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Rock My Heart: What will it take for her to stay? Paperback – September 12, 2021

by Emma Nichols (Author)
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Escaping the pain of the loss of her wife by burying herself in her work as an ER doctor is no longer an option. Completely burnt out, Maddison Hernandez is close to making a tragic mistake that could end her career and cost someone their life. With her sanity on the line, the extended vacation she’d reluctantly booked to the sleepy town of Austin, Nevada, can’t come soon enough. But when Maddie meets Devin at the Wild Horse n’ Retreat, she will need to come to terms with more than she anticipated.

Devin’s life couldn’t be more different than Maddie’s. It’s simple, wholesome, and she’s surrounded by nature and those she loves. She has an affinity with horses and works with them to help emotionally troubled kids. Alice is one of those kids. But having had her heart broken by her ex and abandoned the idea of adopting a child, Devin has vowed never to get too attached to anyone ever again. Can she stop her heart from breaking twice as Alice grows closer to her and her feelings for Maddie deepen?

Rock My Heart is the latest page-turner from bestselling lesbian romance author, Emma Nichols.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09FSGVCGJ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (September 12, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 282 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8475682531
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.64 x 8 inches
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Emma Nichols lives on the stunning Mediterranean island of Corsica, with her French wife and two children. She served for 12 years in the British Army, studied Psychology and an MBA, and published several non-fiction books under another name, in sports peak performance, before dipping her toes into the world of lesbian fiction.

As one of the UK & USA's top bestselling lesbian romance authors - Emma's books, with her strong female leads, atmospheric writing, and plot twists, will keep you turning the pages long into the night.

If you're looking for the perfect holiday read then look no further than the Vincenti Series (Finding You, Remember Us & The Hangover), Ariana, Elodie, and Rock My Heart. Need something a bit more gritty then check out the Sicilian mafia-inspired romance - Cosa Nostra & Cosa Nostra II. For laugh-out-loud romantic comedy you will love the Duckton by Dale series - Summer Fate, Blind Faith & Christmas Bizarre set in the British countryside. For tales of forbidden love your perfect reads are Don't Tell Me Who To Love, Forbidden & historical lesfic, Madeleine. Emma's latest lesbian romance, The Politician, sees our protagonist fight not just to become Prime Minister but for the love of her life.

You can discover more about Emma's books at www.emmanicholsauthor.com.

Enjoy and remember to connect with Emma on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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dulaine
5.0 out of 5 stars I love books like this
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023
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The healing power of horses and a one true love. That is magical. All the hardships that Maddie,Alice and Devin has suffered in their lives that can be eliminated by the right people that surrounds and supports each other. And even having other friends and family and community in that mix, along with the horses, powerful stuff right there.

An amazing book with hard hitting content and really issues and fears.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent story overall, but lack some key development
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2021
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I loved the story; I'm a huge fan of found family stories, particularly involving kids. The two main characters were very well developed, I felt like I knew them pretty quickly. They both went through some growth and overcame their fears in a way that was riveting and fully engaging to read about. I didn't get a very clear picture in my mind of what they looked like, I felt it could have used a bit more description when it came to what all the characters looked like. It's hard for me to fully picture things playing out on my mind as I read if I'm having to make things up, then continually readjust as it went on. Alice was a great character too, however I felt she could have been way more developed. First, I didn't know her age until the epilogue, and it was hard to determine from her dialog because she is a foster kid, so developmental things like how she talks could vary greatly for her age in a way a kid from a stable environment might not vary. For the record she's ten, so if you're about to read the book, now you know. Other than a few emotional outburst and one pretty understandable incident she shows basically no signs of trauma, which doesn't really track. She reads more like a orphan from a stable family environment than a kid who spent ten years in and out of the foster system with an mother who is a drug addict and possibly a prostitute, and various step father like figures who were not very good people. She doesn't act out, she warms up to strangers extremely quicky, she allows herself to be emotionally vulnerable almost immediately with adults she barely knows...which doesn't really make sense for a kid who's been abandoned and neglected by various caretakers.
I've had some experience with kids from rocky backgrounds, and Alice doesn't really fit the bill. We also don't see her grieving hardly at all when she experiences extreme loss. I get that there's only so much the book has time to show, but those things could have been touched on and referenced.
If a little more time had been spent with Alice's character, considering how integral she is to the story, I would have give this book the full five stars.
This is definitely worth the read, and I'll read more by this author, I suspect their writing will only get better, and I really loved the heartfelt goodness of this novel.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this book
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2021
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This is a very good book. The characters are very well written and likable. The horses are a big part of the book provides healing and love. The interaction between the characters and the horses is very sweet. Very sweet romance and new beginnings with adoption of Alice. Thanks for another winner.
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Patricia L. Vander Kamp
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing journey of trusting again to love …
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2021
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Devin has a gentle strength and so much love to give. She must learn to trust again. Maddie’s strength lies in her dedication to her profession and trying to recover from the loss of her wife, Lizzie. Alice is an old soul needing the safety and love of a family that Devin and Maddie (and all of the other characters) can give. She’s had a fractured childhood that can only be healed with love, trust, and respect. An excellent read! I unequivocally, heartily, and enthusiastically recommend this and any other works by by Emma.
Thank you Peace
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Lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars rock my heart
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2021
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What a fantastic story and I loved the characters. I really enjoyed it. My family raised American Quarter Horses and I could appreciate the angst with Lightning. Loved Alice and the family they created. Happy for Cody and Ella too.
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4.0 out of 5 stars heartwarming
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024
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It’s a good Love story with a happy ending. Little to no sex. With an ending that just pops up on you.
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RSL
3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better...
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2021
The premise of this story sounds really good to me, and I'd never read Emma Nichols before, so I decided to get it from KU. It could have been a great story, but unfortunately, it just didn't measure up. The problem is the writing -- it feels passive, rather stiff at times, and doesn't flow all that well. There are far too many dry, expository sentences that simply catalog what happened, which makes the action feel remote. There wasn't a lot that dragged me into the story, or allowed me to get into the characters' heads. I felt like the author was just reporting and I was just listening or distantly observing.

