After her husband of fifteen years comes out of the closet, a blindsided, forty-year-old Amanda Lewis is forced to salvage what remains of her shattered heart and navigate a new life for herself and her teenage daughter. But will a sizzling secret romance with a famous young NFL quarterback lead her to winning the life she deserves or set her up for her biggest loss yet?
As she embarks on the journey of rebuilding her home, Amanda discovers that finding forgiveness and repairing her damaged self-worth are her biggest challenges of all. While searching her soul–and even searching inside her city’s history–she finds answers. But will answers come too late and can a broken heart ever be truly fixed?
“This is the best book I have read in years! Lori Jones is an amazing author and needs to get more books out there! It’s so hard to put this book down!” – review from Amazon
“This is a great book and you can’t wait to get to the next chapter! The author draws you in right away with this story. The characters are amazing!” – review from Goodreads
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MY REVIEW
marriage your husband suddenly leaves you for a man? Personally, I would feel betrayed and hurt;
as such, it was easy to understand how Amanda Lewis felt when her husband
dropped this BOMBSHELL.
Heart provides the answer to this question and more.
soul. It engages all your emotions from the outset. It will make you laugh, cry and scream as you
follow Amanda on her journey of heartbreak, betrayal, despair and rebirth.
behind her are gut wrenching. This is something that most readers can relate
to. It is easy to understand her insecurities
as it relates to her romance with Bradley, who is twelve years her junior. However, there was a point where I thought
she needed to cease from allowing her ex-husband’s actions to prevent her from
moving on with her life. I believed
that not only was she allowing the hurt, pain and negativity of the past to blight
her future with Bradley, she also allowed societal norms to dictate whom she
should be with.
from a point where she felt she has no self-worth to a point where she realized
she is deserving of love. In doing this
she is able to have the future she deserves.
ending. I must admit I did cheat to as I
flipped to the end as I could not wait to know how the story would end.
society to dictate our choices as this can lead to us missing out on great
opportunities.
this author’s work.
Lori M. Jones is an author of women’s & children’s fiction. She released her first children’s book, RILEY’S HEART MACHINE, in the fall of 2012 through Guardian Angel Publishing and her second children’s book, CONFETTI THE CROC, in 2014. Her debut novel, RENAISSANCE OF THE HEART, was released by Soul Mate Publishing in 2014. Her flash fiction pieces have placed in several contests and both novels have received awards in first chapter contests.
Lori resides in Pittsburgh with her husband, two young daughters and Disco the dog. Her youngest daughter’s heart defect was the inspiration behind Riley’s Heart Machine. Lori is currently on the national Board of Directors for the Children’s Heart Foundation and the president of Pennsylvania Chapter. She travels to schools and libraries delivering talks about the inspiration behind Riley’s Heart Machine and how we can all embrace what makes us special. Lori enjoys rooting for her Pittsburgh sports teams and participating in 5K runs.
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I received this book to review through Beck Valley Books Book Tours, all the opinions above are 100% my own.
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What a lovely review, sounds like a brilliant read.
It is.
I wanted to skip ahead too. I'm glad it ended the way it did.
Yes, the ending was beautiful.