The Hand and the Heart, Sarah M. Cradit
The Hand and the Heart, Sarah M. Cradit
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The Hand and the Heart
The Darkwood Cycle, Book 2

Author: Sarah M. Cradit

Narrator: Michael Crouch, Mark Sanderlin

Unabridged: 11 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2024

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Epic


Synopsis

Two fractured souls. One heart-stopping legacy.
Escape into this breathtaking tale of two passionate young men who have lived their lives for everyone but themselves.
Pesha and Fen have shouldered the grief, pain, and fear for the people they love for as long as they can remember. Fen as his sister’s protector and handler, and Pesha as his brother’s trusted right hand. Neither has given thought to their own happiness, because a life of crisis only allows for chaos. Contentment is an affliction neither can afford.
When Pesha embarks on a desperate, risky journey to a homeland he’s never been to, in a final attempt to save his dying sister, Fen doesn’t hesitate to come along to help the man he’s been slowly falling in love with. But Pesha’s bewildering, escalating hostility on the road leaves him rejected and confused.
Making matters far worse, their “welcome” to the Territory of Asgill is far from warm. They are both descendants of the Forsaken, a faction who waged a violent uprising against their Medvedev leader almost three decades earlier. Though neither have any knowledge of those days, they’re branded as seditionists and stripped of freedoms. Pesha’s sister is taken away for healing, but if her treatment isn’t successful, the end for her is death.
To save her, and themselves, they will need to learn to do the impossible: accept they need as much help as they have always offered others.
Fen and Pesha will either break this chain...
Or die trying.___
The Hand and the Heart is a friends to lovers romance set in the Kingdom of the White Sea universe, featuring characters first introduced in The Melody and the Master. It is the second story in the Darkwood Cycle of The Book of All Things trilogy. The final book is The Wulf and the Witchling.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on January 25, 2024

The Hand and the Heart is the eighth book in The Book of All Things series, and it's Fen and Pesha's story. Fen was introduced in The Melody and the Master, and he was a great secondary character, so I was excited to see him again. Pesha is great, too, in a grumpy, tortured kind of way. Each goes on......more

Goodreads review by Tralyn on February 12, 2024

I have read every book in this series so far. I absolutely love them all. I am fortunate enough to be on Sarah’s Core Team and was able to read an ARC of THE HAND AND THE HEART. Thank you, Sarah, for inviting me along and for the gifted e-arc. This story takes you through so many emotions. It’s tende......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielle (belle.bookcorner) on January 24, 2024

Pick this up if you’re looking for: 💖 M/M romance 💖 friends to lovers 💖 found family 💖 animal familiars This is the sequel to The Melody and the Master where this time it feature Desemir’s brother – Pesha that we saw on the 1st book. This series has a couple character arts on the inside which is just as......more

Goodreads review by Sarah | Retro Girl Reads on February 06, 2024

Oh my gosh, this book… I have so many feelings about this book, and I’m not sure I can express them all coherently, but I’m definitely going to try. “The Hand and the Heart” is Fen and Pesha’s story. I’ve been rooting for these two since I read “The Melody and the Master,” but what I wasn’t expectin......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on January 29, 2024

Sarah M. Cradit is one of my favorite epic fantasy authors, and I don't think enough people are talking about her books. Her stories always transport me to another world and completely sweep me away. I love how many books she has set in her Kingdom of the White Seas world. The world is massively hug......more