DonorConnect should NOT be an online dating service!

Tell that to Rosie Lachlan, she has recently had a life-saving heart transplant and a breakup where she was dumped in her wedding dress! 😮 Her new life, new me attitude has been side tracked and she struggles to take off her rose colored glasses.

Rosie feels a connection to her heart donor and wants to know more about the woman who lost her life, but saved hers. She starts researching on the DonorConnect site and goes down a rabbit hole that leads her to more than she bargained for. The 🩷wants what the 🩷wants!!

Although I guessed a major twist (ugh), I still enjoyed the story. One shocking twist had me changing course and wanting to give Rosie a call! I don't want to say anymore because of spoiler territory!

Interesting premise-a heart donor recipient connects with her late donor’s husband and starts to become infatuated with him while he harbors some secrets of his own. The medical aspect was interesting, and paralleled pieces of Jennifer Hartmann’s The Wrong Heart, one of my favorite romances. The twists completely threw me off. The writing was also fast paced and pretty closely mirrored a story that can happen in real life.

Read if you like:
-Bingey thrillers
-Medical components
-Wedding dress stores
-Boston suburbs setting

Megan Collin’s latest thriller, Cross My Heart, dives right into the life of Rosie Lachlan as she works on physically and emotionally healing her heart from a recent transplant and a broken engagement.

As Rosie begins to communicate with the husband (Morgan) of her heart donor (Daphne) via DonorConnect (a website that connects donor recipients with families of donors) she begins to think that fate has brought them together.

However, as any good thriller reader knows—there is always something to uncover. The twists and turns in this one kept me captivated from start to finish and it is yet another 5 ⭐️ read from me!

Huge thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for the advanced reader copy for my review!

It’s a book that questions how much we are willing to reshape reality for the sake of what we desire, and whether we can truly trust our hearts, literal or metaphorical. It’s an unsettling but fascinating read that’ll have you thinking long after the final page.

This was an ok thriller. I liked the concept but the MC was so hard to like and most of the twists were very obvious. The pacing was weird for me - early on, I was on the edge of my seat but it kind of lost steam for me for a good chunk of the middle. The writing was otherwise good and the story was just unhinged enough to not completely lose me.


A huge thank you to the author and the publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️./5

This one is for the girls who have ever felt like they’re “too much.”

I LOVEDDDD this thriller! It had everything in it, that I could have hoped for and more. Rosie wants to meet Morgan - the husband of her heart donor and reaches out to him on DonorConnect. They begin to have conversations and get to know one another, but eventually things unravel and Rosie is in for more than she may have initially planned for. I read this book in under 24 hours y’all, I couldn’t put it down. It has many references to Gilmore Girls, Friends and Taylor Swift to top it all off!! I can’t describe too much of this story as there are so many twists, I’d give away plot. Trust me when I say you need to read this one + will not be bored. I kept thinking I knew what was happening but then something else would happen. It was a wild ride 🥲

5/5 stars

Thank you Atria Books for the advanced reading copy!

My first by Megan Collins -- but certainly not my last! I absolutely devoured this book from the moment I picked it up. This book starts off strong with a clever and unique premise; I don't read a lot of books with transplant survivors, and the heart transplant* being such a center point of this story added a lot. Then we get into the thriller of it all, and what an absolutely wild ride start to finish. I kept finding myself like 😧😧😧 multiple times. I really had no idea where this was going at any given time, even when I thought I did, and I've never loved being wrong so much!! This book touched on the complexities of love and femininity and being "crazy" so well. What a story! From a purely entertainment standpoint, this book was excellent. Add in all of the nuance, creep factor and Taylor Swift references and you have an easy 5 star read to round out the year!

*NOTE for those of you who, like me, have a lot of medical anxiety -- I did not feel that the transplant scenes of this boo were very gory, gross or stressful. I did not feel anxious about that while reading this and thought Megan Collins did a great job including it without making it feel like too much. That being said, there are descriptions of her symptoms leading up to the transplant, some of which had a very sudden onset, and some of the medications/after affects. If this may freak you out, proceed with caution. Again, I have tons of anxiety in this area and did not find this distract from the story or be overwhelming.

Cross My Heart is a very addictive mystery-thriller that I read in a day. I thought this was a well written and immersive story. This is the first book that I’ve read by this author, but it won’t be the last. I had a lot of fun reading this book.

The premise is wild. A woman has no luck in love. She has cardiomyopathy, so she gets a heart transplant. She ends up communicating and falling for her heart donor’s husband. She soon learns some rumors about the guy and she starts to think he might be responsible for his wife’s death.

I loved the mystery and suspense. There were some twists that I did not see coming. The ending was okay, but not my favorite. Overall, this was a twisty thriller that I really enjoyed.

If you enjoy mystery thrillers, definitely read this one! I look forward to reading more from this author.

Thank you to the publisher for providing an eARC via NetGalley for review.

With some books , I sometimes struggle 😳 trying to find the words when writing reviews but with this book NOT THE CASE! This book was unforgettable—it stayed with me long after I finished! Cross My Heart was a fast-paced, deep psychological thriller with incredible twists that kept me hooked. I flew through it, eager to see what was coming next. The characters were so well-developed, and the atmosphere was perfectly crafted, which is something I always look for in a great read.

This was my first Megan Collins novel, and it definitely won’t be my last. Plus, the cover is stunning! A solid ending made it even better. Big Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for supplying the review eARC! I enjoyed reading this book and I definitely recommend it!

This was an okay read for me though I was expecting more. It didn't blow me out of the water like I'd hoped. The twists and writing style were both good so maybe it was just me and my mood that didn't take to it. There are lots of great reviews for this book so please give it a go if you fancy.

