Author:
Courtney Walsh
Publication
Date: January 6, 2015
Publisher:
Tyndale
Abigail Pressman
would never have guessed that love notes penned on paper hearts by an anonymous
couple could restore her belief in love. As a business owner in a quaint town
at the base of the Rockies, she's poured everything into dreams of expansion . .
. and resisting the matchmaking efforts of the Valentine Volunteers, who gather
in her store to continue Loves Park's tradition of stamping mail with the
city's romantic postmark. When Abigail is unwillingly drafted into the
Volunteers, she encounters the paper hearts, a distraction that couldn't come
at a worse time. A hard-to-read doctor has become Abigail's new landlord, and
he's threatening to end her lease to expand his practice. As she fights a
growing attraction to this handsome man crushing her dreams, Abigail is
inspired to string the hearts in her store, sparking a citywide infatuation
with the artsy trend. But when a new batch of hearts reaches the Volunteers, it
appears something tragic has happened to the couple. Will uncovering their
story confirm Abigail's doubts about love, or could it rescue her dreams . . .
and her heart?
Jacob
wouldn’t have used spinster to
describe the woman he’d just met. She seemed passionate and maybe a little bit
spunky with her wavy, dark hair that was only slightly out of control.
Yes,
Abigail Pressman might prove to be their most difficult case yet. Hard to match
– and more stubborn than most – because Gigi suspected that their new target
had no idea that she even wanted to fall in love at all.
Who
needs a man when you have shelves of beautiful books and dreams of growth and
success?
This
sweet little contemporary romance was just what I needed to end out this cold,
chilling month. Abigail Pressman is quite cynical and untrusting when it comes
to love and marriage. However, in a town called Loves Park, Colorado, where
everything revolves around love and romance, being a single 30 year old woman
with no hopes of marriage or prospects does not make for an easy life. Abigail
is more concerned with her bookstore; she wants more than anything to expand
the store, but doing this means coming up with a large sum of money that she doesn’t
possess. Here is where we meet our male lead, Dr. Jacob Willoughby. He swoops
in unexpectedly and buys the building that Abigail hoped to move her bookstore
into, so of course you see how our hero and heroine meet!
The
romance is adorable and provides enough angst to keep you hanging on until the
very end. Walsh writes characters that are relatable; they don’t go head over
heels stumbling in love, but just like normal people they must learn to get
past their own feelings of negativity and learn to rely on one another and on
God. Abigail was my favorite, hands down. She is hesitant and charming and
proves that there is nothing wrong with being single and focusing on your
career, dreams, and goals. She was an inspiration to me even though I am
married just because I know how much of an inspiration she will be for other
readers!
***A
free copy of this book was provided to me by the publishers at Tyndale in
exchange for my honest review***
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