Review ‘A Heart Stuck on Hope’ by Jennie Jones

Dulili is suffering a people drought. Over the years more
people have moved away than have arrived to stay in this old New South Wales
farming town, and now only a handful of young families and elderly residents
are left. The locals put a plan into action to entice newcomers: offering the
town’s empty houses to newcomers from anywhere in Australia.  Who could
resist renting a beautiful homestead for a dollar a week?

There’s nothing left for Adele Devereux in Sydney: no job, no relationship, no
hope, and no diagnosis for her shy, uncommunicative daughter Ali. So she packs
her bags, takes her meagre savings, and moves her small family to the country.
She never expects to meet Tom Wade, a man facing his own hopeless situation,
but whose kindness reaches her daughter in an unexpected friendship. As the
small town of Dulili attempts to regenerate itself, Adele finds herself drawn
further in to the community – and into her attraction to Tom.

Tom is not back in Dulili to build a relationship. He’s there to heal wounds,
help his grandmother, and make new plans. Plans that don’t come with his
grandmother’s new tenant, part of the Dulili dollar scheme. But as Adele and
Ali effortlessly work their way into his thoughts and his heart, he realises
that there are two crucial elements that he left out of his long-term plans –
the chance to find love and renewed hope for the future.

Publication Date:	February 25th 2016
Series:	A Dollar For A Dream #1
Genre:	Contemporary
Pages:	140
Formats:	eBook
Available at:	Escape Publishing, Amazon US

  

When I first saw the cover of ‘A Heart Stuck on Hope’ I
immediately knew this was a book I wanted to read. I love romantic reads and
life in a little town in the country always sounded romantic to me. (I really
don’t know why!) So after I read the book description, I send a review request
as fast as I could. And when it was finally time to start reading this one, I
was super excited.

‘A Heart Stuck on Hope’ definitely is a great feel good
book. The writing is easy to follow, and the characters are easy to love.
Especially the two main characters Adele Devereux and her daughter Ali. Adele
has been taking care of herself forever. And when she found out she was
pregnant with Ali, she changed her life just to make sure her daughter had a
good life. Now her daughter isn’t speaking anymore, and Adele is determined to
find a way to help her young daughter. Adele moves to the country and soon
finds a new life in the small town. What Adele didn’t expect was to meet Tom, a
handsome man with a lot of trouble of his own. 
But soon Adele and Tom find help in each other.

The setting of the little town of Dulili was really good.
This is definitely a town I would like to live in. The people are kind and
welcoming, and they all work hard to make their town more attractive for new
families. I loved the idea of a home for $1 a week, in exchange for some help
with making an even better and more attractive town.

I read ‘A Heart Stuck on Hope’ on a cold and sunny Sunday
afternoon and it just had a really cozy feel about it. This is definitely the
perfect book to read on a beautiful sunny day. This book was not too difficult
and it just makes you feel relaxed while reading. The romance between Adele and
Tom was super sweet and I loved reading their story. There were times I wondered
why Tom spoke the way he did, for example when he told Adele he wanted ‘to take
her to bed’ (I mean.. what guy talks like that?)..but overall I loved reading
their interactions.

This book was sweet, endearing and definitely a feel good
book. ‘A Heart Stuck on Hope’ is the perfect beginning of an awesome three book
series written by three different authors. This was my first Jennie Jones
novel, and I can’t wait to read more books by her. 

Born in Wales and now living in Australia, Jennie Jones
loved everything with a romantic element from an early age. That’s why she
became an actor before she started writing, touring the UK’s grand old
theatres, becoming someone else for two hours, eight performances a week, and
loving every second.

Now Jennie loves writing rich, warm-hearted and refreshing stories of
adventures of the heart. She’s a self-confessed would-be country girl and longs
for the day when she and her family can set up home in a cute country cottage
in the middle of a huge field. Until then, Jennie is enjoying life a
five-minute walk from the beach. She can hear the ocean as she types her
stories.

For more information about Jennie Jones and her books
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