Heartward

By: Andrew Grey

Narrated by: Roman Ford

He doesn’t know that home is where his heart will be….

Firefighter Tyler Banik has seen his share of adventure while working disaster relief with the Red Cross. But now that he’s adopted Abey, he’s ready to leave the danger behind and put down roots. That means returning to his hometown—where the last thing he anticipates is falling for his high school nemesis.

Alan Pettaprin isn’t the boy he used to be. As a business owner and council member, he’s working hard to improve life in Scottville for everyone. Nobody is more surprised than Alan when Tyler returns, but he’s glad. For him, it’s a chance to set things right. Little does he guess he and Tyler will find the missing pieces of themselves in each other. Old rivalries are left in the ashes, passion burns bright, and the possibility for a future together stretches in front of them….

But not everyone in town is glad to see Tyler return….

©2019 Andrew Grey (P)2025 Dreamspinner Press

Classic Andrew Grey

I loved the characters and the plot. Andrew Grey’s stories pull me in and I often listen in one day or read in one day. My only complaint is the narrator. At the beginning he almost seemed to recording something he had never seen before. Either he got better during the book or I got accustomed to it because he wasn’t irritating me as much. This would have been a 5 with a better narrator.

Heartward is heartwarming

A sweet, earnest love story with a bit of small town intrigue. Great dialogue, both in writing and in performance, colorful characters distinctly voiced, solid pacing, and a believable world skillfully brought to life. The central relationship develops as a slow build (burn?) with a satisfying payoff.