GRR Reviews Cry of My Heart (Montana Skies Book 1) by Linda Ford

Cry of My Heart attempted to portray a painful "going home" scenario where a man found redemption with God and found love as well with her neighbor. But the forced cohabitation scenario was really weak and the spiritual message about going back to church and reestablish one's faith seems a bit heavy-handed.

To recap, Nicole lost her father at a young age and resigned to live her life as drama free as possible, dedicating her life to run her antique store and help care for her sister and grandma, even though she's a young vivacious person on the inside. She did not count on encountering Ace Conners, former neighbor, who left a long time ago. Ace was just back to settle the affairs of his aunt Millie. He'd gladly dump the whole house, but the stuff needed sorting, and his neighbor Nicole would love to sell a lot of the antiques (it's just junk to him) in her store and insist on helping him sort them. Ace hadn't had a home for a long while, having spent most of the time on the road working. And encountering Nicole gave him pause to contemplate his life... and his disconnection from God. Had he been running away all this time? When an enemy from Ace's past resurfaces, Ace and Nicole will have to confront the danger together... or lose their happiness.

Neither Ace nor Nicole connected with me. Sure, they are former neighbors, but they literally have NOTHING ELSE in common (except their fondness of the now dead Aunt Millie) and they didn't really fall in love much... I have no problem with Nicole trying to get Ace to go back to church and get a sense of belonging as part of his grieving process, but that doesn't really make a romance much.

Category: Contemporary / Christian

Primary Plot: Man going home to settle his dead aunt's things falls for the neighbor he hadn't seen for a very long time, found God again

Tropes: clean, Christian, small town, return, family secrets, different worlds

Overall Rating:  3/5