Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
When their mother passed away, Suda Kaye and her sister, Evie, were each left with a stack of letters, one to be opened every year on their birthdays--letters their free-spirited mother hoped would inspire them through adulthood. But now, after ten years away satisfying her wanderlust, Suda Kaye wonders if she's made the right choices after all as she faces the sister she's neglected...and the love of her life she left behind.
A brilliant love story with the pull of an emotional family drama, What the Heart Wants is the best of sisterhood, self-discovery and the power of home.
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Synopsis
"Fly free." For ten years those words, written on pink parchment paper in her mother's beautiful handwriting, have been Suda Kaye Ross's guiding star. Every year on her birthday, Suda Kaye opens another of the letters her mother penned before she passed, heeding the advice inside as she fills her life with experiences. From Italy to Australia, from Rio to Russia, she's slaked her wanderlust. And then, on her twenty-eighth birthday, she opens the letter that sends her home.
Returning to Colorado means confronting everything--and everyone--she left behind, including her cherished sister, Evie, and her first love, Camden Bryant. Suda Kaye and Cam spent four years and one unforgettable night together. Given the way she ran out on him, it's no surprise that he's wary, resentful...and engaged to someone else. Evie, hardworking and Yberresponsible, just wants her sister to put down roots at last.
For Evie's sake, and her own, Suda Kaye is trying to build a new life, all the while wondering whether it's too late to come back home--or if the most important part of her never really left.
From the #1 bestselling author of the beloved Calendar Girl books comes the first in a witty, wise and emotionally compelling new series, where coming home is just the beginning...
Synopsis
From the #1 bestselling author of the beloved Calendar Girl books comes the first in a witty, wise and emotionally compelling new series, where coming home is just the beginning... "Fly free."
For ten years those words, written on pink parchment paper in her mother's beautiful handwriting, have been Suda Kaye Ross's guiding star. Every year on her birthday, Suda Kaye opens another of the letters her mother penned before she passed, heeding the advice inside as she fills her life with experiences. From Italy to Australia, from Rio to Russia, she's slaked her wanderlust. And then, on her twenty-eighth birthday, she opens the letter that sends her home.
Returning to Colorado means confronting everything--and everyone--she left behind, including her cherished sister, Evie, and her first love, Camden Bryant. Suda Kaye and Cam spent four years and one unforgettable night together. Given the way she ran out on him, it's no surprise that he's wary, resentful...and engaged to someone else. Evie, hardworking and berresponsible, just wants her sister to put down roots at last.
For Evie's sake, and her own, Suda Kaye is trying to build a new life, all the while wondering whether it's too late to come back home--or if the most important part of her never really left.