Yeah, we also use something like this for building a website/webapp (for a client) with 5-10 people.

- Feature branch: do whatever you want

- Develop: should be good enough for the client (product owner) to look at

- Release branch: should be good enough to be tested by the test/QA team

- Master: should be good enough for website visitors

Branches are meant to be shortlived and merged (and code reviewed) into develop as soon as possible. We use feature toggles to turn off functionalities that end up in develop but can not go to production.