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A Heart Lies Within Us
Nothing lies more than your heart, nothing destroys you faster than love
The story speaks of how a broken childhood creates a broken life as love becomes the lie, and truth becomes your failure until the heart redeems you. Nothing lies to you more than your heart when trying to protect a loved one from the truth, but nothing destroys those beliefs more than the lies you hold true. The baggage, the influence, and what happens until you walk away from the past and accept your journey realizing only you can stop the lies buried within your heart and start over. At that moment, love finds you, and only then can you give yourself completely to another and find true love.
A Heart Lies Within Us is a fictional memoir of love, death, and destiny.
The story speaks of how a broken childhood creates a broken life as love becomes the lie, and truth becomes your failure until the heart redeems you. Nothing lies to you more than your heart when trying to protect a loved one from the truth, but nothing destroys those beliefs more than the lies you hold true. The baggage, the influence, and what happens until you walk away from the past and accept your journey realizing only you can stop the lies buried within your heart and start over. At that moment, love finds you, and only then can you give yourself completely to another and find true love.
A Heart Lies Within Us is a fictional memoir of love, death, and destiny.
344 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2008
About the author
Steven LaBree
2 books6 followersSteven first published short-stories about his adventures through a national magazine. A South Florida native, he prefers hot weather and has a full wardrobe of cargo shorts, and T shirts. His first novel was crafted using human frailty, the reality of life, and true experiences although Steven has a tendency for hyperbole. He creates imaginary worlds of intrigue, desire, humor, and reflection of how perfectly imperfect life can be. He weaves stories understanding the simplicity of how people act and talk in everyday life; unpretentious, fallible, quirky, and honest. Human nature drives his characters, curiosity drives his story.
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February 6, 2023
Engaging and satisfying, this book captured my attention from the first page. It's a novel that holds a lot of love and dissapointments.
It tells the story of Lucas Colby and his journey. It opens with a true story told by his father's journal. By reading it, he gained a better understanding of his father, William, and what happened in the past.
After being recruited to work in West Virginia, he and his wife, Martha, relocated there initially. Suddenly, everything changes, and instead of spending time with his family, William drowns himself in alcohol.
Several truths emerge after Martha passes away. As a consequence of his inability to control his emotions, Lucas ends up killing a man, concluding that "Lies held within your heart never save you, and your heart will always lies to those you love". Therefore, his only thought was to run away and start over somewhere that was convenient for him.
A book like this makes you reflect on many situations that you may face in life, and all you need is support and love to get through them. Lucas grew up without a father and only with his religious mother. In retrospect, he should have taken over his mother's Bible-based teachings. It is unfortunate that emotions are hard to handle when you are unprepared.
Definitely worth checking out.
It tells the story of Lucas Colby and his journey. It opens with a true story told by his father's journal. By reading it, he gained a better understanding of his father, William, and what happened in the past.
After being recruited to work in West Virginia, he and his wife, Martha, relocated there initially. Suddenly, everything changes, and instead of spending time with his family, William drowns himself in alcohol.
Several truths emerge after Martha passes away. As a consequence of his inability to control his emotions, Lucas ends up killing a man, concluding that "Lies held within your heart never save you, and your heart will always lies to those you love". Therefore, his only thought was to run away and start over somewhere that was convenient for him.
A book like this makes you reflect on many situations that you may face in life, and all you need is support and love to get through them. Lucas grew up without a father and only with his religious mother. In retrospect, he should have taken over his mother's Bible-based teachings. It is unfortunate that emotions are hard to handle when you are unprepared.
Definitely worth checking out.
March 5, 2023
This was Steven's first book. It's a terrific love story that takes you across America when times were very different. The locations are real and the story, as I understand, is created from real lives. It's almost a memoir but, of course, fiction. Love the story; broke my heart then mended it.
June 12, 2009
The life of Lucas Colby is never easy or simple. Shortly after the turn of the century, Lucas's parents travel from West Virginia to Ohio, where Lucas is born. His father spends most of his time drinking and working, so that Lucas is raised primarily by his religious mother. On Lucas's tenth birthday, his father is finally done in by the alcohol and a jealous rival. Years later, after Lucas is orphaned when his mother dies of cancer, Lucas takes revenge on his father's rival before hitting the rails.
After some time spent living as a hobo on the rails, Lucas finally winds up in New York City, where he becomes bartender/bouncer for a speakeasy run by a man named Charlie. It's there where Lucas's life takes dramatic turns as he takes up drinking like his father and eventually meets the love of his life.
There's just one problem as the love of his life happens to be in love with the spotlight. Though Lucas loves her as much as he can, he can't ever compete with her desire to be a famous. Heartbroken and alone, Lucas is saved by an old friend, becoming a journalist for a small paper, where his life takes another dramatic turn.
There are a few other dramatic turns in store for you, but I won't spoil those.
All these dramatic turns are what make the story a worthwhile and engaging read. I was fascinated by the Lucas character and couldn't wait to see what would happen next to him and if he could finally get his life in order. This makes the book a real page-turner.
While the story takes place largely from the 1910s to 1940s the subject of finding your one true love and holding onto it is universal enough that it still resonates with modern readers. As well, LaBree's writing is uncomplicated enough that it never becomes too cumbersome or "literary" for the average reader.
Overall, this is a great book you should add to your reading list.
(Note: this book is available exclusively on Amazon.)
That is all.
After some time spent living as a hobo on the rails, Lucas finally winds up in New York City, where he becomes bartender/bouncer for a speakeasy run by a man named Charlie. It's there where Lucas's life takes dramatic turns as he takes up drinking like his father and eventually meets the love of his life.
There's just one problem as the love of his life happens to be in love with the spotlight. Though Lucas loves her as much as he can, he can't ever compete with her desire to be a famous. Heartbroken and alone, Lucas is saved by an old friend, becoming a journalist for a small paper, where his life takes another dramatic turn.
There are a few other dramatic turns in store for you, but I won't spoil those.
All these dramatic turns are what make the story a worthwhile and engaging read. I was fascinated by the Lucas character and couldn't wait to see what would happen next to him and if he could finally get his life in order. This makes the book a real page-turner.
While the story takes place largely from the 1910s to 1940s the subject of finding your one true love and holding onto it is universal enough that it still resonates with modern readers. As well, LaBree's writing is uncomplicated enough that it never becomes too cumbersome or "literary" for the average reader.
Overall, this is a great book you should add to your reading list.
(Note: this book is available exclusively on Amazon.)
That is all.
July 13, 2009
Love is never easy. What a great book!
July 13, 2009
Beautiful
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