Book Boyfriend Reviews: The Heart Knows What the Heart Wants by Lori L. Clark

Sunday, March 30, 2014

The Heart Knows What the Heart Wants by Lori L. Clark

Title: The Heart Knows

What The Heart

Wants

Author: Lori L. Clark

Genre: Contemporary / Adult/New

Adult Romance

Expected Release: March 6, 2014

Synopsis

Estelle "Star" Falconé, a thirty-year-old

tattooed bartender, was once a free-

spirited dreamer who dabbled in

astrology for fun and secretly dreamed

of becoming a rock-star some day.

Twenty-one-year-old Shane Harper

was once the star of his high school

basketball team. With a full ride

scholarship, his dream was to play

college basketball and study planetary

science. When a tragic car accident

permanently sidelines his basketball

career, college is out of the question.

Sparks fly when their two worlds collide.

Can a relationship survive between a thirty-year-old starry-eyed woman who's on the run from an extremely dangerous man, and a twenty-one-year-old science geek who's hell-bent on protecting her at all cost?

***Caution*** for mature readers. Contains graphic violence including rape. This is a complete, standalone novel.

Excerpt

"What did you dream about becoming when you grew up?" he asked as he studied her face intently. "You know, like a ballerina, or nurse, or something?"

Without hesitation she replied, "A singer."

"You're a good singer?"

She snorted, "Oh God no. I can't carry a tune...which is probably why I never became a famous rock star. What about you, what did you want to be?" she asked. Besides hot.

All traces of happy drained from his face and he sighed. "A rocket scientist." Star's eyes widened. His flippant answer wasn't a joke -- his face was void of humor. "Actually, I was supposed to go to college to study planetary science."

"What happened? Why didn't you go?" she asked.

He stared silently for a few seconds. "Skip. Besides, it's my turn. You aren't allowed to ask two in a row."

She picked up her pen and added that question to the bottom of the list. "Okay, next," she told him.

"How many tattoos do you have?" he asked.

"Two," she said. She pushed up her shirt sleeve and pointed to the blue planet on the back of her hand. "You've seen Neptune."

"Okay, look. This doesn't count as one of my questions. But I'm dying here. What's the other tattoo, and where is it?" he asked leaning forward, resting his elbows on the table.

"It's over my heart and it's just a saying," she said, patting her chest with her right hand.

"What saying?"

She bit her lip and replied, "The heart knows what the heart wants."

"Beautiful." He spoke the word so softly, she wasn't sure he'd said it at all. He pushed back his chair and stood. He rubbed the back of his neck. She fascinated him and he couldn't get enough of her. "I've got to go home and clean my apartment. I've got company coming over later, and I don't want her to think I'm a complete slob."

Star felt as though she'd taken a sucker punch to the stomach. "Oh. Well yeah. You wouldn't want her to think that," she said. She hoped the disappointment she felt over him having some other female in his apartment didn't show on her face.

He reached out, cupped her cheek with his hand, and brushed the pad of his thumb across her skin. "What time should I expect you?" he asked.

Pleased with his response, she raised her eyes to meet his, and smiled. "Six?"

He nodded. "Six it is." He smiled and dropped his hand to his side before turning to leave.

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