Women's Fiction, 296 pages
Published August 30, 2024 by Kersey Creek Books
Leigh Ann Eden had a great life in New York as a partner in a public relations business she'd helped to build - and lost it all when her father was charged with financial crimes. She wasn't involved in his business or the fraud, but her very public role as the face of the PR firm made her a target for media, investigators, angry investors, as well as to people who were merely curious. She couldn't withstand the pressure. She went into hiding and avoidance became a way of life.
Her cousin Florence offered her a place to hide in her home in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia and was a lifesaver for Leigh for almost two years, but Florence died and now Leigh's alone and doesn't know how to un-hide herself, how to find the courage to get out in public again - until the day an unexpected event occurs on her weekly trip to buy groceries and comes home with a cat. An unfriendly cat who's just as unhappy with the situation as she in. This event disrupts her usual routine and Leigh is swept along as a series of subsequent events unwind that force her out of the the careful life she's constructed. But re-emerging into everyday life won't be that simple because the sins of the past - even though she wasn't a party to them - will come back to harm her.
My thoughts about A Heart Beyond ~~
(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first line.)
First line—"Leigh Ann Eden had a great life in New York as a partner in a public relations business that she's helped to build—an lost it all when her father was charged with financial crimes."
I have read a lot of Grace Greene's recent books and have loved them all. She creates memorable characters and interesting storylines, stories and characters that I love becoming involved with.
A Heart Beyond features Leigh, who escapes her real life in New York and tries to hide out in her cousin's home in Richmond. Well, you just know that the community is not going to let her hide and they end up taking her in under their wings. A cat plays a central role in this story and I would love to follow the life of this blessed cat. Who would have thought that a cat would play such a pivotal piece in Leigh story?
As with all of Grace's stories, I read this book non-stop. It was a story I couldn't wait to finish but I also didn't want to end. I highly recommend A Heart Beyond for a feel good, somewhat complicated, escape read.
Thank you to Grace Greene for the ARC of A Heart Beyond. This is my honest opinion of the book.
About the author
Grace Greene writes fiction with romance, suspense and inspiration ~ The Emerald Isle, NC Stories Series includes Beach Rental, Beach Winds, Beach Wedding, along with the Christmas novellas, Beach Christmas and Beach Walk.
Her Virginia books are Women's Fiction with romance, suspense and mystery. Most are set in rural Cub Creek and include her bestselling The Memory of Butterflies and The Happiness In Between which were released in 2017. Three new Cub Creek books were released in 2019 - The Wildflower House Series: Wildflower Heart, Wildflower Hope and Wildflower Christmas, and Wildflower Wedding, A Light Last Seen was released in Feb. 2020.
A Barefoot Tide and A Dancing Tide brought a new character from Cub Creek to the beach at Emerald Isle with beloved crossover characters from both settings. Beach Heart and Emerald Heart are single titles set in Emerald Isle, NC. Grace's newest, A Heart Beyond, will be released on September 3rd, 2024.
Grace is also an artist and photographer and these interests show up on the pages of the stories. She lives in central Virginia. ~ Goodreads
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