Heather Douglas appears to have it all. But living on a farm in the Scottish Highlands with her partner, Rory Fraser, all while bringing up their adorable toddler, Harry, isn’t easy. As a former librarian, Heather is worried that she’ll never fully fit into life on Fraser Farm. And after the death of her beloved mum eight years ago, Heather feels lost, as well as guilty for holding back accepting Rory’s marriage proposal because she can’t imagine her wedding without her mother.
So when ex-boyfriend, Stewart, appears in the village of Glendale, it’s a shock to the system. The man who broke her heart years ago now has big plans for the neighbouring farm and wants Heather to be part of the development. Knowing that she’s living a very different life to the one they had planned at university leaves Heather wondering if she has made the right choices since she and Stewart broke up. Especially when things start to go very wrong on the farm ...
This Christmas, Heather will need to face her fears and let go of the past or risk losing everything. She will need love, faith, and a whole lot of hope!
Hopeful Hearts at Glendale Hall is the latest release by
Victoria Walters and sees us returning to Glendale on our third visit, reuniting
us with some much loved and familiar faces. This time Heather is taking the
lead role and as we peel back the layers that Heather has hidden behind, we
begin to see the real Heather and she really did touch my heart.
Heathers first love Stewart unexpectedly arrives in Glendale
which stirs up a whole heap of emotions for Heather. Stewart has plans for the neighbouring
farm which could have a detrimental effect on Rory and Heathers farm so when
Stewart offers for Heather to come onboard in the set up of the farm she
contemplates taking the job to protect their farm but will there be too many
emotions involved that could make Heathers world crumble?
Victoria Walters always excels in creating such strong
believable and supportive friendships in her novels and this novel continues to
show the strong bond between Heather, Beth and Emily. They each have their own
strengths and weaknesses but they are always there with a listening ear and
will always support each other in everything they face.
I sympathised so much with Heather and as we got to know
more about her character unravelling the layers behind which her anxiety and
vulnerabilities lie I felt like I warmed to her character. It became clear as
the storyline flowed that events from her past had had an effect on her which
has had an effect on her confidence and self-belief and that’s why with each
little step she took and each little nugget of positivity she created with her Instagram
posts she slowly started to believe in herself and was beginning to find out that
she truly does belong on the farm and that although she may not be the most natural
at day to day farm life others skills she has can still help in a big way.
Rory really is the perfect patient loveable and hardworking
man and I have to say at times I did feel sorry for him and disappointed in
Heather.
The storyline also looks at how grief can hold you back in certain
aspects of your life but that sometimes it can just take one thing to change
your mindset and look at something in a different way that will then help you
to move forward and gently let go.
I enjoyed this visit to Glendale getting to know Heather,
Rory and Harry a little more as well as catching up with the other characters
to see how things are changing for them too. This book gets another thumbs up
from me.
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