Cross My Heart by Megan Collins is a gripping psychological thriller that weaves romance, obsession, and mystery into a tense and emotional narrative. Rosie Lachlan, a heart transplant recipient, suspects her donor was Daphne Thorne, the late wife of local celebrity author Morgan Thorne. Driven by a mix of curiosity and an unsettling belief that she and Morgan are destined to be together, Rosie connects with him anonymously, only to uncover disturbing secrets about his past and his late wife’s death.

Collins masterfully builds tension, blending Rosie’s longing for love with the dark complexities of her investigation. The premise is unique and compelling, and the story keeps readers hooked as Rosie navigates her growing obsession and the mounting danger. While the twist at the end may not resonate with everyone, the journey there is packed with suspense and emotional depth.

With its mix of romance and dark intrigue, Cross My Heart is a haunting exploration of love, identity, and the secrets that bind us. A must-read for fans of psychological thrillers.

In Cross My Heart, Rosie Lachlan, a heart transplant recipient, becomes romantically drawn to Morgan Thorne, the widowed husband of her heart donor. As their relationship deepens, Rosie learns disturbing rumors about Morgan's involvement in his wife's death. Torn between love and fear, she must unravel the truth while grappling with the unsettling ties that connect them. This psychological thriller explores obsession, secrets, and the dark complexities of human relationships.

I went into Cross My Heart knowing nothing, and wow—I couldn’t put it down! Rosie had me so stressed in the first half with how delusional she was acting, but then everything started clicking, and the twists just didn’t stop. Every time I thought I had it figured out, another shock came out of nowhere.

This was such a fun, wild ride. If you’re into thrillers with messy characters and tons of twists, definitely check it out!

I really enjoyed this book and wanted to read it closer to it's pub date but couldn't help myself and read it as a spooky-ish read in October. This was a book easy to get caught up in and had a lot of great twists and turns that I did not see coming. I felt like there may have been a plot hole in the medical aspect of this but that could just be me not knowing about heart transplants. Regardless it did not take away from the storyline, just gave me something else to think about.

I've read a few Megan Collins books and will continue to read in the future. Thank you netgalley and the publishers for the advance copy.

All I can say is WOW! Cross My Heart was everything I expected it to be and now I need to read more by this author! Thank you NetGalley and Atria for this advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review. Easily 5 stars!

I love books with toxic characters that meet other toxic characters and make giant messes together. The over the top conversations, the unhinged behavior, the DRAMA? Someone get the popcorn. This book delivers all of that.

I especially enjoyed the mixed media elements, though they were more present in the first half than the second. I also generally preferred the first half with the slow tension building, though the second half was a wild ride that was entertaining as well.

This was my first time ever hearing of this author and now I have a new backlog to dive into.

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you, NetGalley and Atria Books for this ARC for review. Well, that was a super fun and twisty thriller! Rosie is desperate to find the one! She works at her mother’s bridal shop and thought she had met him only to have her heart broken, almost literally— she was dumped in her wedding dress and she got sick and needed a heart transplant. Although organ donors are supposed to be anonymous, Rosie thinks she knows who her heart donor was- Daphne Thorne, the wife of local celebrity author Morgan Thorne. Rosie begins messaging via an anonymous email group and Rosie is convinced that she has his dead wife’s heart and her and Morgan are meant to be together. But as they correspond, Rosie starts to wonder about Morgan and Daphne’s relationship and whether Morgan killed Daphne…. This was a fast paced thriller and definitely kept me guessing.

💗𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦 𝗠𝗬 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧💗
𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔯
🗓️𝙿𝚞𝚋 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎: 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷𝟺, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻
🤩𝕄𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘: 𝟜.𝟚𝟝 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕤!! ★★★✫

🤏𝚃𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚋𝚒𝚝...A heart transplant recipient becomes obsessed with her donors husband despite the fact he seems a bit cray…

💗𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢...This one was so unique in plot & for that it gets all the stars! ⭐️ Rosie, our FMC is an almost tragic romantic. 🥴I mean she loves love so much she makes the most cringy, hopeless mistakes in this quest for love.💗 The pace & the writing are fantastic & the twist was fun! It was just so cringy at times that it maybe a me problem as this one has so many rave reviews already! Comes out in a couple weeks! You will love the plot! I mean heart transplant thriller?!? Yesssss, please! 🙌

This was an interesting read! It definitely kept me hooked, especially when I hit part 2. But I wasn’t crazy about the ending - it was a little too clunky and convoluted for me. I feel like some parts could’ve been taken out so it wasn’t as far fetched,

I enjoyed this book a lot. It started off right away with an intriguing story line and introduced the characters really well. I truly thought I knew where the book was headed but I was so wrong. The author did a great job with the plot twist. The twist was so good that I really thought I had skipped some pages of the book and missed a storyline. I gasped a lot!! I loved the unique set up of this book too. The story is told through regular chapters along with emails, chats, and text messages. If you love a slow burn thriller this is so up your alley. Additionally if you are a Swiftie you’ll love this story!! I’m so glad I read this book before the new year as my last read of 2024!!

3.5 ⭐️ Fast paced thriller that was a quick read for me. I enjoyed the storyline and plot twists.

Rosie is a recovered heart transplant patient that strikes up communication through a secure app with the husband of her doner. Turns out her benefactor was murdered and many suspect her husband Morgan is at fault.

When Morgan ends up dead too, several people become suspects. Rosie finds herself in the middle of the police investigation and as a target for the killer.

Thank you Atria books and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.