Lone Star Book Blog Tour: The Spark of Love by Amanda Cabot (review and giveaway)

“We all make mistakes, but only strong people admit their mistakes and make sure they don’t repeat them.”

The Spark of Love by Amanda Cabot sends the reader back to Mesquite Springs, Texas, continuing the series with another exciting tale filled with lies, fake personas, friendship, and love. In 1857, high-society girl Alexandra Tarkington has been living with her Aunt Helen in New York since the death of her mother. Her father, Calvin Tarkington, visits only occasionally, leaving Alex to believe she is unloved and a disappointment. When a suiter’s advances become too forward and borders on violent, Alex decides to flee to her father’s side in Mesquite Springs, Texas. On the last leg of her journey, Alex shares a seat on the stagecoach with Gabe Seymour, who is intent on seeing Calvin as well but for a very different reason.

Secrets and lies swirl throughout Alex’s life the minute she meets Gabe, but the immediate attraction between the two is anything but false.

The Spark of Love is the perfect addition to the Mesquite Springs series and could be read separately. Several characters, however, do overlap, so reading them in order is advised. Plus, all the books are delightful, so you won’t want to miss a single thing.

Even with love blossoming all over the place, The Spark of Love has enough evildoers and mysterious happenings to keep Alex on high alert because she knows her adamant suiter, Franklin, from New York won’t stop until he claims her as his wife and amasses her fortune in the process. Will she be safe in Mesquite Springs with her father and with Gabe always by her side? The readers know almost everything, but several characters, including Gabe and Calvin, are harboring several explosive secrets that could destroy Alex beyond repair. So much is going on in this story, but Amanda Cabot expertly stitches everything together in a thrilling tapestry adorned with emotional revelations that explode bit by bit, leaving both the reader and the characters catching their breath and marveling at how the strength of such genuine love and devotion can vanquish so much greed and lies.

The pacing is quick as Gabe and Alex interact and are falling in love one minute and then encountering unexpected dangers the next. Recurring themes in this book and across the entire series are friendship and true love. When new people make their way to Mesquite Springs, which is an oasis in a world of scams and lies, they encounter friendly faces and kind hearts, and no one can apparently resist Evelyn’s famous oatmeal pecan pie. With their own kind hearts and friendliness, both Alex and Gabe fit right in with all the other wonderful inhabitants of this growing Texas town.

Amanda Cabot always creates such interesting characters and riveting plots, with just enough adventure and danger to even out the sweetness of infatuation and happily ever after. If The Spark of Love is your first book by this incredible author, then it will no doubt spark your interest in discovering her other books and series. You’re in for a treat!

Enter the giveaway below on or before March 18, 2022, for a chance to win some fabulous prizes.

I received a free copy of this book from Lone Star Book Blog Tours in exchange for my honest review.