Thank you to Simon and Schuster for the ebook ARC of Cross My Heart by Megan Collins in exchange for my honest review.
Book Synopsis
She has his wife’s heart; the one she wants is his. The author of The Family Plot brings her signature “taut, emotionally charged, and propulsive” (Jeneva Rose, New York Times bestselling author) prose to a twisty novel about a heart transplant patient who becomes romantically obsessed with her donor’s husband.
Rosie Lachlan wants nothing more than to find The One.
A year after she was dumped in her wedding dress, she’s working at her parents’ bridal salon, anxious for a happy ending that can’t come soon enough. After receiving a life-saving heart transplant, Rosie knows her health is precious and precarious. She suspects her heart donor is Daphne Thorne, the wife of local celebrity author Morgan Thorne, who she begins messaging via an anonymous service called DonorConnect, ostensibly to learn more about Daphne. But Rosie has a secret: She’s convinced that now that she has his wife’s heart, she and Morgan are meant to be together.
As she and Morgan correspond, the pretense of avoiding personal details soon disappears, even if Rosie’s keeping some cards close to her chest. But as she digs deeper into Morgan’s previous marriage, she discovers disturbing rumors about the man she’s falling for. Could Morgan have had something to do with his late wife’s death? And can Rosie’s heart sustain another break—or is she next?
My Thoughts
Cross My Heart started out strong and I was turning the pages wanting to get to the ending so I could find out if my suspicion was right. I found the use of the donor connect emails to be an interesting addition to the novel at the beginning, but then I found myself skipping over the same introductory waiver type information provided at the beginning of each of these communications between Rosie and Morgan, which I feel kind of took me out of the story a bit.
I feel like I wish the author would have found a way to have a less predictable twist at the ending to the novel. I still enjoyed this novel and it was a creative read overall. I will read books written by this author in the future.
Thank you to Atria Books/Simon and Schuster for the digital ARC of Cross My Heart.
My Rating: 3.5/5
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Book Details
Author: Megan Collins
Publisher: Atria Books/Simon and Schuster
Publication Date: January 14, 2025
Genre: Fiction. Thriller. Suspense. Mystery.
Edition: Paperback
Pages: 320
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