A Heart Revealed

by Julie Lessman

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A Heart Revealed is the second book in the Winds of Change series, but really the fifth book in the Daughters of Boston series continuing the saga of the O'Connor children and this one is the first one about a son, Sean O'Connor and a character that is practically an adopted daughter in Emma Fray. I love Julie Lessman, both the author and the person that I know and this book had the one issue of being published right after my daughter was born. First there is the publishing date, and then my copy was lost in the mail and another one issued. So there was the timing off, and then my to do list got the better of me and I kept wanting to come back to this one but it kept being put on the back burner. Being from Julie, I knew that I would love it.

However, there was something about this one that did not grab me from the first page, and it was later in the novel when I really caught the pace and could not stand to put it down. Once I hit my groove in reading, the pages could not turn fast enough, as per typical with Julie's writing. I really enjoyed it overall, once I got through a bit of a hump, which was probably more related to my delay and then reading bits here and there, then the actual book.

As a whole it brought me more information into the brothers O'Connor and opens up Julie's books in my opinions for a much wider male readership and honestly reading her books gives me two desires. I want to go back and start at the beginning and have a marathon reading through all of them again (the almost 500 pages give or take that each one of them is!) and I just want to delve into my Bible and soak up everything I can. These books are fascinating to me. They have such a romantic element that you feel like you should read it in bed, waiting for your husband to come home and join you. I'm sure a blush tinged my face more than once. These stories have such strong elements of faith and scripture that I am sent running to my Bible more and more to delve in and get more of this reality in my own life. It is such a fabulous reminder of what Christ really wants for us to have. -- Yes these are to be read by a mature reader, or one in the midst of maturation with a guided hand that could provide answers... or to a married woman that really needs a boost in the romances on the page.

*Thanks to Revell Books for providing a copy for review.*