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| Boldwood Books 9 September 2025 My thanks to the publisher for the book and Rachael’s Random Resources for the invitation to the blog tour |
For A&E nurse Eden Grainger, Port Kara offers more than just a safe haven. It's a chance to break free from her ex Jesse and start a new life. Her focus now is solely on her four-year-old son, Teddie, whose autism means he sees the world in his own unique way.
A guarded heart…
Pathologist Drew Redford prefers to keep himself to himself in the busy hospital. Shaped by family loss and navigating life with high-functioning autism, he finds comfort in certainty. But when Eden and Teddie enter his world, an unexpected connection forms, especially through his gentle interactions with little Teddie.
A kindred connection…
Despite a growing fondness, both Eden and Drew are cautious. Eden is wary of repeating old mistakes, and Drew struggles with letting people in. But Teddie continues to bring them together and Eden thinks this could be the start of something really special. But when Jesse returns, Eden is thrown into turmoil and makes a mistake that could cost her everything.
Now Drew must decide if protecting his heart means losing the unexpected warmth Eden and Teddie have brought into his life.
📖 My Review..
Returning to this series of books set at the Cornish Country Hospital is like meeting up with old friends. In Mending Hearts at the Cornish Country Hospital we meet A&E nurse Erin whose sympathetic nature endears her to both patients and colleagues alike. Her careful efficiency however hides a reticence and a sense of hiding away especially as we get deeper into the story and learn of her family life with her delightful young son, Teddie, who is the light of her life. When she meets Drew, one of the hospital’s pathologists they immediately strike a rapport and realise they have much more in common than they could ever have realised.
Beautifully written, this is really lovely story which shares the many joys and occasional difficulties, of having a child with autism and is done in such a heartwarming and life affirming way that you can’t help but be drawn into Erin and Teddie’s story. Drew is such an amazing character, I really loved him from the start and, of course, I hoped that they would all get their happy ever after. However, it’s not all hearts and flowers as there are some quite difficult moments in the story which explores the danger surrounding coercive behaviour and with it being set in a hospital there are also some details of trauma and bereavement but it’s all handled really will and the author has an empathic writing style which keeps everything ticking along really smoothly.
Mending Hearts at the Cornish Country Hospital is the sixth book in the series and can be read as a standalone story.
About the Author
Jo Bartlett is the bestselling author of over nineteen women’s fiction titles. She fits her writing in between her two day jobs as an educational consultant and university lecturer and lives with her family and three dogs on the Kent coast.
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