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The Heart (The Reluctant Romantics) Paperback – May 10, 2016

by Kate Stewart (Author)
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For the last ten years, I've roamed the globe, captivated by the world around me. I've seen the seven wonders and admired sunsets from every continent. I'd lived and loved and that was enough for me. It would have to be. I was content, satisfied with my collection of experiences . . . until a phone call led me down a road less traveled.
If I'd known my fascination would pique and be forever quenched only a few hundred miles from where my curiosity had been born, I may have never set sail.


Rose

Stripped of the future I'd planned with the love of my life, my family and my career were now all that mattered.
I'd lived and loved and that was enough. It would have to be. I struggled to move forward, to discard the part of me that held out hope for my obliterated heart. But I was bred a romantic, so it was easier said than done.
The chances of being struck by lightning are 1 in 960,000. The odds of being struck twice are 1 in 9 million. I risked those odds every minute, often cursing the dark sky, praying for static and a rumble of thunder, but it never came.
No, that second bolt hit me on a clear day.



The Reluctant Romantics Reading Order
#1 The Fall
#2 The Mind
#3 The Heart

*All books in the series must be read in order.

Companion Books to The Reluctant Romantics
Room 212 - Prequel to The Reluctant Series
Never Me - Cameo/crossover appearances of Never Me characters in Book #3 The Heart
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  6. ISBN-10
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 10, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1533187703
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1533187703
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  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
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USA Today bestselling author and Texas native, Kate Stewart, lives in North Carolina with her husband, Nick. Nestled within the Blue Ridge Mountains, Kate pens messy, sexy, angst-filled contemporary romance, as well as romantic comedy and erotic suspense.

​Kate’s title, Drive, was named one of the best romances of 2017 by The New York Daily News and Huffington Post. Drive was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice awards for best contemporary romance of 2017. The Ravenhood Trilogy, consisting of Flock, Exodus, and The Finish Line, has become an international bestseller and reader favorite. Her holiday release, The Plight Before Christmas, ranked #6 on Amazon’s Top 100. Kate’s works have been featured in USA TODAY, BuzzFeed, The New York Daily News, Huffington Post and translated into a dozen languages.

Kate is a lover of all things ’80s and ’90s, especially John Hughes films and rap. She dabbles a little in photography, can knit a simple stitch scarf for necessity, and on occasion, does very well at whiskey.

Contact Kate: authorkatestewart@gmail.com

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Christy Baldwin BBU
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved Rose. I loved Rose and Grant so much
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2016
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When I heard the main characters in this book were named Jack and Rose, I was sold already. I mean, come on. How much more epic can you get? Still, after reading The Mind I was equal parts nervous and excited for this. I loved Rose. I loved Rose and Grant so much. How in the world could Kate make another man as perfect for Rose as Grant was? Well, guess what? SHE DID IT. Jack Sawyer was as close to perfect as you can get for Rose. I guess you could say lightning struck twice for this well deserving heroine.

Rose is a career driven woman. After losing the love of her life a few years ago, she’s thrust herself full force into opening up a cancer center with her sister, Dallas. She is a very successful doctor, but being a doctor is her entire life right now. As the center becomes closer to the opening, one of her father’s friends, Jack, starts to come by and help.

Jack has spent the last decade traveling the world. He takes contracting and building jobs here and there, but he loves to be on the move. When he first meets Rose, he’s completely enthralled. There is something about this fiery red head and he can’t get her out of his head. The more time he spends with her, the worse it gets. For once in his life, he can picture a life with someone and not just one on the road.

Things aren’t easy for Rose. It’s hard for her to move on. She has already had the love of her life, or so she thinks. She can’t imagine ever being with someone else again in that way. It’s hard for her to wrap her mind around. As her feelings for Jack go deeper, it gets even more confusing for our heroine.

This story was executed perfectly. I can imagine it’s hard to get it right when the hero/heroine of the book already had one epic love. It can’t be easy to give them a second love that is just as strong as the first without completely overshadowing it or making it feel like it wasn’t as special as it was. I never once doubted Rose’s love for Grant. It was beautiful and special. But it wasn’t a once in a life-time love for this character. She was lucky enough to get it twice. And even though the journey for her love story with Jack wasn’t always easy, it was just as special and beautiful. Just as epic. I never doubted her love for Jack, either. Neither one took away from the other. They were equal, just different.

What I love most about Kate’s books is that she writes with heart. You can feel the love she puts into her words. This story gave me all the feels, made me believe that second chances for love do exist, and also made me laugh and smile more times than I can count. That Jack is a funny guy! I swear there were a few scenes with him that I was almost in tears from laughing so hard! Nothing is better in an emotional book like this then getting to those parts where you smile and laugh.

