Books That Pull Your Heart Strings

May 16, 2024 2 min read

Need a heartfelt book, look no further

Let It Love by Emma Aiseman

Just Next Door by Sarah Everly

Anywhere Else by Kayla Hicks

Totally Folked by Penny Reid

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover

Secrets They Never Told by Kayla Hicks

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

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