The Key to My Heart

A Novel

By: Lia Louis

Narrated by: Victoria Fox

A Goodreads Most Anticipated Romance

A heartwarming novel about hope after loss as a young widow receives mysterious messages of love from the “must-buy author” (Jodi Picoult) of Eight Perfect Hours.

Sparkly and charming Natalie Fincher has it all—a handsome new husband, a fixer-upper cottage of her dreams, and the opportunity to tour with the musical she’s spent years writing. But when her husband suddenly dies, all her hopes and dreams instantly disappear.

Two and a half years later, Natalie is still lost. She works, sleeps (well, as much as the sexually frustrated village foxes will allow), and sees friends just often enough to allay their worries, but her life is empty. And she can only bring herself to play music at a London train station’s public piano where she can be anonymous. She’s lost motivation, faith in love, in happiness…in everything.

But when someone begins to mysteriously leave the sheet music for her husband’s favorite songs at the station’s piano, Natalie begins to feel a sense of hope and excitement for the first time. As she investigates just who could be doing this, Natalie finds herself on an unexpected journey toward newfound love for herself, for life, and maybe, for a special someone.

Critic reviews

"Narrator Victoria Fox’s heartfelt delivery and beautiful voice complement this story about finding hope and an identity after tragedy. Natalie's husband died more than two years ago, and she wanders around her creaky cottage struggling through each day. She used to perform for large audiences and have a full life. Now, she only plays for strangers on a public piano at a London train station. When someone starts to leave sheet music for songs with a deep connection to Natalie, she feels excited once more. In her quest to solve the mystery, she develops new friendships and reconnects with loved ones. Fox’s Irish and British accents are fantastic, and she employs fake crying hilariously. Forced, bright tones are used to perfection."

Sweet, smart, touching!

Lia Louis is so very gifted! This is my 3rd book of hers, & I loved each one more than the last. The writing is witty and poignant. The plot is fun and thoughtful. I loved it!!

Loved it!!

Such a well formed story line!! Wonderfully written and well narrated!! So enjoyed listening!! Thanks:)

It was so cute!

I was very happily surprised with this! The perfect cozy read for December! And the cover for this book is absolutely adorable as well

Story of grief

Overall nice read. A bit sad but there are interesting characters and unique depictions of coping with loss.

Great story

This is the third book I’ve read by Lia Louis and I truly love the way she writes