What does it mean to be really rich. Filthy rich, successful and gorgeous to boot. Well to some it’s the dream come true. To others, it is a means to an end. To Sarah, it is a way to support herself and her sons. For Sarah, her intelligence and drive brought her great riches and success. Her businesses have thrived. There is of course a price. Sarah had to learn how to juggle her work and her boys. The boys are her personal priority. So Sarah’s days are often 20+ hours long.

LOST AND FOUND FAMILY is a rags to riches story in a totally unique package. There are lots of ways to judge being rich. Not always in dollars. For Sarah, her life has been poor in so many ways. Needy for sure. The most valuable item missing from Sarah’s life has been love and family.

Sarah’s business model has been designed as a family unit of respect and earnest work toward shared goals. Sarah rewards honesty and respect and loyalty. Sarah’s husband was a disappointment on many levels except for one, her sons. Lost and found family is one woman’s search for that elusive something she always wanted, coveted - family. And belonging to something that didn’t have an expiration date.

Sarah’s start was the foster system and then to an even bleaker life with an uncle. The fact that she survived and emerged as a wonderful human being was in itself amazing. Sarah could not have done this on her own. She relied on her business family and they came through for her just as she rewarded them.

Jennifer Ryan had to dig deep to create Sarah without making her an unrealistic caricature. Sarah just may be Jennifer Ryan’s most complex character to date. And even though Sarah may seem almost too perfect we get to see how complex her life is. Sarah doesn’t have the freedom of mistakes. Too much at stake.

There are many types of families. In LOST AND FOUND FAMILY, Jennifer Ryan showcases a truly unique gathering of folk that is connected in a twisted illogical social group. It May sound odd but it works in both Sarah’s and Jennifer Ryan’s world.

Lots of characters to meet in LOST AND FOUND FAMILY. Many with flaws that are the root cause for many of the conflicts. But in the end, these are all folk that somehow belong to Sarah’s world. Jennifer Ryan masterfully sets the scene for Sarah’s new world with grace, heart and integrity. Sure, there are some perhaps unrealistic reaches when the author's pen becomes creative. Keep in mind it is all for the better good. In this case all for Sarah and her boys.

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