HEARTS

A literary fiction infused with romance, passion, and emotional conflict. Set against glittering galas, bustling hospitals, and romantic European escapes, their romance carries them from New York to California, Seattle, Venice, Greece, and Paris. Hearts explores the tangled web of desire, secrecy, and choices that define love’s most complicated journeys. The novel meeting place is a dazzling gala at Madison Square Garden, where Jonathan and James, old acquaintances, reconnect under intoxicating circumstances. Alongside their partners, Marilyn and Jane, an evening of stolen glances and reckless passion leads to a single night that none of them can forget—and all are desperate to conceal. In the aftermath, secrecy shapes their lives. James begins work at Elmhurst Hospital, where he and Jane ignite a forbidden affair despite their attempts at restraint. testing loyalty, passion, and the meaning of commitment. Meanwhile, Marilyn’s academic dreams bring her under the mentorship of Jonathan, whose guidance quickly transforms into desire. Their intellectual bond evolves into a steamy relationship, pulling them deeper into a secretive love affair. As years unfold, each character navigates new beginnings—James with Christina at Mount Sinai, Jonathan and Marilyn in academia—while passion continues to blur the line between duty and longing. Ultimately, the characters are forced to confront choices that will define their futures: who to love, who to leave, and what sacrifices are worth making in the name of passion. Hearts will appeal to readers of Miranda Cowley Heller’s The Paper Palace and fans of emotionally charged dramas that explore the fragile balance between love, betrayal, and destiny