A Whole Heap of Wishes: finding love and happiness in the here and now

A Whole Heap of Wishes by Amanda Prowse is the eleventh book in The Wishing Tree series. The upbeat, easy going and outgoing Vera has a popular beauty parlor in Linden Falls. Known for her friendly conversation, Vera holds all confidences are shared within the safety of her salon. Her life is about to be shaken up when she gets a letter from her son announcing his engagement and their impending visit to Linden Falls. While she is excited, Vera is also plagued with anxiety as no one in town knows about her son or his father. With the legacy of her childhood still haunting her, she battles with self-esteem and feelings of inadequacies that she hides her true self from her friends, her town and her son. Can she make peace with the past in order to have a brighter future? 

A Whole Heap of Wishes is a shorter story than the previous books in this series. However it is still a sweet, heartwarming story of life’s choices and finding love and happiness in the here and now. Vera has been seen in previous books and she was always a fun and lively character. In A Whole Heap of Wishes, readers discover she hides pain, shame and low self-esteem behind the fun façade. As one wish came true, Vera hopes for one more. I did find the speed in which Vera’s son, Knox, and his fiancée plan the wedding suspicious. I wondered if there was more than a happy couple so deeply in love? There is a bit of a twist at the end. I enjoyed A Whole Heap of Wishes. I recommend it and the previous books in this series. 

A Whole Heap of Wishes is available in paperback and eBook