Review: Knitted Hearts by Leah Atwood
The very thing you are looking for might be what you didn’t know you wanted.
Maegan Hanson loves her small-town life. She’s following her dream, owning and operating Ye Olde Yarn Shoppe. All her friends are in serious relationships or already married, but she is content being single- it beats having her heart broken again. So far, she’s avoided matchmaking attempts but that abruptly comes to an end.
Judah Langford left North Carolina and all that happened there behind him for a new life in Dogwood Creek. What he thinks is dinner with a close friend turns out to be a matchmaking attempt. He needs a plan to avoid further efforts to manipulate his love life, and he thinks he’s found just the plan.
Neither Maegan nor Judah desires a relationship, and they especially don’t want further matchmaking attempts from well-meaning women. But they could both use a friend, so they decide to fake a relationship.
When feelings turn real, will past pains and betrayals keep them apart or will they find a way forward to knitting their hearts together?
Julie’s Review
First, let me say that while I’m one of the authors in the Dogwood Creek Matchmakers series, I’m also a reader who loves a well-written friends‑to‑more romance. And Leah Atwood absolutely delivers.
Maegan is a small‑town business owner content with her quiet life—at least until the Dogwood Creek Matchmakers step in. Known for their prayers and gentle meddling, one matchmaker arranges for Maegan and Judah to cross paths. The two quickly realize what’s happening and decide to shut down the matchmaking before it gains momentum.
Their solution? Pretend to be a couple.
As their “fake” relationship unfolds, their friendship deepens in the sweetest, most natural way. The progression feels genuine, and Maegan and Judah shine both as friends and as a couple trying very hard not to fall for each other.
Leah weaves in familiar Dogwood Creek places and characters, which longtime readers will enjoy. But if you’re new to the series, you can jump right in—Knitted Hearts stands beautifully on its own.
This novella is a quick, cozy read filled with small‑town charm and a hero and heroine you can’t help but root for, even when they’d prefer to avoid the spotlight. I hope you give Knitted Hearts your full attention. I definitely recommend it.
