. But Ren's got his own problems. Ren's marriage is crumbling. Ren often wondered what had happened that one night that lead him down to this loveless marriage, and what may have been. Now that Tully is back... and still single...

Without completely spoiling the story, let's just say Tully and Ren will have to cooperate to help Sugar redeem herself... by carrying out one last request, and as a result, they will force ALL the Morgan family secrets into the open, and perhaps then can they acknowledge their love for each other and stop dwelling on the time lost. I did like the twists in the story, about how Sugar and the family then chose to deal with the problem and how that affected subsequent generations, but it also disgusted me, as in "OMG how could they..." But somehow the revelations didn't tie back into the romance that much. Still, it's an interesting read.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman is back in town to help her mother fulfill one last wish, with the help of the one man she jilted at prom by fleeing...

Tropes: family secrets, reunion, return

Overall Rating:  4/5