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The Wrong Heart

by Jennifer Hartmann

2021 · 392 pages

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About this book

When a grieving widow reaches out anonymously to the man who received her late husband's heart transplant, she's not expecting a response—but he writes back. What begins as a desperate, tentative connection between two strangers becomes something neither of them anticipated: a lifeline, a confession, and eventually, an undeniable bond that feels both beautifully right and impossibly complicated. This is a story about finding unexpected healing in the most unlikely place, where grief transforms into something that might just look like love. Fair warning: this one hits deep, but in the most cathartic, soul-stirring way.

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