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Can the heart be telling us something we can't quite hear? Landscape artist Miranda Jones thought she was on track. Yet something feels off kilter. The subjects of her work all live in nature, yet she herself lives in the city. Her rep and her family emphasize money as the benchmark of success, yet her own goals have to do with the professional challenges of excellence, adventure, and authenticity. She plans a brief trip to join plein air artists in the Carrizo Plain to paint this year's extraordinary super bloom. Yet what she experiences is a journey that opens a chapter into a new life. At least it will, if she considers what might happen . . . when the heart listens. Read the novella of protagonist Miranda before the saga begins! Though the book stands alone, it also is the prequel introducing the Milford-Haven Novels, the critically acclaimed, best-selling series, a multi-generational saga. Based on Purl's BBC Radio drama Milford-Haven U.S.A. Winner of 10 awards: American Fiction, Book Excellence, Elite Choice, Global E-Book, International, Independent Press, New York City Big Book Pinnacle, San Francisco, and USA Best Book Awards.

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Once again Purl pulls out all the stops and goes straight to the heart of the story. This is the where it all began - Miranda's quest for the life she wasn't aware she wanted and needed. The descriptions are so spot on you can almost feel you are in the flower fields in Central California, I could taste the food at French Laundry, and could picture the murals in Miranda's space in the house she shares with her sister. Sibling relationships are complicated at best, and Purl offers the perfect mix of closeness and rivalry. It's also very comforting to know that listening to your heart over your common sense is, at times, the right thing to do. - Linda Thompson, Host of TheAuthorsShow.com In Mara Purl's books the writing is crisp and clean, the dialogue realistic, the scenes well described. I salute her ingenuity. - Bob Johnson, Former Managing Editor, The Associated Press Every reader who enjoys book series about small town life has a treat to anticipate in . . . Mara Purl's Milford-Haven Novels. - Dee Ann Ray, The Clinton Daily News Mara Purl's characters have become old friends and I keep expecting one of them to give me a call! - Nanci Cone, Ventura Breeze . . . an intrigu[ing] cast of diverse characters. - Fred Klein, Santa Barbara News Press You can't escape the pull of Milford-Haven, the setting for Days of Our Lives actress and award-winning author Mara Purl's enticing new novel What the Heart Knows. My kind of romance, this [is a] juicy, read . . . plus, the inviting story makes you think. - Charlotte Hill, Boomer Brief I read Mara Purl's What the Heart Knows and loved the book--just devoured it, in fact--and can't wait to read the next installment. - Anne L. Holmes, National Association of Baby Boomer Women

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"Mara Purl is the best-selling author of the Milford-Haven Novels, Novellas, and Novelettes, which pioneered small-town fiction for women. Mara was named Fiction Author of the Year by The Authors Show, and her series has won more than 50 book awards. Mara's beloved fictitious town has been delighting audiences since 1992, when it first appeared as Milford-Haven, U.S.A.(c)-the first American radio drama ever licensed and broadcast by the BBC. The show reached an audience of 4.5 million listeners throughout the U.K. and won the Finalist Award at the 1994 New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs. What the Heart Knows (Book one) reached #5 on Amazon's best-seller list. Where the Heart Lives (Book Two) reached #22 on Barnes & Noble's best-seller list, #7 on Amazon's Women's Fiction list and was ranked in Kobo's top-100. Mara's novellas When Hummers Dream, When Whales Watch, and When Otters Play also each also became best-sellers. Her Holiday Novelettes, Where an Angel's On a Rope, When Angels Paint, and Whose Angel Key Ring have hit best-seller lists, and the first Paranormal Novella for the series is What the Soul Suspects.Mara is a guest-blogger for USA Today's Happy Ever After Book Blog, National Association of Baby Boomer Women, Romance Junkies, The Lady Killers, Boomer Brief, Plaid for Women, Women Speakers Association, and has co-founded two women's speaking organizations.As an actress, Mara was ""Darla Cook"" on Days Of Our Lives, and has won awards for her theatrical appearances in ""Mary Shelley: In Her Own Words,"" as well as critical acclaim for her performances in Becoming Julia Morgan and Sea Marks. She was named one of twelve Women of the Year by the Los Angeles County Commission for Women.Mara is married to Dr. Larry Norfleet and lives in Los Angeles, and in Colorado Springs."

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