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A review by shannanh
A Champion's Heart: Born to Win Men by Piper Huguley
5.0
Champion left Windslow GA and left his one true love, Cordelia “Delia” Bledsoe. Now Champion has a 60-2 record, but knows the real money is in boxing against a white man. His goal is to tain well enough to fight in a month or 2 time, but is also told by his doctor that if he gets hit in the face, the results can be detrimental. Champion then decides to go back to his home town to train. While there, he runs into the love he left behind 7 years ago. Delia is a local school teacher who has one child of her own to raise, plus has taken on the task of raising several abandoned former students.
It’s not too often that you want to knock some sense into the heroine and you’re rooting for the hero, but that’s how I felt as I was reading the story. Usually it’s the other way around. There were several times I wanted to shake some sense into Delia, but as a woman, I understand her wanting to avoid heartbreak again. Champion was a 17 year old boy when he left town, but did grow up, gained sense and came back home to reclaim his love. This was an exciting read that was full of surprises. You will not be disappointed.
It’s not too often that you want to knock some sense into the heroine and you’re rooting for the hero, but that’s how I felt as I was reading the story. Usually it’s the other way around. There were several times I wanted to shake some sense into Delia, but as a woman, I understand her wanting to avoid heartbreak again. Champion was a 17 year old boy when he left town, but did grow up, gained sense and came back home to reclaim his love. This was an exciting read that was full of surprises. You will not be disappointed.