Protecting Her Heart

Healing Hearts, Book 3

De: M.T. Cassen

Narrado por: Ashton Haugen

When work and school become too much to handle, can a young woman fight the fight to make all her dreams come true? And when love blossoms in the most surprising way, will she recognize what’s right in front of her eyes?

When an opportunity opens up in a new nursing program at the hospital, Bella Strong quickly accepts it. She has her life all mapped out: with full-time school, her relationship with Jackson, and her career blossoming, she’s prepared to make all her dreams become a reality.

Then, she meets Dr. Leona Guillano, and suddenly everything she thought she wanted has gotten a little hazy in the process.

Luckily, Bella has too much on her mind, and that doesn’t include falling in love with the beautiful doctor. She has a boyfriend, and will soon be graduating college and headed for the nursing career she’s longed for.

Leona left New York City for a new chapter of her life. What she didn’t anticipate was finding the younger woman appealing, to the extent that she would do anything to protect her. Even if it puts her own job at stake.

In Leona’s eyes, their chemistry sparks flames immediately. However, Bella seems to be focused on her work, and that causes Leona to take a step back. If the younger woman is distant, then perhaps she should tread lightly. It’s best, anyway, because the last thing Leona needs is another broken heart.

Yet, Bella’s eyes have a way of drawing her in and tossing Leona towards her in a way that is hard to ignore. If only she could break through those barriers that Bella keeps putting up between them.
Can Leona break through those barriers, revealing a secret that Bella has kept from her? Plus, will Bella allow her to get close enough to knock them down, when it includes being honest with everyone, including herself—especially herself?

Bella and Leona share a love that could surpass all expectations, but it will take true courage for Bella to succumb to her deepest desires. And she’s been protecting her heart long enough. Will Leona be the woman that can let herself go?

Protecting Her Heart is a story of two women who must be honest with each other and themselves if they truly want to risk everything and ignite the fire between them.

Two women, one love. Sometimes, your heart knows better than to settle for comfortable safety!
Lose yourself in confusion and courage with Tabby and Leona.

What do you do if everything you worked for is pushing you furthest from everything you want?

©2022 M.T. Cassen (P)2022 M.T. Cassen

This was OK

I had the feeling that I already listened to this book with a very little difference. The story was good, Leona was well written, but I really couldn’t care less for Bella, she is childish, way too childish for a 22 YO.
Narration was horrible, not only Bella was childish the narrator gave her a supper childish voice. I didn’t like that.

Paths change

I like the characters of Bella and Leona. I just found the storyline very similar to book 2 in the series. I like an age gap romance and this fits the bill. I will continue with this series if the author writes more.

Very beautiful work

This is a great love story that will cheer you up and make you happy in the end and cheer for the main characters

Redoing The Plan

Nursing student Bella Strong is doing her last semester on school and joins the new program at the hospital to work while she finishes school for a chance to be hired. She has her life planned out completely to include her boyfriend, marriage and children. Then she meets Dr. Leona Guillano and the plan is completely blown away. Their chemistry sparks and the potential for a totally new life opens between them. A heartwarming story of changing plans and changing hearts.

Good story

The story overall is good. A nice age gap medical romance. Starting new paths in life and figuring out where you’re really meant to be. Not my favorite narrator, the younger characters just sounded a little childish for their age, and I was not a fan of the voices chosen for the children in the story. I also noticed a couple blips where sentences were repeated in different tones back to back. But overall an enjoyable story and I would listen to more despite the narrator.

Age-Gap Romance

This is the third MT Cassen book I have listened to. The basic story in Protecting Her Heart was good...a young nursing student gets a position as a nursing assistant, all part of her well-structured plan for her life. She has a boyfriend she is going to marry and have kids with and a career she is just starting. When she meets the new doctor at the hospital that she will be working under, she finds that what she had planned out is not what her heart wants. Overall, the story is good. I found the end part of the book drug a bit. I was ready for the ending about an hour before it came.

[Spoilers] I found Bella to be very childish, especially at the end when she sees Leona with her ex. She immediately jumped to the conclusion that Leona had a woman on the side instead of taking the time to talk to her. She made impulsive decisions that were unnecessary. There was a lot of miscommunication during the whole story which led to a lot of unnecessary angst.

While I liked the narrator in Cassen's book 2, in this one her voice seemed a bit higher and more difficult for me to listen to for long periods of time. It didn't prevent me from listening, but made it more difficult to finish.

Overall, it is a good story and worth listening to as part of the Healing Hearts series.

I received a copy of this audiobook from the author in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.

Heart over mind

The characters in this charming love story were endearing, though the plot seemed overly simplistic. Bella, a medical assistant, and Leona, a doctor, cross paths in a hospital setting. Bella's character is straightforward yet prone to overthinking, contrasting with Leona's more seasoned persona as an older doctor. While the likelihood of such a romance unfolding in a real hospital may be questionable, it nonetheless crafts an enjoyable narrative. This book comes recommended for fans of heartwarming romances.