Sunday, January 7, 2024

Protecting Her Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen - ADVISABLE

Protecting Her Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen, 288 pages. Shadow Mountain Publishing, 2024. $17.

Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG13

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL; ADULTS - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Charlotte (26yo) had been studying and working abroad when she received an odd letter from her dying father. Rushing back home to England, Charlotte hoped to understand what he meant, but he died before her arrival, leaving her with a hundred unanswered questions. While her detective friends are willing to help, someone is doing everything they can to make sure she leaves England without the answers.

Action-packed both mystery-solving-wise and romance-wise, Charlotte’s story keeps readers on their toes. Despite long periods of time passing in the story and a few predictable elements, Allen’s writing was still engaging through to the happy ending.  There were several references to the previous books in the series, but reading them was not necessary to enjoy this installment.

Nearly all the characters mentioned are English, with a couple Americans and a Scottish man. The mature content rating is for alcohol use and mild innuendo. The violence rating is for illegal activity, blood and gore, assault, and murder.

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen

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