Book Review: Change of Heart by Jude Deveraux

Jude Deveraux introduced me to romance novels! Ever since I read her “A Knight in Shining Armor”, I finally understood the appeal of the romance genre to readers!

Being nerdy growing up, I’m a voracious reader of sci-fi/fantasy. Oh yes, I understood about romance and love interest. After all, we have Princess Leia and Hans Solo on Star Wars and Cmdr. Will Riker and Deanna Troi in Star Trek. “A Knight in Shining Armor” proved to me that romance and sci-fi/fantasy can mix.

So, when I got hold of “Change of Heart” and found out that it is the story of Eli Harcourt, boy genius and his childhood friend Chelsea Hamilton who grew up to be a fashion model, my first thought was, “Finally, Jude Deveraux wrote a story just for me!”

Told in a third person account, the story begins when Eli and Chelsea were 12 years old and they played matchmakers to Eli’s mother Miranda and billionaire Frank Taggert. They succeeded!

Fast forward 20 years; both of them are still single and looking for their one true love. Eli knew that it has been Chelsea all along. But Chelsea did not know and it would take a lot of convincing from Eli for her to see the truth.

Written in Jude Devereaux’s signature poetic prose, readers fall in love with young Eli and Chelsea and that love transcends when those two are presented as two adult characters.And that is where the genius in the story telling can be found! The Eli and Chelsea as adults are as adorable as when they were children. We see their maturity, but we still the little boy and the little girl we fell in love with in the beginning of the novel.

A great read! Change of Heart is Rated M for Mature due to sexual content.

Description

Two childhood playmates grow into more than just friends in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux’s full-length romantic novel based on her short story of the same name.

In the hugely popular, New York Times bestseller A Holiday of Love, Jude Deveraux wrote a novella about two kids playing matchmakers—Eli and Chelsea, best friends who were determined to find true love for Eli’s bighearted mother. But what happens when these ambitious children grow up? What exactly made Eli’s mother, Miranda, fall in love with Frank all those years ago? And how does that affect their future together?

Eli and Chelsea lost touch with each other over the years, until Eli bought a house in his father’s hometown of Edilean, Virginia, and invited Chelsea for a visit. She had her own life, and was certain that a childhood friendship could be anything more, but she went nonetheless—and found herself quite unprepared for the changes she saw in Eli. And neither of them were prepared to run into a mystery, with a family that needed to be rescued. Now, just like when they were children, they must join together to straighten out a very big problem. The question is what happens after the mystery is solved; they are very different people—so can they stay together?

Combining love and passion with sweet, unexpected twists, and shedding new light on Miranda and Frank’s relationship, Change of Heart is an unforgettable addition to Deveraux’s classic bestselling novels.

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