Discussion Questions: Guard Her Heart

  1. What is your favorite scene from the book and why?

  2. Which character did you most relate to or connect with? Why?

  3. Guard Her Heart is inspired by Jesus’ parable of The Good Samaritan (read it in Luke 10:25-37), in which a man asks Jesus who his ‘neighbor’ is. What aspects of Guard Her Heart match up with the parable? How do you think the theme of ‘who is my neighbour’ plays out in the book?

  4. Mykah believes God has called her to care for her people as the Guardian and makes a lot of sacrifices (sleep, food, money, time, etc) to live out that calling. What do you think it means to be called by God? Is it just a missionary thing or does every Christian have a calling on their life? How might this apply to you?

  5. When the Guardian role is taken from Mykah, she wonders if she heard God correctly in the first place, and who she is anymore without it. Have you ever heard God speak to you – either directly, through the Bible, or through something or someone else? Was it easy to tell it was God or difficult?

  6. “Sometimes faith requires foolishness.”
    What do you think of this quote? Do you agree with it? How might faith look like foolishness? Share some examples.

  7. “Grace isn’t an easy thing to accept,” he said finally, “especially when you’re well-deserving of the punishment.”
    Though Evangeline threw away her knife in Bring Her Home and promised herself she’d never use it again, she’s still struggling with accepting grace and hurting herself in this second book. Why do you think that is? Why do you think grace is such a difficult thing to accept?

  8. Mykah struggles with doubts over whether anything she does makes a difference. No matter how many people she helps, she can’t help them all. Have you ever felt the same? Do you think what she did do was still worth it? 

  9. “’Tis not a crime to have doubts, nor do they make you weak. They simply make you human. ’Tis often in wrestling with them that we become strong.”
    What do you think of this quote. Do you agree? Why or why not? Have you ever seen evidence of this in your own life?

  10. Finnian knew all along who he was writing to but didn’t admit it to Mykah for weeks. Do you think this was the right thing to do? How might the story have been different if he’d told her who he was right at the start?

  11. “King Lior of Raedonleith was going to pay.”
    Lord Cavendish gets some pretty intriguing messages in the epilogue of Guard Her Heart. What do you think happens next? Do you think Cavendish gets his revenge? Or do you think King Lior will finally make Cavendish pay for the way he’s hurt Lior’s daughters and family? How would you write the rest of Cavendish’s story?

  12. Guard Her Heart draws on a number of different romance tropes throughout the story – namely enemies to more, love triangle, best friends, and pen-pal/secret identity. Do you have a favorite trope you love to read in novels?