Cross My Heart

A Novel

By: Megan Collins

Narrated by: Gail Shalan, Chris Andrew Ciulla

From Megan Collins, a twisty and “terrific” (The New York Times) novel about a heart transplant patient who becomes romantically obsessed with her donor’s husband.

She has his wife’s heart; the one she wants is his.

Rosie Lachlan wants nothing more than to find The One.

A year after she was dumped in her wedding dress, she’s working at her parents’ bridal salon, anxious for a happy ending that can’t come soon enough. The recipient of a life-saving heart transplant, Rosie knows her health is precious and precarious. She suspects her heart donor is Daphne Thorne, the wife of local celebrity author Morgan Thorne, who she begins messaging via an anonymous service called DonorConnect, ostensibly to learn more about Daphne. But Rosie has a secret: She’s convinced that now that she has his wife’s heart, she and Morgan are meant to be together.

As she and Morgan correspond, the pretense of avoiding personal details soon disappears, but as she digs deeper into Morgan’s previous marriage, she discovers disturbing rumors about the man she’s falling for. Could Morgan have had something to do with his late wife’s death? And can Rosie’s heart sustain another break—or is she next?

The twists and turns kept me from putting down this book

Such a good read! I loved the Taylor lore and current events, coupled with the mystery and twists!

Good twists, unhinged characters

This was an entertaining to a point, but the characters were frustrating in their level of decision-making and general behaviors. But it did keep me guessing, and I appreciated the mixed media.

Predictable but kept me reading

I feel like this was a super predictable book. I wasn’t a huge fan of the narrator but overall, it was easy to follow along and kept me interested.

Loved the twist and the red herrings

Red herrings were great. The big twist was good too. Narrator was good. FMC sometimes made bad and foolish choices.

The twists are great, but you don’t loose focus or get super confused. Twist after twist…!

I love everything about it! You never want to stop listening! I did call a main part of the book, but I was back and forth on my ending a few times, but stood my ground on the synopsis.