Shannon has a broken heart – and a secret. Daniel has a broken heart – and is a detective. It’s up in the air whether they can find healing and solace together, or if their trust issues supercede their chemistry.
Heartsong Cottage is the latest in the Eternity Springs series, which I find charming and heartwarming.
Romance? Check. A wedding? Check. A drunken mess? Check. Good friends? Check. Celeste working her magic? Check and double-check.
When Shannon and Daniel wade through uncertainty, the Eternity Springs community comes through for them. Love from their friends and the healing spirit of the town are more than these broken people hoped for. And I appreciate that kind of charming embrace.
But the trope has been overdone. I’ve read too many stalker-traumatizes-and-detective-saves-the-day suspenseful romances. I skim-read about a dozen pages in the middle of the book because I felt like I had read them before – in a half dozen romance novels in the last five years.
March’s writing is excellent. The characters are loveable. Eventually there’s resolution and a nice, tidy, happy ending. But the journey there wasn’t the fresh new adventure I was hoping for.
-calliope
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