Heart Failure, Chris Zett
Heart Failure, Chris Zett
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Heart Failure

Author: Chris Zett

Narrator: Lori Prince

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/21/2020


Synopsis

An enemies-to-lovers lesbian romance about daring to open your heart.

Dr. Jess Riley's life is perfect, ticking all the boxes—successful cardiologist, newborn daughter, and a luxurious condo. That is, until she suddenly collapses from acute heart failure. Her entire world crumples along with her exhausted body.

Jess is forced to face facts—she can't keep working endless hours, and she'll have to move back home to recover.

To her shock, her mother has already taken in Lena Walker, a struggling artist who isn't a stranger to heartbreak either.

At first, an unimpressed Jess resents Lena's cheerful presence. Gradually, though, the two women form a tentative friendship over tai chi, picking fruit, and evening walks with the baby. A sexy massage leads to friends-with-benefits fun. But is it all too soon? Should two barely mended souls try to risk a future together?

Contains mature themes.

About Chris Zett

Chris Zett lives in Berlin, Germany, with her wife. Television inspired her to study medicine, but she found out soon enough that real life in a hospital consists more of working long hours than performing heroic rescues. The part about finding a workplace romance turned out to be true, though.

She uses any opportunity to escape the routine by reading, writing, or traveling. Her favorite destinations include penguin colonies in Patagonia and stone circles in Scotland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandra on December 24, 2019

The first chapter was repetition from a scene in Zett’s first novel "Irregular Heartbeat”, but this time told from Jess’s POV, the women giving birth to her daughter Ella. It isn’t a series, so you don’t need to read the other one first, but it’s nice to meet Diane and Emily again. 37-year-old Jess i......more

Goodreads review by Jude in the Stars on January 03, 2020

Jess Riley’s career as a cardiologist has always been her first and only priority. At 37, she’s about to become a single mother, having decided not to wait for the perfect woman to have a family. She’s a planner, always following her plans to the letter since they usually work, but she’s misjudged h......more

Goodreads review by pipsqueakreviews on June 05, 2022

Family and priorities. Another solid romance by Chris Zett but this one takes place outside the hospital. I love the characters. Jess isn't a new character, having made a brief appearance in the earlier book, Irregular Heartbeat. In that book, we only scratched the surface with her and what we know i......more

Goodreads review by Gaby on January 06, 2020

Dr. Jess Riley is a successful cardiologist who has just given birth to a baby daughter. She is single but determined to balance a demanding professional career with motherhood. However, when she is diagnosed with acute heart failure, she is forced to take time off and go back home to live with her......more

Goodreads review by Betty on December 27, 2019

Chris Zett has written another beautiful and heartwarming tale with her latest novel Heart Failure. The story begins with Dr. Jess Riley giving birth to her daughter Ella. Not long after this blessed event, Jess suffers a rare and possibly dangerous form of heart failure, and is forced to move i......more