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Heart Trouble
Heart Trouble
Heart Trouble
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Heart Trouble

By Jae

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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Award-winning author Jae’s newest lesbian novel is a medical romance with a few unexpected turns.

Dr. Hope Finlay loves her job as an emergency room physician, especially since it allows her only brief encounters with her patients. She learned early in life not to get attached to anyone because it never lasts.

Laleh Samadi, a waitress at her aunt’s restaurant, is the exact opposite. She easily connects with people and loves her big, boisterous Persian family, despite their tendency to meddle in her life.

When Laleh needs to be rushed to the ER with heart trouble, Hope saves her life. Afterwards, strange things begin to occur: Why does Laleh suddenly know even the most obscure diseases, while Hope is fluent in Farsi?

Soon, they can no longer deny that there’s a mysterious connection between them—one that becomes stronger with each passing day.

Are they losing their minds...or their hearts?

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Release dateOct 5, 2016
ISBN9783955337346
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Jae

Jae grew up amidst the vineyards of southern Germany. She spent her childhood with her nose buried in a book, earning her the nickname "professor." The writing bug bit her at the age of eleven. For the last seven years, she has been writing mostly in English.She works as a psychologist. When she's not writing, she likes to spend her time reading, indulging her ice cream and office supply addiction, and watching way too many crime shows.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book takes a single change in the protagonists’ world and follows with a great story. Lelah and Hope ‘s unexpected connection drives the story in a fascinating way as they explore, understand, and grow together.

    The asides on Persian culture add interest.

    Highly recommended
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    soo good. loved it. The narrator was soooo good. lovely couple and best story .

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Enjoyable, satisfying read. This is a well-written romance with a unique twist. Despite having a supernatural element, the story had more realism* than most and I was particularly satisfied with the last 1/3 of the book.

    Per Jae's trademark, she makes her leads earn each other and it's a slow burn romance. In this genre known for insta-love I appreciate that. However, one change, Jae lets Laleh and Hope get together somewhere in the middle of the book and keeps them together through to the end. I found the book to be more romantically explicit and intense than her previous works and it was really well done.

    I think Laleh and Hope may be some of my favorite Jae characters yet, especially Laleh.

    *Regarding realism, you could tell Jae did a good amount of research to get the medical and Persian aspects right...at least from someone on the outside. I don't know, maybe Iranians and doctors are cringing somewhere. :) As for the relationship, I've been reading too many books on Attachment Theory and was musing if Jae was using some of her psychology background to form Laleh and Hope's character dynamics...anyway, it seemed to fit. Despite Jae living in Germany (or not in Los Angeles, at least) she somehow managed to get the streets, neighborhoods, and settings correct. I also felt the ending of the book was more true to life with the family dynamics which made it all the more satisfying...

    So yeah, supernatural story with a nice dose of realism. :)

    Recommend.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I was a little skeptical at the start but I was happily surprised by the story as it went along. Completely recommend this book

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Nice story with sympathetic h/h.'s. Would have liked to have seen Hope learn to interact with the family as she had never had one of her own.



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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Yet another story from Jae that I absolutely loved!! An unique twist that I usually wouldn’t go for as it flirts a bit with fantasy and science fiction, but I am glad it didn’t scare me off!! This may be my second favorite book, after only the masterpiece “And playing the role of herself”. Read it! You won’t regret it!!

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