A String of Paper Hearts

Maple Leaf Chronicles #4

by Sarah Holman, Kelsey Bryant (editor)

A rejected invitation to a dance sends Jeremiah Clark spinning and evaluating what is important in life. Can he change to be the man worthy of the girl he has loved for a long time?

Pace was shocked when the wrong Clark brother asked her to the dance. However, as she faces hardships, she is forced to confront the person she is becoming. Can she become the woman God wants her to be amid the trials?

Inspired by Pride and Prejudice

175 pages, Paperback

Published September 20, 2024

About the author

Sarah Holman lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Scott. When not working on her next novel, she can usually be found hanging out with her family, reading, or hiking at state parks with her husband. If there is anything adventuresome about her life, it’s because she serves a God with a destiny bigger than anything she could have imagined. You can find out more about her at her website, www.thedestinyofone.com.
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Reviews

[Katja Labonté · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars. Okay, I wanted to love this. I love Sarah Holman’s books as a general rule. But this one just fell flat for me. I never clicked with Pace—she felt more told than shown—and I really didn’t like Jeremiah for the solid 70% of the story. My guy, eating politely isn’t being a gentleman, its being a DECENT HUMAN BEING. I wanted to like him—I relate to being loud, distracted, physical—but I felt like he was just over the top and complaining about people not liking him when he was being obnoxious. I also felt like their arcs were super rushed and not shown, just told? And I HATED Pace’s home life. I know, that’s part of P&P, but it just made me so uncomfortable—which shows it was well done, just too much for my sensitivity. I recognised the Pride & Prejudice elements and appreciated how the author made them Christian, and maybe I’ll like this story more on a reread!

**I read this story in A Very Bookish Romance **