The Heart is a story that is near and dear to my heart. After reading Room 212 a few years ago, I fell in love with Seth and Laura. Then a year or so after that, it was Dallas and Dean. Then Rose and Grant’s story came and it gutted me. Now that I’ve read the conclusion to Rose and Jack’s book, I feel whole again. It completed this entire series for me. That epilogue was amazing.

I can’t recommend this book, this series and this author enough. I have so much love for these books!!! If you’re looking for a story with a ton of heart, that’s emotional, sweet, sexy and even funny at times- check this one out!
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DonnaC
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply stunning
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2016
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The Heart (Reluctant Romantics #2) by Kate Stewart
5 stars!!!

“You’re afraid you’ll love me less.”
“No…I’m afraid I’ll love you more.”

Kate Stewart is fast becoming the author who has the knack of obliterating my heart and then slowly piecing it back together. Once again I had streams of tears, some happy, some sad as she perfectly captured the love story of a couple who thought that their propensity to love another had been cruelly stripped away. Both Jack and Rose had loved and lost, both had thought that their once in a lifetime love had gone and for them there was no other, but this book perfectly captured the essence of lightning can indeed strike twice and for Jack and Rose it struck hard… would they believe in it though?

“…I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m jealous of a dead man.”

I desperately wanted Rose to find love again, but after The Mind I was seriously worried that Kate Stewart wouldn’t have been able to pull it off. After delivering a love story so epic in The Mind would my heart let in another and take Grants place? Could I believe? I needn’t have feared, Jack Sawyer deserves his own place, he owned it, he earned it and he couldn’t have been a more perfect partner for Rose. Sometimes you are truly lucky to find that once in a lifetime love twice, maybe, just maybe that first love was always intended to be short for a reason but none the less, its lasting effects would be felt forever. While at the time it feels like your heart has been decimated you know that you have found that extra special someone if they have the power to start cementing over the cracks and piece you back together fragment by miniscule fragment. Jack Sawyer was that special someone and this was such a beautiful story that I couldn’t tear myself away. I wanted these two to believe and I wanted their love to win, it was never going to be easy but for me the rewards far outweighed the risks.

“After years of begging my heart, it finally stopped beating.”

We have seen Rose in The Fall and of course The Mind so we all know that she lost Grant, her one true love. Rose had never been the same since and had thrown herself into her work as a doctor and getting the cancer centre up and running that she was opening with her sister. Her work was her focus, her work and her morning mantra’s are what got her up every morning, her aspirations are what kept her going as were her memories of Grant. No man had ever caught her attention since Grant, her man radar was well and truly turned off and she had no inclination to even put herself out there again, but sometimes fate has other ideas.

“If the Kardashians can live with the size of their asses and profit from it, you can get out of bed, Rose.”

Jack had been a friend of Rose’s father for years and when his help is required to finish the cancer centre Jack jumps at the chance to help a friend out. Jack used to be suited and booted and a power player in the business world until life threw him a curveball. Stripping himself of Mr Business he threw himself into travelling the world and making good use of his hands and this is how he meets Rose’s dad, Seth. Seth takes him under his wings and between them a fantastic working relationship was born. Jack had had his heart broken and at thirty-seven had given up on finding love again, until he bumps into Rose, a fiery red head that on first meet had captured his every thought since.

“I wanted a new kind of home. I wanted to belong, but I wanted to belong to her. She was that home, she had the heart I needed, and I wanted in.”

The Heart is a perfect title for this story. This is all about The Heart, about the power it wields over us and its ability to heal. The heart wants what the heart wants but what happens when the heart can’t have? Kate Stewart delivered a perfect story as she consummately captured those push and pull of emotions from past to present. The hearts pull to Grant, her past and that present push that she feels towards Jack. Her inner turmoil and that fear of guilt to Grant’s memory while still having guilt over not giving herself completely to Jack, a man that sincerely deserved it. Coming to terms with grief and its ability to debilitate until you finally find the inner strength to move on while never forgetting. Just because someone is no longer on this earth, you can still love them, they will always be there in your heart, they will always have that piece of you, but also coming to terms that your heart still beats and it is more than okay if it beats for another.

“Love doesn’t have to hurt to be real. You reminded me of that.”

Neither love took away from the other, neither love overshadowed the other. Grants love was Grants love, Jacks was totally different and Kate Stewart never lessened one or the other. Rose was truly blessed to have found love twice and I was truly blessed to have read about it. Another fantastic read from Kate Stewart.

