{"id":26011,"date":"2020-07-30T07:51:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T11:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=26011"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:58:56","slug":"review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-26011\" data-postid=\"26011\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-26011 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/what-the-heart-wants-audrey-carlan-scaled.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>\u201cFly free.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">For ten years those words, written on pink parchment paper in her mother\u2019s beautiful handwriting, have been Suda Kaye Ross\u2019s 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\u2019s slaked her wanderlust. And then, on her twenty-eighth birthday, she opens the letter that sends her home.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Returning to Colorado means confronting everything\u2014and everyone\u2014she 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\u2019s no surprise that he\u2019s wary, resentful\u2026and engaged to someone else. Evie, hardworking and \u00fcberresponsible, just wants her sister to put down roots at last.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">For Evie\u2019s sake, and her own, Suda Kaye is trying to build a new life, all the while wondering whether it\u2019s too late to come back home\u2014or if the most important part of her never really left.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jul 28, 2020<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Harlequin<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> HQN<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Suda Kaye<\/strong> has been following the advice she receives from letters that her deceased mother left behind. They have always encouraged her to live out her dreams and experience life as much as possible. Her last letter is just the opposite. She needs to return home but when you have been gone for so long things are just not the same.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suda Kaye returns back to her sister Evie and there is tension between the two. Evie is the more level headed sister and she is extremely guarded. She doesn\u2019t trust that Suda will stay put. There is also their grandfather which I loved. Suda is trying to get back into the fold of her family. To make matters even worse, she has to confront her former lover, Camden.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Whew!<\/em> There is so much to unpack in this story.\u00a0 This is just much more than a second chance romance. There is love for self and sisterly love. I got so much from this cute story. It started off slow but it hits with such an emotional punch. Learning how the two sisters would find their footing with one another is such an emotional rollercoaster.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The relationship with Camden is more of a slow burn for me. Camden is very angry that Suda just up and left him years ago. He thought what they had was so much more and the shock of having her back in town makes him cold. It takes some warming up but he eventually can\u2019t deny the chemistry between him and Suda. Sometimes distance and time doesn\u2019t dim the love between two people.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suda Kaye definitely learns that flying free is not necessarily meaning leaving home. She puts in the work to show she is ready to give into what the heart truly wants.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I definitely recommend this to fans that need a warmer story with an emotional punch. I hope Evie gets a story next.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3hO12vl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/what-the-heart-wants\/id1489607875?mt=11&amp;app=itunes&amp;at=11l88k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/what-the-heart-wants-audrey-carlan\/1135195243?ean=9781488075810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/what-the-heart-wants-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=L9bADwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFly free.\u201d For ten years those words, written on pink parchment paper in her mother\u2019s beautiful handwriting, have been Suda Kaye Ross\u2019s guiding star. Every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,48,50],"tags":[152,217,404,405,451,516],"class_list":["post-26011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-harlequin","category-reviews","category-samantha","tag-4-stars","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-recommend","tag-recommended-reads","tag-small-town","tag-womens-fiction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan - Smitten by Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan - Smitten by Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cFly free.\u201d For ten years those words, written on pink parchment paper in her mother\u2019s beautiful handwriting, have been Suda Kaye Ross\u2019s guiding star. Every [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smitten by Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-30T11:51:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-11T16:58:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"beverley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"beverley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"beverley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5a4181aeb9cd5641e30023b9b4d3e00d\"},\"headline\":\"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-30T11:51:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-11T16:58:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":543,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"4 Stars\",\"contemporary romance\",\"recommend\",\"Recommended Reads\",\"small town\",\"women's fiction\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Harlequin\",\"Reviews\",\"Samantha\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/\",\"name\":\"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan - Smitten by Books\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-30T11:51:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-11T16:58:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/30\\\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Smitten by Books\",\"description\":\"Where HEAs are guaranteed\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Smitten by Books\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/cropped-smittenlogo-2017.png?fit=281%2C265&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/cropped-smittenlogo-2017.png?fit=281%2C265&ssl=1\",\"width\":281,\"height\":265,\"caption\":\"Smitten by Books\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5a4181aeb9cd5641e30023b9b4d3e00d\",\"name\":\"beverley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d01d9a027fd24b3d94658206104dd5d7aaffba75b651e55c08358a9bc51b26a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d01d9a027fd24b3d94658206104dd5d7aaffba75b651e55c08358a9bc51b26a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d01d9a027fd24b3d94658206104dd5d7aaffba75b651e55c08358a9bc51b26a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"beverley\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/beverley\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan - Smitten by Books","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan - Smitten by Books","og_description":"\u201cFly free.