Emerson Montgomery had sworn she would never go back to her
home town, Millhaven. Fate decided otherwise when she
was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and everything fell
apart: she lost her glamorous job, her boyfriend left her,
and the only place where she could work as a physical
therapist was back home. And to add insult to injury, her
first patient, Hunter Cross, happens to be the man
whose marriage proposal she refused in high school.
CROSSING HEARTS is a bit of a departure for Kimberly
Kincaid, and the romance community should rejoice at her
brave decision. I was a tad ambivalent regarding the book;
although it sounded wonderfully interesting, so many
things could go wrong, and it could have sunk in a sea of
clichés. But Kincaid masterfully avoids all that. Emerson
hides her condition from everyone, mostly her family,
because they are so overbearing; she wants to lead a
productive life, within the limitations of her health
situation. The characters face problematic situations like
adults. Whether those situations be the marriage that did
not happen, Emerson's illness, Hunter's choice of
profession. The romance is rekindled as I would expect: no
endless bickering, but no instalust either, even though
Emerson and Hunter's mutual attraction for each other never
faded away. I felt everything took place in a very organic
timeframe, which does not mean that the book is slow-
paced.
Ms. Kincaid masterfully conveys the myriad emotions both
character experience, and I felt every one of them. The
romance is magnificent. Hunter is such a caring and
understanding man, but not a wimp either, and it was easy
to understand why Emerson wanted her MS hidden. Kimberly
Kincaid is a fine writer, but CROSSING HEARTS shows
deeper, more nuanced shades to her prose, the dialogues
are impeccable, there are no weaknesses to the plot, and
no lulls in the story. CROSSING HEARTS is one of the most
compelling romances I have ever read, and I believe one of
the most honest when it comes for a story about a
character having a chronic illness or disability, because
to me CROSSING HEARTS felt as if I were reading about real
people, mostly because Emerson's condition is essential to
the plot, and not a strategy to get the characters back
together, or to provoke melodramatic, tearful episodes.
The author has created such a vivid small town, and
appealing characters, and I cannot wait to see what will
happen in future installments of this new series. Honestly,
the sky's the limit for what we can hope from Kimberly
Kincaid in the future.
Hunter Cross has no regrets. Having left his football
prospects behind the day he graduated high school, he’s
happy to carry out his legacy on his family’s farm in the
foothills of the Shenandoah. But when a shoulder injury puts
him face-to-face with the high school sweetheart who
abandoned town—and him—twelve years ago, Hunter’s simple
life gets a lot more complicated.
Emerson Montgomery has secrets. Refusing to divulge why she
left her job as a hotshot physical therapist for a pro
football team, she struggles to readjust to life in the
hometown she left behind. The more time she spends with
Hunter, the more Emerson finds herself wanting to trust him
with the diagnosis of MS that has turned her world upside down.
But revealing secrets comes with a price. Can Hunter and
Emerson rekindle their past love? Or will the realities of
the present—and the trust that goes with them—burn that
bridge for good?
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