“I want your breaths, your minutes, your movements, and to be included in your memories. I want to be the man you run to. I want to be significant. I want you. It’s that simple.”
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Sarai
4.0 out of 5 stars ugh she did it again
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
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I did not know I needed this book, but Jack stole my heart along with rose. I loved the healing and second chance at love. I am intrigued by the parents story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars So look good 👍
Reviewed in Canada on September 15, 2019
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I am in love with the entire Whitaker family. Every single story is so beautiful.I was so happy for Rose and Jack.What a wonderful love story.
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Anne M
5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtakingly beautiful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2016
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2 years ago I read a book named Room 212 by new to me author, Kate Stewart. This book quickly became my favourite read and I have lost count of the times I've read it. So imagine my delight when I discovered that this was not the only book in the series and Kate Stewart was going to write a spin off featuring my beloved character's daughters. So book 1 The Fall was an amazing 5 star read, book 1.5 The Mind broke my heart and this book, The Heart completed me. I wish I didn't have to give it 5 stars, it deserves so many more.
Poor Rose lost the love of her life and is doing her best to exist. She is no longer living her life, she is merely going through the motions. She didn't bank on Jack and his sexy Creole accent stealing her heart. She tried to fight it but who could resist this perfect specimen of a man. He will melt your heart and your panties!!!!
So why does this book deserve more than 5 stars? It's written with such maturity, there are no romantic cliches in it, no part of this book had me skimming. I was glued to the story and was praying for these two lovable characters. Yes, anyone who has read any of this talented author's work will know that it tugs on your heart strings, you will not have dry eyes reading it. But intertwined with the emotion is laugh out loud humour that gives the perfect balance to the book. Wait for the motorbike scene!!
As always with this series we continue to follow the lives of characters I've come to love and actually think of as real. Also, there is a cross over with Kate's book Never Me (but I'm not giving details). We are also introduced to new characters, the antics of The J's had me giggling.
This book touched my heart, I adored the references to Anne of Green Gables, my two favourite characters featured in one book was almost too much!
It was with a great sadness that I read the epilogue, I can't quite believe that this is it for Laura Sedgwick and her "Club Kid" Seth and their extended family. I managed to read 3 lines of the the last chapter before the tears came, it was the word 'frisbee' that set me off (anyone whose read Room 212 will understand)!
So, thank you Kate Stewart for giving me these stories to read and for writing these characters that I gave grown to love. You well and truly gave me my lightening moment with this series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars PART 2 of 2, TOGETHER BOTH BOOKS 5 STARS
Reviewed in Australia on May 4, 2016
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This book is part 2 and a continuation of Rose's story and in particular her journey in healing after losing her perfect love and knowing how to allow herself to finding love again in the arms of Jack Sawyer, friend of her Fathers and work associate. Both Books 1&2 kept me turning page after page in one session getting to the end of a wonderful written story of love, loss, moving forward and embracing love once again without fear. Loved these Reluctant Romantic Books and only sorry this book will be the last of this series, though pleasantly surprised to learn some featured characters in this book were from Never Me and as a result went right ahead and started reading Never Me too, which I loved as well. Kate Stewart has managed to tie everything and everyone in nicely with all these books and I will miss all the Whitaker Women.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this book
Reviewed in Australia on July 11, 2022
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I enjoyed this story about Rose Whittaker and Jake Sawyer. I enjoyed their journey and I cried tears of joy as they found their happy ever after.
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Heroesinbooks
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Meet My New Favourite Hero Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2016
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Jack. Oh gorgeous, sweet, hot, romantic, dirty (CAJUN) talking ,absolutely everything I want in a hero Jack. I think you just totally stole my heart. No, beb, I don't want it back. It is irrevocably yours.

When I read The Fall, I loved Dean, the hero , and I found Dallas, the heroine , gave me a touch of whiplash with her back and forth emotions , but I got it. I enjoyed it. I was hooked on Rose and Grant as secondary characters and when the unthinkable happened and Grant was killed I was shredded. I read The Mind because as a literary masochist I thought I would put myself through more Kindle agony and get their whole story. Ouch. Beautifully written, but Christ, talk about sad endings. But it was addictive. My heart ached for Rose and Grant and I could not see how on earth Kate Stewart could make me like another man in Rose's life who could even remotely match up to the perfect sweet/ sexy that Grant portrayed. Ms Stewart, I apologise. I totally underestimated your writing prowess. I think I fell for Jack right alongside Rose. He is utterly perfect for and her for him. I never once felt Grant was forgotten or that what he and Rose had was belittled in any way and that is a hard feat to pull off. I loved how Jack and Rose were both vulnerable yet strong. Both damaged and wary but not cynical or hard. Their passion builds and swirls around them until it envelopes you as a reader and just consumes you. The supporting characters are brilliantly written. I liked Dallas much more in this book. This is without doubt my favourite KS book. I will never forget Jack speaking Cajun. Word up- when you hit the 50% mark, you will swoon. OMG. Just.....perfect beb, perfect.
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