The Heart Has Its Reasons: A Novel

  • Author: Maria Duenas
  • Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 14:29:47
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Synopsis

Declared “a writer to watch” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), New York Times bestselling author María Dueñas pours heart and soul into this story of a woman who discovers the power of second chances.

A talented college professor in Madrid, Blanca Perea seems to have it all. But her world is suddenly shattered when her husband of twenty years leaves her for another woman. Questioning the life she once had and whether she truly knows herself, Blanca resolves to change her surroundings. She accepts what looks like a boring research grant in California involving an exiled Spanish writer who died decades ago. Anxious to leave her own troubled life behind, she is gradually drawn into his haunted world, with its poignant loves and unfulfilled ambitions.

But in delving into the past, Blanca finds herself simultaneously awakened to the present by Daniel Carter, a charismatic professor with crucial knowledge about the dead writer that he has never before revealed. Amid this web of passion, conflict, and hidden feelings, including her own, Blanca advances like an avid detective, refusing to quit, and ultimately discovers startling answers that resonate deeply in her own life.

Evocative, lyrical, and humorous, The Heart Has Its Reasons is a journey of the soul from the pangs of the past to the vibrant present. It is a story about the thrill of creating one’s life anew.

Chapters

  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 21 Ch19

    Duration: 26min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 22 Ch20

    Duration: 22min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 23 Ch21

    Duration: 23min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 24 Ch22

    Duration: 34min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 25 Ch23

    Duration: 15min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 26 Ch24

    Duration: 22min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 27 Ch25

    Duration: 13min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 28 Ch26

    Duration: 09min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 29 Ch27

    Duration: 21min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 30 Ch28

    Duration: 21min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 31 Ch29

    Duration: 22min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 32 Ch30

    Duration: 33min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 33 Ch31

    Duration: 21min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 34 Ch32

    Duration: 19min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 35 Ch33

    Duration: 23min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 36 Ch34

    Duration: 11min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 37 Ch35

    Duration: 14min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 38 Ch36

    Duration: 24min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 39 Ch37

    Duration: 12min
  • TheHeartHasItsReasons 40 Ch38

    Duration: 19min
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