Book Review for Keeper of My Heart by Traci Borum

 

Keeper of My Heart by Traci Borum

Published:  December 1, 2025 by Red Adept Publishing LLC

Taken from Goodreads:  Lexi Price runs an antiques shop she inherited from Gigi, her great-grandmother, in the charming Texas town of Morgan’s Grove. When Lexi stumbles on a mysterious necklace once owned by Gigi, she becomes curious about the secrets her great-grandmother may have been hiding from the family.

Lexi enlists the help of Graham Faulkner, a handsome history professor with an affinity for World War II-era memorabilia. Together, they unravel clues about the necklace and discover that the mysteries run even deeper than they realized. Their search takes them on a quest that spans eight decades and multiple generations.

As they work, Lexi and Graham grow closer, but Lexi’s relationship hang-ups stand in the way. Will Lexi’s past prevent her from accepting the same once-in-a-lifetime love Gigi discovered all those years ago?

 

My Thoughts:   Everything is this book tugged at my heart.   Lexi’s relationship with her Gigi and the way she carries on the traditions while also making the store hers is perfect.  I love how much she cares about the store and knows that things have to advance in order to stay in business.   Graham is the perfect professor.  He is the one to step up to help Lexi find the story behind the necklace.   I love how cautious he is of his own heart and of Lexi’s heart.  He is the perfect gentleman. 

 Keeper of my Heart is the perfect sweet romance with minimal heat.  There is no doubt there will be a HEA but the path to get there is fun. I enjoyed the setting, the characters, and the storyline so much that I did not want the book to end.  

 Thank you to the author for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

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Meet the Author (taken from her website): Traci Borum is a writing teacher and native Texan.  She's also an avid reader of women's fiction, most especially Elin Hilderbrand and Rosamunde Pilcher novels.  Since the age of 12, she's written poetry, short stories, magazine articles, and novels.

Traci also adores all things British.  She even owns a British dog (Corgi) and is completely addicted to Masterpiece Theater--must be all those dreamy accents!  Aside from having big dreams of getting a book published, it's the little things that make her the happiest:  deep talks with friends, a strong cup of hot chocolate, a hearty game of fetch with her Corgi, and puffy white Texas clouds always reminding her to "look up, slow down, enjoy your life."