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What The Heart Wants Kindle Edition

by AlTonya Washington (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
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What the Heart Wants features two AlTonya titles. In “Change of Heart”, Monica Wilson and Garvey Fitzgerald give into the desires that they’ve denied for years. But will Garvey’s glamorous yet secretive lifestyle give Monica cause for concern? In “Daki”, a young woman’s path to love and redemption is marred when the man she loves discovers the truth about her scandalous past.
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    376 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    February 5, 2012
  5. File size
    783 KB
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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0076BOLMY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (February 5, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 5, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 783 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 29 ratings

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AlTonya Washington

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AlTonya Washington has been an author for over 20 years. Traditional, indie, and scholarly published, she's won the Romance Slam Jam EMMA Award, and is a two-time winner of The Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award. In 2019, she received The Reading Warriors Choice Leslie Esdaile Banks Trailblazer Award.

She enjoys writing in genres such as Historical, Fantasy Romance, Interracial Romantic Suspense, and more. Her pen names include Ally Fleming, T. Onyx, and Temple Carver. She's best known for her long-running Ramsey/Tesano multicultural romantic suspense series. In 2024, she started a new Novella series entitled "Not By Blood."

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Edwina Putney
5.0 out of 5 stars Trust above all
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2017
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What the Heart Wants contains two short stories by one of my favorite authors, AlTonya Washington, so it surprised me to find that I've had the book downloaded for over a year without reading it. Both stories deal with love and its sometimes difficult foundation of trust when individuals feel betrayed by secrets. But as the title says, what the heart wants....the finish to that is that the mind will not allow you to forget.

In Change of Heart, Garvey Fitzgerald and Monica Wilson are childhood friends who lose touch but reconnect as adults and begin a shaky relationship. Shaky because of Garvey's perceived slights by Monica, and Monica's mistrust because of Garvey's evasiveness and her reporter's instincts. Trust and betrayals, both real and perceived, make a relationship seemingly impossible. But what the heart wants.

In Daki, Omar Curtis and Dakita (Daki) Jamieson meet through Leo, Omar's brother and Daki's best friend. What could be a beautiful romance is hindered because of Daki's secret past, which she has overcome in the biggest way (financially), but not in others. Advised by both Leo and by her cousin, Melba, to tell Omar the whole truth about her past, Daki procrastinates until the truth comes to light in a most destructive way. In a moment, love can turn to hate, and trust to betrayal and unforgiveness. Are some hurts and deceptions irreparable, or is it that what the heart wants, it forgives and forgets?

These two short stories are two of AlTonya's finest works, and both were so well-written that they had me emotionally invested from beginning to end. Kudo's to AlTonya Washington.
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TU
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Lesson Learned
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2012
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I like this author very much and was surprised when i first started reading this book. My surpise was due to ithe book being different from her others, but a good different. i was all set not to like the book, but I learned my lesson and will not doubt Ms. Washington again. Very Good.
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V diddy
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2017
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I enjoyed the first story but Daki's not so much.
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P. Richardson
5.0 out of 5 stars Two amazing reads
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2017
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I loved both stories but I'll tell you...I wanted to put the paws on both Garvey AND Omar SEVERAL times. But alas,I love love so I'm glad they got their ish together. Enjoy both books. P.S. they didn't feel like short stories.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 2 for one
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2013
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Two great stories from Ms. Atlanta Washington!!!!!!! I ordered this book about a year ago and finally read.....it was great!! If considering to purchase this book you should because you would definitely enjoy the lives of Garvey and Monique...and Daki and Omar *though he may get on your absolute nerve*
BUY AND ENJOY!!!!!
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Sharon
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good.
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2012
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This book was a good short read. I really like the story lines for both stories and really enjoyed learning about these characters.
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Cle Esther
5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic!
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2014
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I loved this book because it was heartwarming and inspiring, the characters were like some people in my family, I would recommend this book to romance readers.
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lmc
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2016
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Liked it!
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