Book Review: What Matters Most by Helen Bea Kirk

What Matters Most

by Helen Bea Kirk

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Meagan Morris has lost everything. Her family is dead, and all that remains of them, all that was endowed to her, has been stolen.

Desperate to retrieve her legacy, she attempts to rob King of her grandmother’s pearls at gunpoint.

Set among the cattle ranches of America’s Southeast, What Matters Most delivers steady suspense and savory romance as Meagan and King’s worlds collide!

 

My Rating:

 

Favorite Quote:

 

“Why did that woman run from you?”… “She developed a sudden case of diarrhea.”

 

My Review:

 

What Matters Most was the first book in a new series and while it wasn’t a cliffhanger, it did leave several baited hooks in play for subsequent installments, and I’d like to see where they go. The second half of the book was easier to follow and achieved a smoother flow to the writing than the first half – as if the writer had found her muse. The earlier portion had felt a bit choppy and could have benefited from a bit of polish and additional transitions and segues, yet the tale had good bones and the underlying storylines were interesting with unpredictable twists and clever hits of humor tucked in. The characters were markedly quirky and not always likable or admirable, but then, I don’t actually know anyone who approaches that in real life either. I frequently reflected back to the beginning of this book and smiled at the memory of the author’s Acknowledgment page on which she thanked her family as well as “old bones and cancer,” as the book was written while recuperating from surgery. Crediting and appreciating cancer as a creative impetus has to be a first.

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Helen Bea Kirk is an American author currently residing in Texas. Early in her academic career, she studied Journalism. Little did she know it would be decades before she wrote anything more than an email! Helen is married and mother of two boys who have become men all too soon. When not writing, Helen assists with fundraising to help sick shelter dogs diagnosed with heartworms.

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