To Have and To Hold - 3 Autumn Novellas

 

To Have and To Hold - Three Autumn Love Stories by Betsy St. Amant, Becky Wade and Katie Ganshert.

Individual Novella Reviews Below:

Love Takes The Cake - Betsy St. Amant 
4.5 Stars 

This was so cute and just the right amount of hallmark cheese I wanted this weekend ❤️ This is book 1 inside the To Have and To Hold Novella bind up book. I really enjoyed the story, characters and depth that was in a small short novella. We have Charlotte who has her own bakery and has been eyeing Will over the last 3 months as her weekly customer. She is a single mom to a sweet little 5 year old girl so she hasn’t had any developments or interest in the relationship department until Will comes along. Will keeps buying bakery goods for this girl, Melissa, and Charlotte assumes it’s his girlfriend but it’s really his sister(the reader knows this quickly but Charlotte doesn’t) 🤣 So things go on from here as Charlotte works through her wedding festivities and gets to know Will throughout the process as Will is the best man in the wedding she is working on.

Super cute like I said — I love how we had a layer of depth with Will and his sister’s disability and his past, also with Charlottes past. There was a little faith content that was nice to see too. Overall a cute fall romance 🥰

The Perfect Arrangement - Katie Ganshert
3.5 Stars 

Amelia meets Nick accidentally by running into his car when she is spying on her ex's wedding. She ends up sending a lot of emails back and forth with the Nick and they start getting to know each other. Really sweet story, if you like You've Got Mail type storyline, this is for you. I didn't connect with the characters as much here like I did in the first book but still a cute fall novella.

Love in the Details - Becky Wade 
4.5 Stars 

Second chance romance that had a great ending ❤️💕 So cute. Holly and Josh broke up many years ago when Josh’s mom asked her to so he could focus on his career and college life at MIT. Fast forward to their late 20s and a Josh is back in town to help his best friend get married. He runs in to Holly since she is the church wedding coordinator and sparks start to fly all over again. Neither have gotten over each other but Josh never knew the real reason she broke it off so long ago. The story takes off here and she helps plan the wedding and they start to rekindle what they had.

Really enjoyed this💕💕

Overall, this novella collection is a fun one for the fall and great for the hallmark movie lover, cheese but not too much!

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3tHi4Xp

YouTube Review Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt-U-nf5HX8

The Art of Losing Yourself by Katie Ganshert

 

The Art of Losing Yourself - Katie Ganshert - 4 Stars - An emotional rollercoaster!

What an emotional rollercoaster ya'll! I read this as one of my friend Oceana's favorite books and I really enjoyed it! Beautiful faith content and characters who truly went through hard things. This was almost a 5 star read but the ending was a bit flat as I felt like it ended too abruptly and I wanted more resolution with the characters but I still really enjoyed it.

We follow 2 sisters, Carmen and Gracie. Carmen is known as a famous Florida meteorologist with her husband Ben, the handsome and popular football coach. On the outside, they look like they have it all together in their marriage. But inside, they are hurting. After Carmen has suffered through 6 miscarriages, their marriage is struggling from all the grief and hurt experienced. Then we have Gracie - Carmen's 17 year old sister who is struggling from dealing with her mother's alcoholism and the wrong crowd in school. She continues to have rough patches in school and getting in trouble. Her mother wants to send her to her Dad's but she runs away from home and ends up at her aunt's old boarded-up motel and crashes there for a few days before Carmen realizes she is there. Carmen takes in Gracie and you wonder how the Lord is going to use each other's circumstances and this broken down motel to bring each other back to life.

Like I said, I really loved the faith content and the story was SO emotional - trigger warning for multiple miscarriages, character with dementia, struggling marriage, processing grief, etc. Also, if you are looking for a "happily ever after" - that's not this book but it is a realistic view of how God is always there in life's storms and struggles we face. I'm so glad I read this and look forward to more of Katie's books.

Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5421275981
Amazon: https://amzn.to/44TNJlp
YouTube Review Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mHWHokCowI&t=103s