Ten years have passed since Megan Garrett graduated from high school, and when her reunion rolls around, she’s less than enthusiastic about going. From blonde, big-haired, popular cheerleader dating the admired Dylan Carlisle to a now single, boring, (unsuccessful) real estate agent, Megan hopes she will be able to blend into the woodwork. Wrong. Only minutes into her reunion, Megan is humiliated by her former boyfriend and kissed by a classmate she hardly remembers. She can’t get away fast enough.

Fast forward a couple of days when a charming older woman walks into Megan’s real estate office and specifically requests Megan to not only sell her house, but find her a lot on which she will build her new home. Shocked at prospect of all the money she’ll make off of the sales, Megan is even more shocked when her client sets her up on a blind date with her son, which Megan finds out is her former classmate who humiliated her at the high school reunion by kissing her. What happens next is a wild ride where Megan finds out how to love, and how to lose.

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Shannon Guymon’s “A Trusting Heart” originally starts out as a funny, intriguing story, but quickly deteriorates into an unbelievable this-could-never-happen-in-real-life fairy tale. Megan is a likeable character, but the love story that unfolds between her and her former classmate is utterly ridiculous. For example, I have yet to meet a woman whose boyfriend has given her a credit card to use with a $500,000 credit limit (yes, 1/2 a million dollars!) Not only is this an actual situation from the book, but the story deteriorates from there as far as reality goes.

“A Trusting Heart” was interesting enough, but not really my type of book. If you’re like me, you enjoy the romantic lightheartedness of many current LDS novels without being overwhelmed by heavy, googly love. This book is for you if you like being whisked away by stories that only “happen in the movies”, otherwise, I would recommend something with a little more substance and reality.

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“A Trusting Heart” was written by Shannon Guymon and published by Bonneville Books, 2002.