One Hundred Heartbeats
by Kelly Collins
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Kindle Scout Winner Kelly Collins welcomes you back to Aspen Cove, the tiny Colorado town where fresh starts, hope, and true love live…
Katie Middleton knows what it’s like to stare death in the face. Growing up with a serious heart defect stopped her from really living. Now that she has a new heart, she’s determined not to miss out on anything wonderful ever again. Escaping her overprotective parents and opening a bakery in Aspen Cove, Katie starts crossing items off her bucket list as quickly as she can. The one item that she’s not sure she’ll ever check off however, is falling in love. That is until Bowie Bishop appears before her.
When a car accident took his high school sweetheart, Bowie Bishop was sure he’d never love again. He disappeared from Aspen Cove to join the Army (it’s army, yes? Not marines?), then spent nearly ten years in active combat risking his life to save others. Now that an injury has forced him to retire, he finds himself in the last place he wants to be—back home. He’s determined to take off as soon as he can, but when a cute, sassy little blonde catches his eye, he’s not so sure he’ll be able to leave Aspen Cove.
Just when Katie knows for sure that her heart will only ever beat for Bowie, she discovers a secret from her past that will shake the foundation of their new relationship to the core. Will the truth tear them apart or will they find salvation in each other’s arms?
Find out now in One Hundred Heartbeats!
My Rating:
Favorite Quotes:
Sage liked her coffee laced with electricity, whereas Katie chose the heart-healthy option of decaffeinated.
She’d always considered herself a patient person, but her mom could try a saint on Sunday.
I’m okay. In fact, I’m finer than frog hair split seven ways.
Dalton’s no bad boy. He’s like Bambi with testosterone.
“I’ve been to war multiple times. I can’t imagine this is worse or different.” She wanted to tell him he was being silly, but his description was spot on. With seven kids to watch, there was no doubt there would be battles won and lost over the next three hours… Jill ran toward Bowie and threw herself into his arms. Big crocodile tears ran down her cheeks. “David tore off my Barbie’s head.” She lifted a decapitated doll to his face. Bowie’s lost expression told her this was worse than war.
My Review:
I adore Kelly Collins’s sweet and steamy stories. Her writing is always a pleasurable read for me with a good balance of emotive storytelling, humor, steam, and insightful observations. One Hundred Heartbeats was written in my favorite dual POV with deeply endearing and lovable characters. The storylines were interesting, relevant, realistic, and artfully detailed for all the senses. I smiled, smirked, my through and sighed contentedly at the sweet HEA. I will be eagerly awaiting book three of this entertaining and heartwarming series.
ABOUT KELLY COLLINS
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Always a romantic, she is inspired by real-time events mixed with a dose of fiction. She encourages her readers to reach the happily ever after but bask in the afterglow of the perfectly imperfect love.
Kelly lives in Colorado with her husband of twenty-five years. She loves hockey, shiny objects and has a new-found appreciation for green smoothies.
Sounds like a great book and I absolutely love Kelly’s writing. I was a little surprised that the main character has very nearly the same name as the super-famous princess of England lol. Loved your review and will most likely be picking this one up 🙂
Yet another book for my TBR. Great review!
The cover has me missing that crisp early fall weather!
This is going on my TBR. I like to see words like steamy or passionate because I like my romances to have real, can’t keep away from each other, magnetism. 😉
This sounds like it would be a good read and I need to add it to my list.
Bambi with testosterone?! Oh my.
I love dual POVs! This book is on my radar, I’ll check it out.
Lovely review!
I love small towns in the West. I’m originally from CO so any romances in the Rockies bring me home. Thanks for the review!
Great review, this series looks and sounds like such an amazing and fun series, I really do want to check it out and see if I like this series or not. I have a good feeling I would absolutely adore this book series. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome post and putting this book series on my radar!