The Missing Piece

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Broken Heart Syndrome: A sudden and acute form of heart failure brought on by emotional or physical distress.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>After years of studying cardiac medicine thirty-one-year-old </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Keisha</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> knows the heart inside out. She knows the average heartrate for each age group she can name every valve and she can tell you exactly how much blood it pumps daily.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The one thing she doesn't know is how to fall in love. And nor does she want to. The secret her tattoo covers is a reminder that the best way to protect a heart is to never let it feel in the first place...</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Seventy-nine-year-old </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Clive</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is Subject Five in Keisha's latest research project. He's been in love since he was seventeen ever since he met </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Nancy</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> at a tea dance. But last night his beloved wife was killed. Suddenly he has no one to waltz with. He has woken up in hospital a widower diagnosed with Broken Heart Syndrome.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>These strangers brought together by a broken heart must face up to the truth of their pasts. Can Clive teach his new friend that until you've loved you haven't lived? And can Keisha help him see that it's never too late for a second chance?</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>For anyone who has ever felt the pang of heartbreak and feared you might never heal again this beautiful tale teaches us how to dust ourselves off and seek happiness again. Fans of Jojo Moyes Josie Silver and Rosie Walsh will love this moving and uplifting story.</strong></p><p><br></p><h2><strong>Readers absolutely love Catherine Miller:</strong></h2><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'</span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Crying like a baby</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>... When those tears started they didn't stop. In fact they just came faster and harder... It </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>literally broke my heart</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> it very much lived up to being an </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>uplifting</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> story also... A </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>thought provoking heart-wrenching but beautiful</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> love story.' </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>By the Letter Book Reviews</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> 5 stars</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'I was </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>blubbering away into my tissues</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> like the big emotional wreck that I was... It was </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>just as much a happy story as it was a sad one</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>... </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Equally heartbreaking and uplifting</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>... Make sure you have a large box of tissues to hand!!' </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Stardust Book Reviews</em></p>