Adult Review – Even if Nothing Else is Certain – historical romance
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Welcome to the Blog Tour for Even If Nothing Else Is Certain by Amy Willoughby-Burle, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Title: Even If Nothing Else Is Certain
Series: Love for Certain #2
Author: Amy Willoughby-Burle
Publisher: Fireship Press
Release Date: March 27, 2024
Genre: Historical Romance (clean)
Even if nothing else is certain … love still is.
Ruby Foster loves her job as a Pack Horse librarian, but secretly she dreams of being a nurse. Since there are no schools for nursing in the hills of rural Kentucky in 1937, Ruby contents herself with harvesting medicinal plants, delivering her beloved library books, and dreaming. Dreaming mostly of a life that doesn’t leave her living in the past. Until one day she discovers that “past” camped out by the Hell for Certain creek. Could it really be Cole, the one who left her heartbroken so many years ago? Just when she starts to believe in her dreams and hope for love again, Cole reveals his true colors. Or is the truth she sees only another illusion? When nothing else in the world seems certain, can the bonds of friendship bring one searching heart and one lost soul together again?
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My Adult Review
Willoughby-Burle, Amy. Even if Nothing Else is Certain. Tucson, AZ: Fireship Press, 2024.
A Love for Certain, book 2
As a former librarian, I enjoy stories about the pack horse librarians. Even if Nothing Else is Certain is set in the hills of Kentucky, in a town named Certain. Author Amy Willoughby-Burle doesn’t include much about the pack horse librarian program, it is more a vessel for the story. One thing that disappointed me was the (I thought) excessive use of the word heck. I felt like the word was unnecessary.
Cole’s father was a swindler and Cole wants to right the wrongs of his father. He is fearful about how he will be treated by the town that chased his family out of town 15 years ago. Cole and Ruby were teens together and interested in each other.
Ruby became a pack horse librarian but her real interest is nursing. She reads all the medical-type books that come into the library. She is also interested in medicinals which helps her in the community.
The underlying theme of Even if Nothing Else is Certain is forgiveness and righting wrongdoing. Christian principles are evident in parts of the story.
Even if Nothing Else is Certain is an adult novel. Because of the language I cannot recommend the book for a K-12 Christian school library.
I received a complimentary copy of Even if Nothing Else is Certain. This is my honest review.
About the Author – Amy Willoughby-Burle
Amy Willoughby-Burle is an award winning fiction author living in Asheville, NC with her husband and five children. Her fiction focuses on the importance of family and friends and centers on the themes of forgiveness, second chances, and finding the beauty in the world around us. She is the author of the novels The Lemonade Year, The Year of Thorns and Honey, The Other Side of Certain and Even if Nothing Else Is Certain. Her short fiction has been published in numerous journals and in her collection, Out Across the Nowhere.
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Tour Giveaway
(1) winner will win a $25 Amazon Gift Card, signed copies of The Other Side of Certain and Even if Nothing Else is Certain, and librarian & plant themed bookmarks, stickers and postcards!
(1) additional winner will win a signed copy of Even if Nothing Else is Certain!
Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight April 1, 2024 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on April 8, 2024. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
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Sounds like a great read.
I’m excited to read this.
Thank you for sharing your honest review of Even if Nothing Else is Certain, this does sound like a book and series that I will enjoy reading
This looks really good. Thanks for hosting and sharing this tour.
I was interested as soon as I saw the words “ Pack Horse librarian.”
This sounds like a great book thanks for sharing!