By Gini Rainey
The third book in her Morgan’s Grove series, Traci Borum absolutely hits another home run with a story about small town life and romance. Although the residents in this small Texas town, just a hop, skip, and jump from Austin, have either a historical or familial connection, each her novels can be a stand-alone read.
Centering on the life and times of Lexi Price, we are introduced, not only to the busy-ness of her successful small-town antique shop, but also to the intrigue of the World War II romance of her great-grandmother. Not unlike other romance stories, Keeper of My Heart touches on the pain of failed 
relationships, but definitely focuses on moving forward and opening up to new possibilities.
While exploring the history of a beautiful pendant that had belonged to her great-grandmother, Lexi is led to ask for the research help of Graham Faulkner, a University of Texas history professor. While searching the attic of Gigi’s home, she and Graham find a packet of ribbon-tied letters from her love that Gigi had tucked away. This not only helped Lexi to learn of Gigi’s love for a fallen hero, but also helped her open her own heart to a new relationship.
In the course of this story we also meet Graham’s sister, Shelley, who resides in an assisted-living home. While Shelley is a minor character, the love and acceptance of her specialness is not lost on the reader and adds a certain depth of reality to this book, and I thank Ms. Borum for that.
I found it interesting that while focusing on life in Morgan’s Grove, Borum also made a neat connection to the Cotswolds, the region in England which is the setting of another of her series. If you’ve not explored the writings of Traci Borum, I encourage you to do so now. And although this review is about Keeper of My Heart, I have read all of her other books and have come away mighty glad that I did. I think you will too.
5 of 5
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