Valentine’s Day Special List – Top Romance Novels I Read Last Year

As an author, I read a variety of research books and novels. Valentine’s Day seemed a good day to highlight my favorite romances that I’ve read (or reread) the past year:

 

  1. Mattie’s Pledge by Jan Drexler

 

  1. Last Stop, Cordelia by Lisa Carter

 

  1. A Groom for Mama by Catherine Castle

 

  1. Gift from the Heart by Irene Hannon

 

  1. Blind Dates Can Be Murder by Mindy Starns Clark

 

  1. Swept Away by Mary Connealy

 

  1. The Caretaker’s Son by Yvonne Lehman

 

  1. Dance Over Me by Candee Fick

 

  1. Colorado by Rosey Dow

 

  1. A Royal Christmas Wedding by Rachel Hauck

Click on the link to read my reviews. Yes, I write reviews for books I enjoy–it’s such a gift to authors! Consider writing and posting a short review on Amazon, Goodreads, etc., for books you read.

What’s on your list? Happy Reading!

-Sandra Merville Hart

Mattie’s Pledge by Jan Drexler

This novel took me on a journey into the 1840s.

Mattie Schock’s family is traveling with several other Amish family from Brothers Valley, Pennsylvania, to Indiana. She hasn’t seen Jacob Yoder since they were children and looks forward to getting to know him again.

Jacob never forgot Mattie and their friendship deepens. He soon begins to dream of her as his wife on the new farm he will build in Indiana.

Mattie dreams of settling further west and fears she’d be bored living in one location for the rest of her life. The Englishman who keeps turning up at odd places promises her new adventures in Oregon. He’s exciting and dangerous.

But the danger is more real than Mattie realizes.

I love novels that transport me to another time and place. This story did that for me. I enjoyed this story.

-Sandra Merville Hart

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