Review: Beautiful and thoughful
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
"What the Heart Knows" is a beautiful and thoughtful romance story with some serious notes and great suspense.We enter Emily Warren's life through a conversation about her. Emily's current behaviour is out of character and it is hoped that childhood friend Bill might be able to get through to her. Gradually we learn about the ordeal of a near rape that Emily recently went through and that the threat to her is still present.Bill always had a thing for Emily but didn't think she liked him and vice versa. Now of course this has become more complicated as their reunion is tainted by the events of her recent past.Emily has her regular insecurities and is deeply unsettled but takes her time before reaching out to people and talk about what has happened. But there are complications. Pucket did a great job at showing just how unsettling even a threat can be and how getting away does not equal happy ending. Emily is a great lead character.As the potential for a romance between Bill and Emily develops the distant and recent past come back, building up more suspense and going deep into the characters.Letting Bill in after what has happened to her is difficult for Emily and writing a character and storyline like this is a difficult subject to tackle. Puckett did this very well, keeping it all very realistic and believable without simplifying the subject.The book is written with beautiful prose and a great balance between romance and drama. A wonderful and rewarding read.