REVIEW: Linny’s Sweet Dream List by Susan Schild

Linny’s Sweet Dream List by Susan Schild is a book about finding what makes you happy and going for it. It is a story about moving past your mistakes and finding happiness and success in your life, in your career and finding your HEA. This Linny’s story..

Linny is a two time widow. Her first husband and the love of her life died after having an allergic reaction to a spider bite. Her second husband died of a heart attack while cheating on Linny. Not only did he cheat, he milked Linny dry and left her under a pile of debt. Having no money, no prospects, Linny is forced to return home and live in her mothers rental trailer. Wanting to find happiness, not sure what direction she should take Linny begins to make a list, her Sweet Dreams List. What she is looking for in a career, what she is looking for in life, what she is looking for in love. As Linny works to check off the stuff on her list she does not anticipate meeting and falling for the handsome town vet Roy.

Roy has been burned in love before. His ex cheated on him with his best friend and is now trying to limit the amount of time that he gets to spend with his son. He is not looking for love, but when he meets Linny the sparks fly and things between the two of them start to heat up.

This book has humor, with Linny’s mom and her friends, with Roy’s son, with Linny’s sister and her friends, it kept me rolling. It has heartbreak, when Linny realizes that she has been played by her cheating husband. It has hope, as Linny begins to realize what truly makes her happy, and that she needs to take charge of her own destiny.

If you enjoy strong female characters, sweet animals, funny situations, and a beautiful HEA, than you will love Linny’s Sweet Dream List by Susan Schild.

Book Info:

Publication: January 5th 2016 | Lyrical Press, Inc |

Set in the off-beat Southern town of Willow Hill, North Carolina, Susan Schild’s moving and witty novel tells of one woman who loses everything—and finds more than she ever expected.

At thirty-eight, Linny Taylor is suddenly living a life she thought only happened to other, more careless people. Widowed for the second time, and broke, thanks to her cheating late husband, Linny has no house, no job, and no options except to go back home. There, in a trailer as run down as her self-esteem, Linny makes a list of things that might bring happiness. A porch swing. A job that nourishes her heart as well as her bank balance. Maybe even a date or two.

At first, every goal seems beyond reach. But it’s hard for Linny to stay in the doldrums when a stray puppy is coercing her out of her shell—right into the path of the town’s kind, compassionate vet. The quirky town is filled with friends and family, including Linny’s mother, Dottie, who knows more about heartache than her daughters ever guessed. And as Linny contemplates each item on her list, she begins to realize that the dreams most worth holding on to can only be measured in the sweetness of a life lived to the fullest…