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  1. lcjohnson1988
    Indiana
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Awesome
    April 1, 2015
    lcjohnson1988
    Indiana
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for Hearts That Survive: A Novel of the Titanic.
    This is a riveting story set in an era where social class determined much and a marriage to someone who wasnt in the same class was appalling. John and Lydias marriage based on love and mutual faith takes place on the night the unsinkable ship struck an iceberg. Their love and faith bathed in redemption grips the heart of the reader, dragging them into a whirlwind story that takes away ones breath.

    Other characters in the story, some of which were real people, bring back the night of April 1912 on the maiden voyage of Titanic. Like others, I have seen movies and read novels based on the Titanic that might give the impression that another tale based on the Titanic would be like other books. Nothing could be further from the truth!

    Yvonne Lehman offers both a heartbreaking story coupled with one of redemption. As most tales always have antagonists, this one has one by the name of Craven Dowd the president of a railroad who sees himself as the protector of an heiress, Lydia. Every time I read in the novel what the man was doing or not doing I kept getting the sense he wasnt what he appeared to be to others. You will have to read and make that determination for yourself.

    Other delightful characters like Molly Brown and the Astors bring delight and joy to the celebration of John and Lydias marriage. After that fateful nights events, Lydia along with other survivors must decide through the fog what their lives are to become now that nothing will ever be the same. In the pages, faith is a theme that enraptures the soul of some while others dont see the need for it and live without it. Each character grapples with finding peace or answers sometimes without those answers as to how a God could allow such a night to pass with so many lives lost.

    I read this magnificent tale in one sitting. I simply couldnt stop. The powerful message of forgiveness and redemption comes through all the way to the last page! I hope whether youre a fan of the Titanic story or not that you will read a novel that will surely bring you to an exciting conclusion!

  2. Cynth
    Fort Worth, TX
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Excellent story!
    October 10, 2012
    Cynth
    Fort Worth, TX
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Was an awesome story and will recommend to many. I loved it!
  3. MaureenT
    Syracuse NY
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Great Titanic Love Story
    April 19, 2012
    MaureenT
    Syracuse NY
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    This review was written for Hearts That Survive: A Novel of the Titanic.
    The year is 1812 and Lydia Beaumont is very much in love. Her beloved John Ancell and [one could call him her guardian] Craven Dowd are on the Maiden voyage of the Titanic. Lydia and John are expecting and decide the right thing to do is to marry immediately. You will read a description of how one of the most glamorous and beautiful and magical wedding ends up being.

    The wedding takes place, at 1030pm on the 14th of April 1912. We all know what happened, almost to horrible to even say. Lydia and her baby to be, do survive, as does Craven. There are others that will impact each others lives for decades. There are the children of the famous author Henry Stanton-Jones, Phoebe and Henry. There is also Caroline Chadwick and her maid [friend] Bess.

    This book will hold you spell bound, and you will not be able to put it down. Loved it, but it is hard to read about all the poor people who lost their lives on this ship! Keep the tissues handy.

    I received this book from the publisher Abingdon Press, and was not required to give a positive review.
  4. Heart2Heart
    Victorville, CA
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Will their love survive the fate that awaits?
    April 18, 2012
    Heart2Heart
    Victorville, CA
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for Hearts That Survive: A Novel of the Titanic.
    Lydia Beaumont is about to set out on an adventure of a lifetime that will change her future forever. Being one of the first class passengers embarking on the maiden voyage of the Titanic along with her friend Caroline Chadwick she is faced with a dilemma of the heart. Also along for the voyage are Craven Dowd, president of Beaumont Railroad Company and John Ancell, a toy train maker, whose latest designs are the main interest to the Beaumont Railroad Company. The problem, both men have confessed their undying love and proposed marriage to Lydia.

    Craven is 35 to her 21 years of age, is wise, wealthy, and very handsome; while John has a creative flair for not only designing trains but for poetry as well. It's this innocent heart that appears to have captured Lydia's heart. When Craven learns of her desire to marry John, he vows that her decision is childish and impulsive. In time, she will learn that and see in the long run a better fit would be to marry him instead. Her father will never accept the fact that Lydia would chose to marry John, as he would believe she deserves much better and she is lowering her standards.

    Nevertheless, Lydia and John pursue their new found love and begin planning a wedding aboard the grandest ship in the world. Lydia wishes to marry on the grand staircase if only the captain would be willing. Not that she's in too much of a hurry, but when she learns that an unexpected night of passion between her and John earlier in their relationship, has resulted in her being with a child. Now if she can only find a way to tell John and hope that he will still want to marry her or will that fateful night rob them of the only love that they will ever know before it's too late?

    In the latest novel by Yvonne Lehman, Heart That Survive, brings the readers on board the Titanic once more for a new romance story. This one of a railroad heiress and a toy train maker whose love seems to go behind the barriers of what is acceptable in the rich and famous. Bring back those favorite characters alongside this love story are the John Jacob Astor and Molly Brown, along with the new villian Craven Dowd. Much like the Titanic movie, this one involves a love story between two ill-fated people whose future rests in the hands of God on the night she will sink. Will true love prevail or will this be another love story lost at sea?

    I received this novel compliments of Pump Up Your Books for my honest review and LOVED it! Being a huge Titanic fan, this one won me over initially with the setting taking place aboard the Titanic. Always curious to see where writers will go with a new fictional take on the fated ship, I was so caught up between the love stories of Lydia and John but also that of Caroline and her husband William. This one goes beyond the night of the sinking and shows how the lives of those that survived that night were forever changed. The reader is taken on a journey to see how each of them dealt with the losses incurred that night and how they manage to try to put their lives back on track. I rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars and a MUST READ for any Titanic fan or those that love a hopeful romance!
  5. pnislib
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Great Historical Romance
    February 8, 2012
    pnislib
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for Hearts That Survive: A Novel of the Titanic.
    Hearts That Survive is a captivating historical romance that begins with the maiden voyage of the "unsinkable" Titanic and ends fifty years later commemorating the anniversary with the survivors and descendants of the victims.

    First class passengers Lydia Beaumont and Caroline Chadwick meet and develop a friendship aboard the Titanic. Both women suffer a tragic loss aboard the ship and must try to move on with their lives despite the internal scars created by the sinking of the Titanic.

    The fictional characters are well-developed and intertwined with actual passengers on the Titanic. The main characters were so realistic and their story so believable, that I found myself looking them up on passenger lists from the Titanic.

    The story contains an inspirational message of hope and reminds us that with the Lord our hearts will survive the losses and tragedies we face. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC.
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