A Steel Heart By Amie Knight Today

by Amie Knight is a poignant, emotionally-charged contemporary romance that navigates the difficult terrain of trauma, healing, and the transformative power of love. As the second book in The Heart Series , it can be enjoyed as a standalone novel , though it features characters first introduced in See Through Heart . Plot Overview

The story follows , a former Army Ranger whose life was shattered in five seconds by an IED blast in Afghanistan. Six months later, medically discharged and struggling with severe PTSD and survivor's guilt, Holden is a shell of the man he once was. He lives in a world of silence and pain until he meets his new neighbor, Miranda Jacobs . A Steel Heart by Amie Knight

Miranda—or "Mae"—is a quirky romance novel editor who lives life with infectious optimism. Despite Holden's grumpy and closed-off exterior, Miranda is determined to bring light back into his life with her smart mouth and "terrible" knock-knock jokes . Just as they begin to find hope in each other, a second tragedy threatens to tear their fragile connection apart. Six months later, medically discharged and struggling with

: Described by reviewers from The Never Ending Book Basket as a "fruit loop in a bowl of cheerios," she is selfless, funny, and obsessed with making lists. Despite Holden's grumpy and closed-off exterior, Miranda is