Swan Hearts

Plum Valley Cowboys, Book 4

De: Emmy Sanders

Narrado por: Blake Lockheart

Longtime friends. Blurred lines. And the secret that threatens it all.

Jake

There are three things my best friend Nash Dupree and I are good at. Fishing. Fighting. And another F-word that sure isn’t friendship.

Nash has been by my side for the last thirty years, but despite our long, complicated history, there are some things the town bartender still keeps close to his chest. And now those secrets are threatening to tear us apart.

That friend of mine may be running from his feelings and tackling ghosts only he can see, but I refuse to let him run away from me just because he’s scared.

I love that stubborn fool, and after everything we’ve been through, I’m not giving him up without a fight.

Nash

Since the moment I set eyes on Jake Hanson, he’s had his hook in me. No matter how hard I tried to keep the lines of our friendship from being muddled, I was powerless to resist his pull.

But the big-hearted veterinarian deserves more than I can give. And if he found out the truths I’ve been hiding, he’d see me as another pet project to doctor and mend.

I never meant for us to get so tangled together, and if we could go back to those simple days spent fishing out on my dock, oblivious to what the future had in store, maybe I could do things differently. Maybe then, I wouldn’t keep hurting Jake.

But I can’t erase my past mistakes. All I can do now is make things right. And hopefully, when I’m long gone from Plum Valley, Texas, Jake will finally understand the truth.

That he’s better off without me and always has been.

Swan Hearts is a friends-to-lovers romance spanning three decades and told in dual, alternating timelines of present and past. There’s mutual pining, an on-again/off-again dynamic, a good dose of angst, and one hard-fought HEA. It’s book 4 in the Plum Valley Cowboys series but can be listened to as a standalone.

©2022 Emmy Sanders (P)2024 Emmy Sanders

Not my favorite in the series but still enjoyable!

3.5 rounded up. I wanted to smack Nash upside the head like 20 times. Not enough to stop reading but certainly enough to dock 1 star.

Good but not best in series

I have loved this series and I do like the book and a chance to see other characters from past books. But it not as good. I have read other slow burn romances with a storyline of long wait for love. But, the reasons were better than this one. Yea, it was explained and consistent with the character but still felt contrived to create a barrier. Though, the menagerie is adorable.

What an impactful story!!

This addition was hands down the strongest, most powerful and emotional story thus far. The depths of which Nash was constantly fighting against himself, his feelings for Jake, the generational curse that was embedded into his psyche was so deep, carrying so much weight in emotions that most people is never going to understand just how reputable generational trauma can become. I truly connected with him because of the understanding of what it’s like to be raised in superstitions and those feelings are validated in their minds. I am happy Jake stuck by him through it all, even if it took a long while but their love was so strong and pure that every heartbreak was worth the pain.

Blake does such an incredible job capturing these moments throughout. I have always been impressed by narrator’s who can differentiate between more than one character with ease, too!! The emotional connection between these characters has been embedded into my brain for years to come!

This series is everything

I absolutely loved this book. Blake is perfect, the story is amazing, and I can’t wait for the next book to come to audio!