In Molly’s new life, she works in a floral shop in Seattle. There she and her employer, Pattie, and Pattie’s daughter, Tara, grow to be best friends. The love Molly feels for them helps to replace the family she lost when she assumed a new identity.

Dr. Dave Westfield also has experienced his own share of tragedy; eight years ago he lost everything he had ever loved. He spends his time being consumed in his work and volunteering at a teen crisis center. One day while getting his morning coffee, he cannot take his eyes off the runner he had noticed the other day at the local A&P. Her beauty takes his breath away. He is puzzled at the frightened look she gives him when she catches him glancing her way. Secretly, he knows that it is foolish to have such fantasies, for no woman could ever love and accept him for the man he has become.

Molly is shocked when she learns the stranger at the coffee shop is Tara’s doctor. She discovers this when Pattie asks a favor - to take Tara to see her to her doctor. Molly is relieved when the identity of guy at the coffee shop is revealed. She is pleased to learn that his feelings of affection toward her seem to be genuine. Her heart wants to learn more of this man of mystery, but her better judgment tells her that her life could not withstand a love interest.

Hearts in Hiding is an award-worthy novel. In all my years reading romance, I have never found a book that literally stayed with me weeks after I finished the last page. This is the type of book that I have been begging authors to write. It has all the elements that I have always wanted to see combined in one book (disabled character, tragedy, mystery, suspense, and intrigue). Leanne Karella, you truly have made this reader / reviewer one very happy person. Your story has captured my heart, and I wish to shout to the world how wonderful an experience I had reading it. Very highly recommended.