Welcome to Keating Hollow, the magical village full of love, family, and spirit.After Hanna Pelsh lost her sister over a decade ago, she vowed to live her life to the fullest. And she does just that. When she’s not running the family coffee shop and volunteering her body to research for the mysterious disease that took her sister, Hanna dives head first into every adventure she can find. The only … find. The only problem? The man she’s loved since she was fifteen doesn’t seem able to commit.
Rhys Silver has his dream job working at the Keating Hollow brewery. The only thing missing is a partner by his side. He’s known who he wants for as long as he can remember. He also knows he’s no good for her. But when the worst happens, he has a choice to make… overcome his fears or lose her forever.
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The Witches of Keating Hollow series has been a blast. I’ve been devouring the books off Kindle Unlimited.
I just love the small town of Keating Hollow. It’s a wonderful magical community where everyone knows everyone and what’s going on. Each book in the series brings us a new couple to enjoy as well as new drama and emotional struggles. I just love the light magical feel and the heartfelt romances. This series is full of facing what life throughs at us, healing oneself, finding love and family and friendships.
Hanna Pelshlost sister died to a mysterious disease and she spends her time letting the doctors study her. Rhys Silver works at the brewery. He’s got everything he wants except a partner to share his life with.
Hanna & Rhys’s romance is a slow build, but its worth the wait. It’s a decade of mixed signals, mixed up communication and wacky ideas on how someone should feel instead of letting them decided. These two are full of life and love. I laughed, cried, and got frustrated at times too. It’s a journey full of love, friends, and family.
Rated: 4 Stars
Courage of the Witch by Deanna Chase is the fifth tale in Witches of Keating Hollow series. Hanna Pelsh is part owner in the Incantation Café with her mother. She bakes up tasty treats while her mother, Mary manages the café. Hanna has been missing her friend, Rhys Silver since he pulled away over a year ago. They had been friends for a long time, and Rhys helped her deal with the loss of sister, Charlotte to a rare autoimmune disease. Just when they were starting to get become more than friends, Rhys suddenly pulled back. Rhys works at Townsend Brewery where he has been working on a new line of ciders. He keeps active, but Rhys misses Hanna. After what he learned about a year ago, Rhys does not feel it would be fair to Hanna to become more than friends. Mary Pelsh and Barb Garber decide to set up their children. Hanna is introduced to Chad Garber a pianist who has just moved to town and he immediately invites her out to eat. Rhys sees the pair together and the green eyed monster rears its ugly head. It is time for Rhys to make a choice regarding Hanna. Tell Hanna what he learned that caused him to withdraw from their relationship or let her go forever.
Courage of the Witch is part of the Witches of Keating Hollow series and I believe it is better if you read the books in order (they build upon each other). Courage of the Witch is well-written (as are all of Deanna Chase’s stories) with steady pacing. Deanna Chase has an engaging writing style that draws the reader into the story. Hanna is a vibrant woman who loves to bake, spend time with her friends, and yearns for someone special in her life. She thought Rhys was that person until he told her that they should just be friends. Hanna began falling in love with Rhys when he took her to a dance in high school when her date stood her up. He made it a very special night. Rhys Silver is charming, kind and loyal. He is in love in with Hanna and does not want to see her hurt. Misunderstanding and miscommunication always lead to trouble. Hanna and Rhys have a difficult path ahead of them, but the result is worth it. As it says in the book “love is messy”. There is laughter, heartbreak, love, drama and tears in this steamy paranormal romance. I like the magical elements included in the story. I just wish there was more of them. I do want to let readers know that the story does contain foul language. Courage of the Witch is an emotional, heartwarming romantic story that is a must read for fans of Deanna Chase.
Although the stories of all four Townsend girls have wrapped up, I never truly got the feeling that the series was final. There were always smaller side characters in the town that are waiting for their time to shine. This book is still difficult since it’s facing the demons from Hannah’s and Reece’s childhoods, but it isn’t quite so debilitating as Dreams of the Witch was. The characters are all well established and loved, and easy to keep reading about. The change in character for Hannah’s mother was a shock and disturbing but is somewhat explained as the story continues. This one is more of the ultimate high school sweetheart story. Hannah is sweet but fiery and daring, and Reece is pig-headed and stubborn when it comes to her safety so it makes you want to cheer Hannah on even more. The ending is perfect and sweet. As always, the final chapter is a bridge into the next book and makes you immediately want to read more. I’m so invested in this series by now that I couldn’t stop if I wanted.
Hot!!!
This series just keeps getting better!
The attraction between Rhys and Hanna is HOT!! Rhys may be my new boyfriend. I loved how these two kept trying to fight destiny but somehow they would find each other to only see Rhys fight it. Hanna is a tough chick. This book was such a thriller seeing how adventurous Rhys is and how he’s willing to show Hanna even though he can be all over protective. So cute!!
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Gabra. She does a fabulous job and I feel like I’m at Keating Hollows with the gang and am watching them as the scene plays out. Fabulous.
Keating Hollow
Hanna Pelsh has always loved Rhys Silver then last year he gave them a romantic chance not just the friend zone. Its didn’t last long for no reason at all he dumped her back in the friend zone breaking her heart. Now he wants to be friends again just friends until he finds out she about to move on to another guy . This hot and cold thing will not work any more for her. Her heart can’t take any more.
Rhys has a dream job in his home town along with doing xtreme sports he has everything he wants. Everything but the women he loves because he can’t get over a fear he has that he will end up like his dad and grandpa.
