This Wandering Heart by Janine Rosche

This Wandering Heart by Janine Rosche ISBN-13: 9780593100509 Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Berkley Books Released: May 5th 2020

Source: Review copy from the publisher.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
No one in the quaint town of West Yellowstone, Montana knows that unassuming geography teacher Keira Knudsen moonlights as sensational travel blogger Kat Wanderfull. No one, that is, except for her first love, Robbie Matthews, who has just discovered the woman he is falling for online is the same one that broke his heart five years ago.

But Robbie has another problem: the mother of his daughter, Anabelle, has resurfaced after a three-year absence determined to rip Anabelle away from him. Robbie needs a steady paycheck for a chance at custody, and now, on the eve of a grand adventure that could give Keira a chance to flee her old, troubled life once and for all, she is in need of assistance.

But the more time they spend together, exploring majestic places and sharing new experiences, the closer they get--until their secrets and dreams threaten to cost them everything.


My Review:
This Wandering Heart is a romance novel. The characters were complex and reacted realistically to events. Robbie and Keira were likable, and I cared about what happened to them. Keira came from a controlling, abusive home and, in high school and college, Robbie helped her to break free of that and pursue her dreams. She helped him with his learning disability and never made him feel stupid, like many others around him. Despite their loving, supportive relationship, a misunderstanding and insecurities caused Keira to suddenly join a missionary trip. Robbie married another woman while she was gone. At the start of this book, they started seeing more of each other again and ended up working together while traveling all over as Keira worked as a social influencer. They slowly worked through the misunderstanding, but can they work as a couple when various stressors threaten to pull them back apart?

There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this enjoyable novel to fans of contemporary, clean romances.


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