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Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Holding on to Hope by Janet W. Ferguson, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

When wedding planner Hope Rodriguez's friend needs her to plan a last-minute destination wedding in Wyoming, she is eager to jump on a plane and head west. Her own love life has been going nowhere for years, and she just found out the guy she's dating now doesn't believe in marriage. At least she can help Andrew and Caroline have the big day they deserve.

Facing an uncertain future after some things he didn't see coming, Caleb Donnelly joins Hope in order to help in any way he can. He might not know much about weddings, but he knows he's been in love with Hope since he was a teenager. She's never looked his way and he would never do anything to risk the friendship they share.

But as one thing after another goes wrong, Hope and Caleb find themselves spending more and more time together, supporting one another and trying to make this wedding happen according to the bride's wishes. As Hope begins to see Caleb in a new light, will he be brave enough to hold on to her?

I always love how Janet W. Ferguson portrays characters with real, everyday faith. Caleb's relationship with God centers him, and Hope sees the kind of faith she wants when she looks at Caleb. There's an emphasis on relationships and marriages that honor God and are faithful to Him and each other.

Although there are a number of funny moments as things keep going wrong, I found my suspension of disbelief was stretched a bit about the comedy of errors and a few other things as well. Still, if you're looking for a light read that highlights a beautiful part of the country and also packs a serious wallop in the faith department, this book is one for you.

I received my copy of the book from JustReads Publicity. All thoughts in this review are my own.

About the Book

Title: Holding on to Hope

Series: Coastal Hearts

Author: Janet W. Ferguson

Publisher: Southern Sun Press LLC

Release Date: April 1, 2023

Genre: Christian Contemporary Romance

A fun road trip romance to the Grand Tetons!

Always the wedding planner, never the bride.

Hope Rodriguez loves planning weddings. There’s nothing more special than helping a bride become a princess for a day, but she’s not sure that’s her calling in life anymore. If only she had her own special someone. Her only current prospect leaves her with more questions than answers about where she falls in his list of priorities. Yet, when a lifelong friend asks her to plan a destination wedding across the country in only two weeks, she’ll have to figure out how to pull off the impossible…alone.

After being burned as a child and deserted by his family, Caleb Donnelly has an intimate relationship with pain. Despite all he’s endured, one ache refuses to leave him—the throbbing in his heart where Hope is concerned. So when Hope needs help with their friend’s wedding, he can’t stop himself from volunteering to travel two thousand miles to Jackson, Wyoming. As long as he keeps his feelings in check, he might not ruin their friendship. Because a beautiful woman like Hope could never love a scarred man like him.

When Hope and Caleb’s plans go up in flames, it’s their hearts that might never recover.

Grab your copy of Holding on to Hope...a Southern Contemporary Christian Romance novel from the Coastal Hearts Series.

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About the Author

Janet Ferguson

Janet W. Ferguson is a Christy Award finalist and the FHL Readers Choice Award winning author of realistic inspirational fiction. An avid reader, she loved books so much she found a job as a librarian so she could be around them all day. Then she turned that love of story into writing faith-filled novels with characters who feel like best friends. You’ll laugh and cry as the quirky heroes and heroines chase their happily ever after.

Janet and her husband live in Mississippi where they say y’all a lot, and she forces him to visit the beach as often as possible. They have two grown children, one really smart dog, and a cat that allows them to share the space.

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Tour Giveaway

(1) winner will receive a print copy of Holding on to Hope, a throw, a Hope rock & a Hope cross knickknack.

Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight April 17, 2023 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on April 24, 2023. Winner 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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