\u201d For ten years those words, written on pink parchment paper in her mother\u2019s beautiful handwriting, have been Suda Kaye Ross\u2019s guiding star. Every [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/","og_site_name":"Smitten by Books","article_published_time":"2020-07-30T11:51:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-11T16:58:56+00:00","author":"beverley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"beverley","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/"},"author":{"name":"beverley","@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5a4181aeb9cd5641e30023b9b4d3e00d"},"headline":"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan","datePublished":"2020-07-30T11:51:57+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-11T16:58:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/"},"wordCount":543,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["4 Stars","contemporary romance","recommend","Recommended Reads","small town","women's fiction"],"articleSection":["Harlequin","Reviews","Samantha"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/","url":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/","name":"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan - Smitten by Books","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2020-07-30T11:51:57+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-11T16:58:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/review-what-the-heart-wants-by-audrey-carlan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/","name":"Smitten by Books","description":"Where HEAs are guaranteed","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Smitten by Books","url":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cropped-smittenlogo-2017.png?fit=281%2C265&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cropped-smittenlogo-2017.png?fit=281%2C265&ssl=1","width":281,"height":265,"caption":"Smitten by Books"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5a4181aeb9cd5641e30023b9b4d3e00d","name":"beverley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d01d9a027fd24b3d94658206104dd5d7aaffba75b651e55c08358a9bc51b26a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d01d9a027fd24b3d94658206104dd5d7aaffba75b651e55c08358a9bc51b26a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d01d9a027fd24b3d94658206104dd5d7aaffba75b651e55c08358a9bc51b26a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"beverley"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/author\/beverley\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"builder_content":"<img src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/what-the-heart-wants-audrey-carlan-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f What the Heart Wants by Audrey Carlan\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cFly free.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>For ten years those words, written on pink parchment paper in her mother\u2019s beautiful handwriting, have been Suda Kaye Ross\u2019s 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\u2019s slaked her wanderlust. And then, on her twenty-eighth birthday, she opens the letter that sends her home.<\/p><p>Returning to Colorado means confronting everything\u2014and everyone\u2014she 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\u2019s no surprise that he\u2019s wary, resentful\u2026and engaged to someone else. Evie, hardworking and \u00fcberresponsible, just wants her sister to put down roots at last.<\/p><p>For Evie\u2019s sake, and her own, Suda Kaye is trying to build a new life, all the while wondering whether it\u2019s too late to come back home\u2014or if the most important part of her never really left.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jul 28, 2020<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Harlequin<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> HQN<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Suda Kaye<\/strong> has been following the advice she receives from letters that her deceased mother left behind. They have always encouraged her to live out her dreams and experience life as much as possible. Her last letter is just the opposite. She needs to return home but when you have been gone for so long things are just not the same.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suda Kaye returns back to her sister Evie and there is tension between the two. Evie is the more level headed sister and she is extremely guarded. She doesn\u2019t trust that Suda will stay put. There is also their grandfather which I loved. Suda is trying to get back into the fold of her family. To make matters even worse, she has to confront her former lover, Camden.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Whew!<\/em> There is so much to unpack in this story.\u00a0 This is just much more than a second chance romance. There is love for self and sisterly love. I got so much from this cute story. It started off slow but it hits with such an emotional punch. Learning how the two sisters would find their footing with one another is such an emotional rollercoaster.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The relationship with Camden is more of a slow burn for me. Camden is very angry that Suda just up and left him years ago. He thought what they had was so much more and the shock of having her back in town makes him cold. It takes some warming up but he eventually can\u2019t deny the chemistry between him and Suda. Sometimes distance and time doesn\u2019t dim the love between two people.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suda Kaye definitely learns that flying free is not necessarily meaning leaving home. She puts in the work to show she is ready to give into what the heart truly wants.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I definitely recommend this to fans that need a warmer story with an emotional punch. I hope Evie gets a story next.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3hO12vl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/what-the-heart-wants\/id1489607875?mt=11&amp;app=itunes&amp;at=11l88k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/what-the-heart-wants-audrey-carlan\/1135195243?ean=9781488075810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/what-the-heart-wants-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=L9bADwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}