Roots Before Branches

Where Your Heart Belongs #3

by Paulette L. Jones

Ashley Case opens the 3rd chapter of the "Where Your Heart Belongs" Series

Ashley's life leading up to this point had been spent leaning on her close-knit family and living in her brother's shadow. Despite many people's predictions, Ashley has created a life to call her own. A life exceeding what many expected for the little sister of "Superstar" athlete, Brandon Case.

As Ashley heads into what should be the happiest day of her life, she is a bundle of mixed emotion. Events that had been slowly unfolding in her life have now started to tumble over with reckless abandon. The realization of having to stand on her own has hit her and all of these missing pieces start to cause Ashley to question her choices. She begins to wonder exactly where her heart belongs.

Always secretly hoping to find answers to the questions plaguing her for a seeming eternity, Ashley feels her way through heartaches and tragedies. Join her as she discovers how her roots are the foundation for truly spreading her branches.

391 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 31, 2015

About the author

I'm just out here letting my imagination have some fun. Considering all the things life throws at us, daily imagination is needed.

Music and reading of just about everything have been my go-to for relaxing or escaping reality for as long as I can remember. When I combined the two with a pen. Author Paulette Jones became official.

Come with me through these steamy, dramatic, entertaining journeys that make you believe in the impossible. Thank you again for taking this walk with me. I love the not-exactly-perfect and the endings full of promise. I truly hope you enjoy it.

Reviews

[Paulette L. Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ashley Case opens the next chapter of the "Where Your Heart Belongs Series" She is a bundle of mixed emotions heading into what is supposed to be the happiest day of her life. Events that have been unfolding in her life have started to tumble over. Under the surface she has been feeling her way through the heartaches and tragedies in her life hoping that one day she will have the answers to the questions that have plagued her for what feels like an eternity. In her own right she has developed a life beyond what many expected from the little sister of the superstar athlete Brandon Case. Since most of her life has been spent simply leaning on her close net family, now as she heads down the aisle to the next phase of her life all the missing pieces start to cause her to question the choices she has made and wonder exactly where her heart belongs. Join her as she discovers all her roots are what help her spread her branches.

[Audrey Silver · Rating 5 out of 5]

My nerves stood on end in this one. I never felt like i could see the end (which is a good thing right??) but i keep moving not that it was hard. Ashley keep me laughing and crying and at times so dang on angry I had to a little break a couple time. But this is exactly what i needed in the third book to see all the characters come full circle so to speak and even though this one gave me some lost answers I cant wait to see where the author takes the next one. Read this one you wont be disappointed.

[Alona Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow....I read so much I sometimes look over those who are not in my normal circulation. This author has officially found a fan in me. Where do I start with this? Ashley Case I read the bits and pieces of her from the previous to books and to be honest I wasn't sure what to expect. How could you know with only bits and pieces. But boy did she deliver from beginning to end. Ashley lived....and learned even more about how to continue to live. I have to say this was full blow story and if I hadn't known of her from the other books I would still have loved her. I would still love the person she is that stood up to the challenges life handed her. Wow....I had a great holiday and this just finished it off right now I move onto the new year.

[Paulette L. Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ashley Case is a bundle of mixed emotions heading into what is supposed to be the happiest day of her life. Feeling her way through the heartaches and tragedies in her life, hoping that one day she'll find the answers to the questions that have plagued her. Developing a life beyond what many expected from the little sister of the superstar athlete hasn't been easy. Now all the questions and missing pieces start to cause her to question the choices she has made and wonder exactly where her heart belongs. Join her as Ashley discovers all her roots are what help her spread her branches.

[Dee Cherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this 3rd part of the Where The Heart Belongs series, Ashley experienced a lot of trials & tribulations in her life. I thought a good job was shown detailing her experiences during her college life, her close relationship with her brother Brandon & as well as her mother. The storyline had a nice flow that held my attention and made this a relaxing, enjoyable read. Characters were relatable & realistic. While I've read the 1st part of the series, I was impressed that this story read like a standalone novel. I am looking forward to reading this series in its entirety. I was gifted a copy of this novel by the author in exchange for an honest review. This is a book that I would recommend.

[MIchelle RIvera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ashley will be OK just have some growing up to do