Memories are especially sweet, when you have so few of them left… mom, but is left wonder whether she’s the one who really needs to heal. Especially as a certain handsome therapist named Jack keeps finding more and more reasons for them to spend time together.
What will be left of Kate when her mother leaves her behind? And can she justify spending time with Jack when she knows her mom’s time left on earth is limited?
Join Kate and Liz at this healing Anchorage horse ranch in an unforgettable tale of new beginnings, second chances, and finding where you belong. Start reading THE HAPPIEST PLACE today!
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BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN HOPE
MEMORIES OF HEAVEN is the third book in the Memory Ranch series. Re-released as The Happiest Place (Alaskan Hearts #6). Each story in this series does stand on its own, but I recommend them all.
Finding happiness and hope when all seems impossible, that is the theme of this story. To continue to live for yourself, to take of yourself while caring for those you love, this is paramount for a caregiver to remember.
Jack’s patience with his patients, with the little foal named Hope, and with Kate are all beautifully written. Kate learning that she doesn’t have to do it all alone reached into my heart and squeezed, squeezed, squeezed until I paid attention too.
Yes, this story is a little on the heavy side, but it is so beautiful and inspiring that I would invite anyone to read it.
Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Title: MEMORIES OF HEAVEN
Series: Memory Ranch #3; Alaskan Hearts #6
Category /Genre: Christian Romance
Recommended for: 16+ due to adult themes
Grammar/editing: A – near perfect
Received from: Melissa Storm (as an ARC gifted copy)
This beautiful story of love, loss and hope hit very close to home for me and was an emotional roller coaster that I didn’t want to leave. Thank you, Melissa Storm, for addressing Alzheimer’s disease and the heartbreak of aging parents while also sharing a beautiful love story. This is a book I will not soon forget.
This was a sweet story. Kate’s mother has early-onset Alzheimer’s and it is progressing before Kate’s eyes. She’s determined to spend every possible minute with her mother while she can. Her mom’s therapist, Jack, keeps finding reasons to spend his free time with Kate and Kate is torn between devoting her time to her mother and whether she has room in her heart to let another relationship develop. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to others.
Memories of Heaven by Melissa Storm and Kay P. Dawson, while a work of fiction, has so much truth in the telling. While there is not a set way Alzheimer’s disease progresses, Kate’s mother’s disease progresses pretty quickly. Kate holds on as best she can to her memories of how life used to be with her mother. She does all she can to get her the treatment she needs and to take care of her as Nancy had once taken care of Kate. Jack, Nancy’s therapist, tries to get Kate to take some time for herself so as not to burn out, but Kate always refuses. After an incident of her mother wandering Kate blames herself for not being there. Jack, with unending patience, explains it is not her fault and stands by her as she sorts it through and distances herself from him. A wonderful, sensitive story of an awful, incurable disease. A must read that I highly recommend.
Kate is losing her mother to a terrible disease Alzheimer’s. They are at Memory Ranch, trying to make the most of their days, while Kate works with the horses and Jack, the therapist, help her mother adjust. CAn Kate and Jack have a future together when all Late want to focus on is her mother? Is she going open her heart and let Jack help her?
Memories of Heaven by Melissa Storm and Kay P. Dawson is an intriguing story about the heartbreak of Altzheimer’s Disease, finding oneself and love. Kate’s mother has Altzheimer’s; Kate is her only family. Both mother and daughter must learn to adjust to this frightening disease. The Memory Ranch is a special place in Alaska where people can be treated for different types of memory loss. Kate’s mother is a patient there and Kate is working with the horses so that she can be close to her mother. Jack is the doctor who is working with Kate’s mother to help her through the different stages of this disease.
Can Kate and Jack find each other? Can Kate let herself fall in love and allow someone into her life to help her?
This is a wonderful story that give you some idea how early-onset Alzheimer’s affects both the patient and the caregiver. This book is filled with emotions, but happy and sad, that will keep you turning pages well into the night. Oh, and there are horses!! I highly recommend this book. I received it as an advance reader copy and I always review every book I read. Enjoy!
