Heartbeats

<p>Rebecca Elder's <em>Heartbeats</em> is a heartfelt emotionally immersive debut that skillfully blends contemporary romance with profound themes of grief fate and healing. This story delivers both romantic chemistry and emotional catharsis leaving a lasting impression long after the last page.</p><p></p><p><strong>At 27 Emmy is a freelance photographer in Chicago a hopeless romantic at heart-yet haunted by the grief of losing her father as a teenager. No matter how much she longs for the kind of love her parents once shared she can't shake the feeling that she doesn't deserve it.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Fresh off a bad breakup Emmy is ready to swear off men indefinitely-until a chance encounter at a hockey game leads to a whirlwind rom-com-worthy moment with a charismatic stranger Julian. Their connection is instant electric... and then just as quickly lost.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Fate isn't finished with them yet. When Emmy and Julian unexpectedly cross paths again what starts as a second chance soon turns into something deeper than either of them expected. Julian offers Emmy a love so real so undeniable that it begins to challenge everything she's told herself about what she deserves. But as their bond grows so does the weight of her past trauma threatening to unravel them.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>And just when Emmy finally allows herself to believe in love again an unfathomable truth comes to light-one that could break them apart forever... if they let it.</strong></p><p></p><p><em>A story of love loss grief and the undeniable beauty of human connection.</em></p>