Review – Rewrites of the Heart by Terry Newman
Synopsis
JJ Spritely, romance author, writes characters that jump off the page. Figuratively, that is. She never expects them to make a literal leap off the page and smack dab into her world. But Alex Zurich and Blake Teesdale do just that. And they’re on a mission to help JJ write her own personal love story with a man she recently met, Kennedy King Cooper.
A history professor, Cooper doesn’t see the value of romance novels and he has even less regard for those who write them. Until he meets a woman who haunts his thoughts.
There’s only one small snag in Alex’s and Blake’s plan…okay…two rather large snags. JJ wants nothing to do with Cooper. The other snag? Alex and Blake aren’t able to return to the pages of their own book.
Will JJ ever write her own love story? And will it be with Cooper? Will Alex and Blake return to the pages of their own book?
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Review
This romance novel has all the feels mixed with laughter and the realization that we need to live life in the moment, not in the past.
JJ is someone I could be friends with! She is smart and doesn’t take much guff, but she still needs that reminder that life is for living. Enter her fictional characters, Alex and Blake. They are from the book she is writing and just appear one day on her couch. Talk about a heart attack waiting to happen with that surprise. However, it is their limited knowledge of the world that brings JJ out of her comfort zone. They are even instrumental in setting her up with Kennedy Cooper. Kennedy could be a nemesis if someone allowed that to happen because he seemed to know how to stick his foot in his mouth very easily.
The book is filled with witty dialogue, caring conversations, and memorable characters. Some scheming characters even had me shaking my head at their comments, antics, and conversations. The storyline is well crafted, and the characters have depth. I loved the scenes at the Physics Cafe. The dishes are aptly named, and only geeks could pull this off. Alex and Blake’s shenanigans to get JJ and Kennedy together are comical.
I did have one lingering question—when Alex and Blake return to their lives within the pages, will they be remembered by anyone besides JJ?
This was a delight to read, and we give it 4 paws up.
About the Author
Two things you should know about me: I have an offbeat sense of humor and characters are constantly talking to me, trying to get me to tell their stories. Other than that, I’m a normal person.
I’ve spent most of my adult life writing in some fashion, from small-town reporter, to editor-in-chief and ghostwriter for a national natural health publishing firm. The last decade and a half I’ve worked as a freelance writer, penning ebooks that range from starting a doula services business to Native American herbs.
I’ve finally took the plunge to fiction after pushing, oh, so many doubts aside. My first novel with The Wild Rose Press, Heartquake, won a 4.5 crowned heart review with Ind’tale Magazine.
All my books are set in fictional towns in northeast Ohio, where I grew up, and I write about things I love—like coffee.
I have a daughter, a son-in-law, and a grandpuppy and live in North Lima, a real town in northeast Ohio with all my characters. Yes, it does get crowded.
