Happily married to her college sweetheart, Poppy lived a blessed life with the husband of her dreams. Then everything changed. She is no longer a wife. She is no longer the envy of her single friends. Now, people look at her with pity as they whisper a single word behind her back.
Widow.
Years after her husband’s tragic death, years of pain and sorrow and wishing for the life she’ll never get back, Poppy decides to finish Jamie’s birthday list. She’ll do the things he wanted to most. Because maybe, just maybe, if she can complete his list, she can start to live again.
Poppy expects going through the birthday list will be hard. She expects it to hurt. But what she doesn’t expect is Cole. Could the man who delivered the news of her husband’s death and shattered her heart be the one to help her put it back together again?
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REVIEW
5 "In a Heartbeat" Stars
The Birthday List is my first read from Devney Perry and what a beautiful, emotional, honest, sincere, inspiring and up lifting read i got from a new to me author. Devney Perry you broke my heart and built it back up again in such a way as to give hope where sometimes you feel hopeless.
I honestly don't know where to start when it comes to this review. I want to tell you all the wonderful moments in this read and i also don't!
I want you to read and fall in love with this heartbreaking, soul finding read, about love, loss and finding peace and happiness again. When at one point you never thought you'd find the light again.
I was so drawn into Poppy and Cole's journey, i cried, i laughed and my heart broken right along with them. I just adored this book and all it's characters. I think it really says something about the authors writing skills, if that after you have finished a book each and every character you could easily discuss. Secondary characters are usually just that but with this book you could relate to each character. Weather it was on an emotional level or weather it got you thinking about how you would react in the same situation.
One of my favourite quotes from the book is this...
"The rest is still unwritten..."
just these simple words held so much for me about a persons future. Each day is a new page added to our own personal stories.
A beautiful story that i would most definitely recommend.
Turning to the door, I smiled, ready to greet my late-evening customer, but faltered as the door closed behind him.
Cole Goodman was walking my way.
My belly dipped as I took him in. His aviator sunglasses were perched on top of his chocolate-brown hair. A black polo stretched across his broad shoulders and pulled tight across his muscled arms. His pale-blue jeans molded to his Herculean thighs before draping down to his black, square-toed boots. The leather belt on Cole’s trim waist held both a shining badge and a holstered gun.
Cole smiled and locked his light-green eyes on mine as he crossed the room.
His straight, white teeth made my breath hitch—something that had happened last night more times than I wanted to admit.
Molly, who had turned around from her seat to greet our customer, spun around so her back was to Cole. Her cheeks flushed as she whispered, “Wow.”
Wow was right.
Cole Goodman was—simply put—gorgeous.
He could give a woman a speeding ticket and get a thank-you in return. He inspired women to attempt push-ups in a karate class just for the chance to watch him sweat through his gi. Cole made grown women blush like teenagers and giggle in corners, like those girls at the dojo last night.
Devney is the USA Today bestselling author of the Jamison Valley series. She lives in Montana with her husband and two children. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home with her kids. She loves reading and, after consuming hundreds of books, decided to share her own stories. Devney loves hearing from readers! Connect with her on social media.
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