🏡🎭💗 "Hometown Healing" 💗🎭🏡 (2019) - Book Review
Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour & Giveaway for Hometown Healing by Jennifer Slattery, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
[Note: My Review is at the bottom]
[Note: My Review is at the bottom]
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: Hometown HealingAuthor: Jennifer Slattery
Publisher: Love Inspired
Release Date: August 1, 2019
Genre: Inspirational Contemporary Romance
She’s home again, but not for long…
Unless this cowboy recaptures her heart.
Returning home with a baby in tow, Paige Cordell’s determined her stay is only temporary. But to earn enough money to leave, she needs a job—and her only option is working at her first love’s dinner theater. With attraction once again unfurling between her and Jed Gilbertson, can the man who once broke her heart convince her to stay for good?
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jennifer Slattery is a writer and speaker who’s addressed women’s groups, Bible studies, and writers across the nation. She’s the author of the soon to release Building a Family and numerous other titles and maintains a devotional blog at JenniferSlatteryLivesOutLoud.com. As the founder of Wholly Loved Ministries, she’s passionate about helping women discover, embrace, and live out who they are in Christ. Visit her online to learn more about her speaking or to book her for your next women’s event and sign up for her free quarterly newsletter HERE and make sure to connect with her on Facebook and Instagram.
TOUR GIVEAWAY
(1) winner will receive a signed four print book bundle including Restoring Her Faith (Love Inspired), Hometown Healing (Love Inspired), Breaking Free (New Hope), and Restoring Love (New Hope)!
Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule linked below. Giveaway will begin at midnight February 22, 2020 and last through 11:59 PM EST on February 29, 2020. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. Continental US mailing addresses only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
Giveaway is subject to the policies found here.
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MY REVIEW
Even though this is part of the JustRead tours, I did not receive the book from JustRead, the author, or the publisher to review so there is no “disclaimer”. I bought the book from Amazon and then signed up for the review.
Any story with the elements this one has, are usually on my radar:
* Small Towns (particular Texas, as I was born there)
* Handsome Cowboy(s)
* Single Moms with Small Kid(s) (particularly with daughters, as I was raised from the age of 4 by my mom)
* Handsome Cowboy(s)
* Single Moms with Small Kid(s) (particularly with daughters, as I was raised from the age of 4 by my mom)
So, I HAD to buy it!
This is one of those “second-chance romance” stories, complete with misunderstandings, trust issues, and self-doubts.
This is the first book of Jennifer Slattery’s I have read, and she has an amazing way of writing out the realistic nature and the consequences of rumors, extramarital affairs, rejection, fear, and tragedy.
But, the author also has the element of hope, forgiveness, and redemption.
Paige has been hurt three times:
* Her father leaving
* Believing her high school sweetheart was unfaithful
* An unfaithful husband who divorced her
On top of all that life has brought her way – she then loses her job and has to move back home with her mother, who also has some “health problems” with no medical explanation.
Paige is there temporarily though, hoping to get back to Chicago. Running into her high school sweetheart complicates things.
It was easy to see why Paige was so wounded, and in turn, mistrustful. Watching as she navigated her feelings and past with Jed was not only heart-wrenching, but frustrating.
This was a guy who clearly was trying to show he had changed – and that what she thought had happened, hadn’t. My heart broke for him as he tried repeatedly to get her to see the real truth.
In addition, Paige was harboring some resentment or grudge for a comment a mean girl had said in high school. So, I could see where things were awkward for her as well. Her fear of not wanting to be hurt, yet again, was causing her to push people away. I could definitely relate to that at one time.
Jed’s grandmother was a source of hope and inspiration throughout. Even when she knew that Paige’s mom wasn’t really sick, the woman was still friendly and didn’t enable her. I truly enjoyed Mrs. Tappen and felt she was the strongest character in the book.
Slattery’s realistic writing of Paige’s mom was so vivid; it was as if I could see this woman in person. It was a character that could’ve been someone I knew. The reader could easily see where Paige and her mother’s relationship was strained.
The shock was the scandal involving Jed’s father. The writer even made us feel sorry for Jed’s mother who had snubbed Paige.
For the Love Inspired line, there was some semblance of faith, but it wasn’t over done. I would state that it was mild on faith, while keeping it present.
There were a few typos that caused some confusion.
Without spoiling it, on pages 166/167, there were typos regarding Jed’s mother being addressed. There were five (5) instances of Jed’s mother being referred to as Mrs. Cordell (which is Paige’s mother), not Mrs. Gilbertson (Jed’s mother).
Overall, this was an emotional story. One that was full of hope and redemption.
RATING:
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐– Goodreads
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐– Bookbub
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐– Personal Rating (see rating explanation in this blog: https://readingexcursions.blogspot.com/2020/01/rating-system-2020-changes.html)
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