Risking Love (Where the Heart Is Book 1)

Risking Love (Where the Heart Is Book 1)

Brenda S. Anderson

  • 4.5 out of 5
  • 708 ratings
  • 296 pages
  • PG

Overall Content Rating: Parental Guidance PG

This appears to be a contemporary faith-leaning romance or dramedy about adults navigating work, family, past relationships, and new connections. Language flagged by search is mostly innocent in context: head-tilting gestures, phone keypads, cigarette litter, and everyday idioms. Where insult-style words appear, they are generally mild and often self-directed rather than aimed at others in profane outbursts. Parents concerned about graphic content will find little in the samples that matches strong profanity, sexual description, or fighting. The main caution is a brief injury scene with bleeding and occasional frustrated self-talk using mild harsh labels. Customer notes characterize the book as wholesome and without vulgar language; no additional sensitive themes from the provided review notes were indicated.

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Reviews first uploaded September 30, 2026 2:03 am. Revised October 8, 2026 5:23 pm. Page updated October 8, 2026 5:23 pm.

These summaries are AI-generated from relevant Amazon reviews of this book.

Crude Mild

19

Characters sometimes speak harshly about their own mistakes using mild insult-style words in inner thought or dialogue. Samples do not show vulgar jokes or strong slurs; reader feedback describes the book as a clean read.

Amazon reviews mentioning crude

Specific words
  • stupid: 13
  • idiot: 6

Violence Mild

1

Violent meaning appears rarely in the sampled matches. One scene involves an injury with visible bleeding from the head in a crowded place; other references to the matched term concern appearance or routine medical care.

Amazon reviews mentioning violence

Specific words
  • blood: 1

About this book

New Cover plus Bonus Content! She holds the key to his heart . . . and his home. Will she risk falling for a man whose house she may have to take away? Lissa Morgan likes all the columns of her life to add up. From her banking career to romance, every major decision is planned out. But before she can go out on a date with Mr. Perfect, she attends a charity auction with her meddling mom who wins Lissa a date with thrill-seeker Caleb Johnson. Caleb lived for adventure until heart disease stole his wife’s life. Then debt closed his business and now threatens to take his home. With a toddler to raise, he vows that his risk-taking days are over. But then he meets the cautious yet curious Lissa Morgan and decides it’s time to take one more risk—this time on love. When Lissa learns the extent of Caleb’s debt, she wonders if she can collect on his heart if she forecloses on his home. And why is she falling for the wrong man—one who challenges her to leap from her orderly life and into his waiting arms? Read more