Review: A Story of the Resiliency of the Human Spirit -- and Heart
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
I received this book as a requested review by Lori L. Clark; it is the first book I have read from this author.The Heart Knows What the Heart Wants is not a typical contemporary romance.  In fact, the author calls it Romantic Suspense, and I suppose that’s a good description, because there are elements of both – romance and suspense – with some sizzle thrown in for good measureThe heroine in this story, Estelle (Star) is caught in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend Derek.  After enduring yet one more severe beating from a drunken Derek, something final clicks, and Star makes the courageous decision to leave.  Knowing that Derek will never allow her to just walk away, thirty-year-old Star realizes that in order for her to truly be free, she’ll have to disappear, leaving behind her job and her friends for the promise of a life free from fear and pain.She meets some great friends along the way, including Shane, a twenty-something young man with his own painful past.  The real story of What the Heart Wants is Star’s journey to re-discover who she is, what she wants in life and what will make her truly happy.  It is also Shane’s journey and the two of them discover together that despite their difference in age, their hearts want the same thing.As a word of caution, there are some disturbing scenes of violence in this story, and they were troubling to read, and even more troubling to realize that every day there are women – real women, not just characters in books – who live the very nightmare Star had the courage to overcome.  It’s a lesson for all of us in the resiliency of the human spirit and, of course, the human heart.Four inspiring stars.