Hearts in Circulation
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Can a rundown bookmobile be the vehicle that brings two unlikely hearts together?
Little Creek's bookmobile is more of a death trap on wheels than a vehicle of literary delights, and circulation librarian Hayley Holt is afraid it's going to careen down a mountainside with her in it. Yet she sees it as a way to serve her community and be worthy of the liver transplant that saved her life as a child. However, her fears come true when the bookmobile breaks down and a rockslide traps her in the small hollow of Turkey Grove.
Reclusive mechanic Levi Redding lives in tiny Turkey Grove to get away from people. He can handle getting the bookmobile running again, but the endless chatter and unsettling touches from the vibrant librarian leave him overstimulated. When forced proximity leads to a misunderstanding, a note of apology begins an epistolary friendship, proving that sometimes the happiest of endings aren't contained within the bindings of a book.
"I can always count on Sarah Monzon for romance that makes me swoon and inspiring stories that keep me fully engaged."--BETHANY TURNER, author of Cole and Laila Are Just Friends: A Love Story
Sarah Monzon pens a charming contemporary rom-com for fans of books about books, the forced-proximity and grumpy-sunshine tropes, and pen-pal romances. Fans of Melissa Ferguson and Pepper Basham will find this no-spice, heartwarming love story magnetic.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A stalled bookmobile sparks unlikely chemistry between a bubbly librarian and a curmudgeonly mechanic in this charming contemporary from Monzon (Checking Out Love). Since receiving a liver transplant at 12, Hayley Holt has been determined to "pay it forward." Now 29, she's eager to start her library's bookmobile program serving nearby rural areas of Tennessee. Problems begin on her very first run when the bookmobile's engine quits and a rockslide blocks her return route. The local mechanic—tall, stoic Levi Redding—says she'll have to wait until the road's cleared and begrudgingly invites her to stay in his spare room until then. Things get off to a rough start: Hayley's constant chatter irritates Levi, whose sensory issues make it hard for him to spend extended periods of time with people. The pair begin communicating via letters left around the house, leading Levi to share more about his sensory processing challenges and Hayley to open up about her survivor's guilt, faith struggles, and fears of needing a new transplant. Despite some clichéd prose ("Her future no longer had to be shadowed by ominous dark clouds"), the letters add a charmingly old-fashioned twist to the grumpy/sunshine trope. Bookworms will find the balance of heart and humor hard to resist.
