Heart Of My Heart
Stella MacLean
Reviewed by Shirley Hailstock
HEART OF MY HEART is a poignant glimpse into a time capsule. Stella MacLean makes an impressive debut with HEART OF MY HEART, exploring the complex relationships of family; father-son, mother-son, marriage and the glue that holds them together.
Fans of Nicholas Sparks’ THE NOTEBOOK will find HEART OF MY HEART as passionate a love story as any that endures life’s hardships and joys as it spans a lifetime. Sprinkled with tidbits of the last forty years of history, MacLean revisits a time when Honor Thy Father brooked no argument, when a teenage pregnancy could rip a family apart and cause scandalous ruin. MacLean presents a story so warm and loving you’ll wish it was yours.
While Olivia McElroy’s husband, James’s, life hangs in the balance, she reviews the past forty years of their lives. James, after a quick conversation, leaves Olivia alone at their high school prom and flies to Ireland. Forced to flee by an autocratic father who believes in the delineation of the haves and have nots, Olivia is at a loss of what to do. Discovering she is pregnant, she goes against her parents’ wishes and keeps the baby. Needing to protect her son, Olivia marries Alex, the owner of a restaurant where Olivia works.
Meanwhile, James finds the father figure he always wanted in his understanding Uncle Seamus. Learning the electronics business from the ground up, James works tirelessly to please his father and hopefully be allowed to return home and search for the woman he loves.
Like Jane Austen’s PERSUASION, Olivia and James find that timing and family interference keep them apart, but can’t kill their love. I highly recommend HEART OF MY HEART.
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About the Reviewer:
Shirley Hailstock is the author of 20+ novels and novellas. Her novels have appeared on the Library Journal, Blackboard and Essence Magazine Bestseller lists, along with the Amazon.com list of favorite books and the Best Romance Novels of the 20th Century list. Shirley is a past president of Romance Writers of America for which she holds the prestigious Emma Merritt Award for outstanding service.
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