Broken Heart Syndrome: A sudden and acute form of heart failure, brought on by emotional or physical distress.
After years of studying cardiac medicine, thirty-one-year-old Keisha knows the heart inside out. She knows the average heartrate for each age group, she can name every valve, and she can tell you exactly how much blood it pumps daily.
The one thing she doesn’t know is how to fall in love. And nor does she want to. The secret her tattoo covers is a reminder that the best way to protect a heart is to never let it feel in the first place…
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Seventy-nine-year-old Clive is Subject Five in Keisha’s latest research project. He’s been in love since he was seventeen, ever since he met Nancy at a tea dance. But last night, his beloved wife was killed. Suddenly, he has no one to waltz with. He has woken up in hospital, a widower diagnosed with Broken Heart Syndrome.
These strangers, brought together by a broken heart, must face up to the truth of their pasts. Can Clive teach his new friend that until you’ve loved, you haven’t lived? And can Keisha help him see that it’s never too late for a second chance?
For anyone who has ever felt the pang of heartbreak and feared you might never heal again, this beautiful tale teaches us how to dust ourselves off and seek happiness again. Fans of Jojo Moyes, Josie Silver and Rosie Walsh will love this moving and uplifting story.
When Catherine Miller became a mum to twins, she decided her hands weren’t full enough so wrote a novel with every spare moment she managed to find. By the time the twins were two, Catherine had a two-book deal with Carina UK. Her debut novel, Waiting For You, came out in March 2016.
Catherine was a NHS physiotherapist, but for health reasons she retired early from this career. As she loved her physiotherapy job, she decided if she couldn’t do that she would pursue her writing dream. It took a few years and a couple of babies, but in 2015 she won the Katie Fforde bursary, was a finalist in the London Book Fair Write Stuff Competition and highly commended in Woman magazine’s writing competition. Since then she’s had four novels published.
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The Missing Piece
By
Catherine Miller
Review
By
Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Catherine Miller, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I bring you this review.
The Missing Piece is a very creative story all about the heart written by Catherine Miller. This is not just any story. This is one that will make you think, smile, pull on your heart strings and an ending that is unbelievable!
This book is for Catherine’s brother Brian. She wants to know if you see him tell him to call her please. Thanks.
The graphic designer did a really cute job with the cover design. It was spot on and simplistic.
Right off the bat I knew I was going to like this book! Catherine named two of her main characters after music celebrities Keisha and Clive (as in Davis). Keisha cracked me up by how obsessive she was about taking her pulse. But what I related to more was her first date disaster from online dating. I have been there and have done that oh so many times! But oh she was just too comical and I couldn’t stop laughing. Who looks up the name of a band (a fake band) while on a date?! Yeah, you know when you have not met the one! NEXT lol!
Keisha and I are a lot alike in many ways. I too would think the worst of an illness or injury like Lucy had only to find out it is something simple.
This book was set into four parts. Part 1 The Right Atrium The right upper chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the vena cava. In other words, it is the start. Part II The Right Ventricle The right lower chamber of the heart that pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs. In other words, it’s where we start to revive. Part III The Left Atrium The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs. In other words, it’s the point at which we start to recover. Part IV The Left Ventricle This is the thickest chamber of the heart, responsible for pumping oxygenated blood back to the body. In other words, it’s the beginning of a journey.
Catherine made both Keisha and Clive very special and unique characters. The more you got to know them the more fascinated you were by them. Needless to say you can't help but adore them and their quirks. Never have I come across a pair like this.
Every aspect of dating and the heart was put into this book! Even my favorite speed dating! Yes, I even tried that too!
Catherine’s ending of this book I didn’t see coming! I was very shocked to say the least! However, we really do find out why the book is called The Missing Piece!
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