ARC Review: Saving Grace


Thank you to Luna Literary for an ARC of Saving Grace.

Saving Grace is about Lelia who is returning to her hometown after ten years with her newborn daughter with her. The baby's father - Drew - is a cowboy that she is known since childhood, the two of them hooked up the year prior and things between them fell apart that same night. 

This might be a little toxic of me but I love the secret baby trope. I just love a man having no clue he has a kid and then getting to watch him become instantly smitten with his kid is just so fun everytime. I also like the way the parents try and skirt around each other because they want what is best with for their kid despite both wanting each other. I like the fuck it moment where they decide that they can be together and co-parent. This book hits every mark perfectly for the trope.

The actual background for Lelia and Drew felt a little muddy. This book is part of an interconnected series but Goodreads does say that reading the first one just gives you insight on the characters. We don't ever get to know much about the night Drew and Lelia hooked up. We don't get to see their relationship when they were growing up. We are just told that they hooked up and that his family was her safe space after her father passed away. I think this book would have benefitted so much from having flashback chapters - letting us read what happened between them would have had be rooting for the two of them even more.

Synopsis:

“We’ve got this, sunshine. Let me prove it.”

Drew Flynn is no stranger to pain. A life of training horses has left his body beaten and bruised, but it’s nothing compared to the brokenness he feels after walking away from the only girl he’s ever loved.

Leila Barrett left Havenwood nearly a decade ago after a near-death experience that left scars—both physical and mental. The only people to keep her pushing forward? Her big brother and Drew.

Until one October night in Tennessee changed everything.

They haven’t spoken since he walked out of their hotel room almost eleven months ago.

Now, she’s finally coming home…with a baby in tow.

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Comments

  1. Kimberly @ Caffeinated ReviewerJuly 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM

    Despite the story not giving you an adequate recap of the couple's prior relationship, this does sound cute.

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  2. Jen TwimomJuly 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM

    I have only read a couple secret baby or accidental pregnancy books. I don't avoid them, but I don't look for them either. They way you describe them makes me want to try more.

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    1. BibliophileBreeJuly 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM

      My all-time favorite of the trope is Reckless by Elsie Silver!

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