What the Heart Knows - Purl, Mara
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Is the heart smarter than the head? Artist Miranda Jones begins to trust her heart enough to escape from her life of privilege and start over in Milford-Haven, the small town of undiscovered beauty on California's Central Coast. She connects with environmentalist Samantha Hugo-a brilliant PhD twenty years her senior who gave up a son years earlier; and with restaurant owner Sally O'Mally who left Arkansas to create her own dream. Each woman wrestles with her own core issues while balancing demanding careers with the attentions of interesting men. None is aware that journalist Christine…mehr

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Is the heart smarter than the head? Artist Miranda Jones begins to trust her heart enough to escape from her life of privilege and start over in Milford-Haven, the small town of undiscovered beauty on California's Central Coast. She connects with environmentalist Samantha Hugo-a brilliant PhD twenty years her senior who gave up a son years earlier; and with restaurant owner Sally O'Mally who left Arkansas to create her own dream. Each woman wrestles with her own core issues while balancing demanding careers with the attentions of interesting men. None is aware that journalist Christine Christian has just been murdered while investigating a half-built house. Though the book stands alone, it is also Book 1 in the critically acclaimed, popular series, a multi-generational saga. Based on Purl's BBC Radio drama Milford-Haven U.S.A. Winner of 8 awards: Benjamin Franklin, ForeWord Book of the Year, National Indie Excellence, USA Book News Best Book, International, Pinnacle, Southern California, and Literary Titan awards.
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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 60 book awards. Mara's beloved fictitious town has been delighting audiences since 1992, when it first appeared as Milford-Haven, U.S.A.©-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.