This was especially true of Maddie coming to terms with her feels over her wife's death -- the key point of the book. I was simply told that it happened, and to an extent why, without really feeling what Maddie was going through. The same goes for her developing feelings for Devin and Devin's for her. "Distant" describes the feeling of almost all of this book.

Probably because of this, Maddie comes across as a rather stiff and formal person -- certainly not someone who would allow themselves to be called Maddie. Clearly, this is partly the intent -- Maddie is a damaged person and closed off -- I still found it jarring and I wasn't entirely sold on her attraction to Devin. Devin comes across as warmer -- again by intent -- but the issues she was dealing with also came across as muted.

In an abstract way, the story has a lot of good things to say about dealing with loss. That made the weakness of the ending more apparent. Since the ending is well known in a book like this (we know there's going to be an HEA), it's how the characters get to the ending that matters -- the journey, not the destination. Something profound and hopefully transformative should happen, and while Maddie does undergo a transformation, her inner conflicts in the very last part of the book make no real sense. Given what's she's been through, she ought to know better. So the conflicts feel like they were just made up to add some drama and angst to the end of the story, because the standard romance formula say so. That diluted much of what was previously said that was worthwhile.

I have to agree with what other reviewers have noted about Alice, the foster child in the story. While I liked her, she did seem usually trusting and well adjusted for a child of 10 with her upbringing. She's presented as being a "problem child" (and how could be be otherwise?), but this really isn't shown in the story. Perhaps the idea was to show how special Devin and Maddie are, but if so, it didn't seem to be entirely convincing. So I agree more development could have helped the story.

The ending also felt very rushed. It comes abruptly and there's no moment between Maddie and Devin, which was disappointing. The epilogue was predictable and kind of pro forma, and didn't add much, although was a sweet ending.

Other than that, the editing felt a bit shaky at times. I wouldn't have noticed that in a book that was more engagingly written, but in this case I did. There are repetitions that made me go back and try to figure out why someone was saying the same thing twice, people sometimes appeared out of "nowhere" (seeming to be in one place, then suddenly popping up in another), and at times, it was hard tell who was speaking.

Also, descriptions were rather sparse, and I didn't have a clear picture of what the characters looked like. (Especially Cody -- I can't recall any description of what she looks like at all.) That didn't help me connect with them. There were also a few times when Maddie's behavior puzzled me a bit (it didn't seem quite consistent with her being an MD). That might be due to my lack of a strong connection with her.

Lastly, Emma Nichols is British, but she did a good job capturing life in Nevada and the people there. I didn't detect that she was British right off, as is often the case when British authors write books set in the US (and I'm sure the converse is much more apparent -- I personally would never attempt to write a book set in the UK with British characters), so perhaps unfortunately, that made the instances of British vs American usage all the more apparent. Again, an editor should have caught those. That added to my feeling that things were handled in a bit of a slap-dash fashion.

So, with more vibrant immersive writing, some more attention to detail, and a stronger ending, this could have been a great story for me. Sadly, it wasn't.
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Roselyn Grodzicki
5.0 out of 5 stars A down to earth connection, with all the characters with there foibles and needs.
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2023
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This is the best book I have read in a long time. So many women just jump into the sexual piece. It is the wants and the hand holding, that makes us want to need the physical and mental connection.
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Jessica Correa
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring
Reviewed in Brazil on January 10, 2022
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This is one of the most mature stories I've read in a long time. The characters are in their 40's and this brings the need to be more reflective, sensible, thoughtful, (but not mandatory, of course, some people just never reach this level of maturity) and the author brought it all to perfection. I loved every detail of the plot and it was all so inspiring.
Thank you for the experience.
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C. A. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Keep the tissues handy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2021
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As you would expect from a book by Emma Nichols, you will be taken on a journey with well rounded characters you will quickly come to love. First though, you will travel to places you will see clearly, so well are they described. I would rather visit the sleepy town of Austin, Nevada than the concrete jungle of New York, that`s for sure. I could see those Neolithic drawings in the caves very clearly. I so wish I could`ve continued with horse riding lessons when I was a kid.
I couldn`t put it down to be honest, although I had to, to sleep! I was totally gripped by Maddie`s life (I know first hand what burnout is like after a life time working for the NHS), & understood her need to escape & recharge. As for Devin, what can I say? A beautiful person inside & out. Then there`s young Alice, who captured my heart as much as she captured theirs.
You`ll need the tissues though, to mop up the tears you won`t be able to stop falling from time to time.
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Hazel
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Reviewed in Australia on September 29, 2022
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Having a love of horses this book suited me in so many ways. Great story with true emotion you can feel the characters and the love between them. Would recommend this book to anyone.
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JJ1
4.0 out of 5 stars Heart leads
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2021
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Slow burner but a lovely read. Love Dev especially as she was patient to both of the other characters. Lovely family
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Springa
5.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in Australia on March 17, 2022
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Very enjoyable reading.
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