Oh my what an emotional roll a coaster ride! I loved it. I laughed and teared up. It was awesome that a story could pull me in and make me feel for the characters brilliant. Its has amazing characters, drama, love, romance, and so much more. I couldn’t stop listening. I love the women reading her voice is so smooth she did a fantastic job. This story is not to be missed
10 stars
Well, it’s about time Hanna got her man! I’ve loved these two characters since they were introduced. Poor Hanna has been toiling away just waiting for Rhys to notice her all this time. Their adventures made me laugh so hard. This is a true treat fro fans of this series. I’d totally move to Keating Hollow!
Great characters with whom you can quickly relate.
Enjoyed following this group of characters. They are well written and believable.
Hanna was successful. She ran the family coffee shop. She sought excitement, living the life she promised after the death of her sister from a debilitating disease. Absent is the commitment from the man she loves–has loved for years. He keeps putting her in the friend zone. And yes, they are friends, but they are more and she’s tired of waiting for him.
Rys does love her and wants her. But he has something stopping him. It doesn’t stop him from wanting her, protecting her. Their on again off again friendship is becoming a problem. When he sees her dating another man he has to reevaluate his hesitancy.
The whole town is like one big family with the fun cousins and grandparents as well as the over-protective parents. Her friends (some have had their own stories in the series) have found their own loves. Oh, yes, and the town is full of magic and witches with the best of abilities. It is a good story with humor, great characters, and impossible problems. But are they or can love, magic, and a little science change things?
Don’t worry about not reading the other stories, although I certainly recommend them, this one stands alone as to all the other books.
Hanna Pelsh was preparing her friend, Faith’s, latte at the Incantation Café and fortifying her with a cupcake and cookies. Faith was exhausted and had to beg off of their girls’ night rendezvous. Faith had been extremely busy lately with her new business, needed to immediately hire a trained therapist to cover the heavy workload, had a new man in her life who had a young child, and her house was being rebuilt. It unfortunately left very little spare time for their girls’ night, and Hanna missed her friend.
Hanna was adding ingredients to the mixer in the back room when there was a knock at the front door and she heard Rhys Silver announce himself. Why couldn’t she get over him? He had pulled away from her over a year ago with no explanation. He had been there for her when her sister, Charlotte, died of a rare autoimmune disease. She had cared very much for him and losing him had been painful.
Rhys really misses Hanna and the relationship they were developing, but Rhys didn’t feel it would be right to become more than friends with her after what he had learned a year ago. He was ready to apologize and get their friendship back on track. He went over to the Café and asked for coffee, a scone, and a dinner date. He had been asking every Friday recently, but Hanna kept refusing to go out with him. Hanna’s mother rushed out to her, all excited. Mary used the fact that Chad Garber has recently moved back to town to suggest to Chad’s stepmom, Barb Garber, that Hanna would be delighted to show Chad around town tonight, reacquaint him with the locals, and have dinner with him. Rhys told her Hanna was NOT available tonight since she was having dinner with him. But after an argument, dinner ended earlier than expected.
Hanna finally gets to meet the very handsome, charming Chad who helps her carry baked goods to the event at the book signing at Hollow Books. Along the way, the two flirt and he invites her out to dinner the next evening. After the bookstore, he invited her to lunch and they headed to the brew house. But when Rhys sees Hanna and Chad with each other, he feels the barbs of jealousy – and panic. He needs to make his decision about Hanna before he ends up losing her. Will he confess the secret that made him walk away from her, why they couldn’t be a couple? Will he risk Chad and Hanna getting serious and cutting him out of her life?
I can’t say enough good things about this incredible book! The love, caring, and friendship the characters have for each other just pulls everyone in, and believe me, it makes the reader care about the wonderful characters the author has brought to life. The story line is amazing, with communication once again being a key component to sorting things out! You won’t want to miss this Keating Hollow story! It touches the heart!
Oh wow, seriously wow, the build up to Hannah and Rhys story has been slow and somewhat torturous for a die hard Deanna Chase fan…lol
Was it worth the wait? Absolutely positively 1000% YES…
Talk about a decade of mixed signals, mixed communications and wacky ideas on how someone else should feel without letting them make their own decisions.
In the end Hannah and Rhys learnt the most valuable lesson of all ‘Love will always win out if you both truly believe’
I really enjoyed everything about this story, the drama, the anxiety building, the tears and the unconditional love from everyone Keating Hollow is more than a magical town, it’s a magical family filled with love and joy, no matter what they always have each other’s backs.
I have to say I’m really exited for Luna and Chads story and come on Deanna, Brian needs his HEA to
Loved this story! Keating Hollow is a fictional town but I would love to live there…
Hanna and Rhys’s story is a wonderful love story
Hanna is trying to help find a cure for the disease that killed her sister…
Since Hanna’s sister died, Hanna, is living her life to the fullest because she has the gene of the disease in her…only thing that is missing in her life is someone to love
Rhys is also living his life to the fullest because he doesn’t know if his life will end like his Dad’s with a major heart attack. He is taking precautions by living healthy and seeing Healer Snow…will it help or is he a ticking time bomb?
Rhys loves Hanna since they were in school but things always happen to keep them apart…
Will Rhys and Hanna get together or will someone else walk into their lives?
A truly magical town filled with witches…
Highly recommend if you like magical witch stories…great series
Romance is not my first or second choice for reading; I like it, but it’s not a favorite. However, when it comes to writing, I trust this author to deliver a great book, and this book just goes to show why. This book was filled with tears, love, laughter, and more tears. I am not a crier, but this book (as did the ones before it) made me sob like a baby. I just loved the strength, love, and affection of Hannah and Rhys. My heart was just so happy (no, I’m not usually this sappy, trust me). If you love this series, this one will definitely satisfy. If you haven’t read the series, you can start with this one, but I’d start at the beginning just so you can get the full effect. Great, simple, wonderful romance book and series with a tiny bit of paranormal! I highly recommend this book and series; I was provided the e-book which I voluntarily reviewed.