Another heartbreaking yet heartwarming tale
This third installment in this impressive series is about Kate. She’s slowly losing her Mom. To Alzheimer’s. The Memory Ranch takes her Mom in while she works as a ranch hand. She never expects to find love.
The message is LOVE. L.O.V.E. And I loved this book. The horses are fantastic. And I just really felt it, in my stomach, in my eyes (they may or may not have been tearing up), I felt it everywhere. Deeply.
Kate is losing is her Mom to Alzheimer’s. This book was about several different relationships and how each deal with this disease. Loved Jack and how he was with Kate and her mom Nancy. A romance but so much more. Loved the ending – it was the best!!!!
What a touching story about losing someone you love and cherish to the horrible disease of alzheimers. Kate must watch her mom suffer this horrible disease and forget her past memories with her. Memory Ranch is a ranch who helps people deal with their memory loss and how the disease will progress. This beautiful story will touch your heart and feel the sadness that Kate is dealing with. Losing the only family she has left will break her heart and have her deal with knowing she will be all alone soon and know what nott to do. Grab your copy today and enjoy another touching story by Melissa Storm
This is one of the best books I have read in a very long time. It brings to light the struggle of Alzheimer’s Disease. The tolls it plays on Kate’s mother as she progresses rather quickly through the diagnosis, and the tolls it takes on Kate as her only family and primary care giver. Jack is Nancy’s Therapist. He is there to support them both throughout the disease.
Jack has fallen in love with Kate. Kate has had an infatuation for Jack for a long time, but feels acting on it and being happy would take away from her Mother. She cannot let that happen. Soul searching and hearing the hard truth from Jack may just be what Kate needs to learn that she can be happy and still be there for her Mom. I cried many times during this book, but the last 3 chapters I outright bawled. Melissa Storm and Kay P. Dawson have outdone themselves with this book. I say Bravo to you both!
I received an ARC of this book and am choosing to leave an honest review.
This story grabs your heart strings and holds on tight. You feel for Kate and all she’s gone through and currently living through. Jack, almost too good to be true, almost. I held my breath in a few places throughout the story, waiting to see what would happen with each scenario. The love & patience of that man has is amazing!
Nancy, (Kate’s mom) touched my heart, watching (reading) what she was going through, hit so close to home, what a horrible disease. I’m so glad the end result didn’t happen in the story and I loved she was there for “the” special day.
Amazing characters, great friends and family, both 2 legged; Brenna, Matt, Howard, Elizabeth, and Marty, and we can’t forget the 4 legged ones, Buddy, Bonnie and of course Hope.
Pick up a copy of this clean awesome book today!
I received an ARC of book and this is my honest review.
This is a touching, captivating, clean and well-written story
This story has great sadness, acceptance of what is and great everlasting love as well.
I applaud Ms. Storm for spotlighting a disease we as a society tend to forget.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Very emotional story, not only because of sickness of a parent but also the support and love that Jack pours into her at a time when she really needs it but can’t see that she needs or deserves it. This really touched the heart and is a tear-jerker, joy and sadness. Love this, very well written, captivating clean romance. I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation from the author.
Memories of Heaven hit close to home for me. I lost both of my grandmothers to Alzheimer’s. It’s hard to watch somebody you love lose themselves’ to this disease and take your heart along for the ride. I understand the journey, so Kate’s plight was an even more emotional one for me. I applaud Ms. Storm for spotlighting a disease we as a society tend to forget. Not only did she touch my heart, she inspired my soul.
This was such a touching story for so many reasons! The disease of Alzheimer’s is a very devastating diagnosis, especially for the family and for our heroine, Kate, she’s alone in the world and her mom is slowly leaving her as her memories fade. She doesn’t know how to deal with it because it’s always been just the two of them and they are close. Kate works at Memory Ranch and has brought her mother with her to receive care there. Kate loves working with the horses there and her mother can receive counseling with Jack, the therapist at the ranch. As Nancy’s condition worsens, Kate grows closer to Jack as she tries to process everything in her life. I really enjoyed the road that Kate follows. I can only imagine how hard it would be to watch a loved one slowly slip away into a person who didn’t know you anymore. The physical person is still there but their memory isn’t. A very touching story of love, loss and horses! I loved the horses!