Encore of the Heart
Dana Winston
Six weeks of silence. A lifetime of noise. One chance to heal.
Sierra Park has two weeks to prove her small-town hospital is profitable, or Peninsula Healthcare shuts it down.
She doesn’t have time for Luca Vale.
The voiceless superstar arrived with a shattered reputation and a desperate need for secrecy. Sierra expected a demanding diva. She found a man who works harder than anyone she’s ever treated.
Every session strips away another layer of her resolve. Every silent note he passes her breaks down a wall she thought was impenetrable.
He’s drowning in the fear that his life is over. She’s the solitary line of defense between him and a career-ending silence.
But when his ex-manager leaks his location to the press, their sanctuary shatters.
With the paparazzi circling and the corporate takeover looming, Sierra faces an impossible choice: Save the hospital that’s her legacy, or save the man who’s become her heart.
Book Information
Author: Dana Winston
Available on: February 6th, 2026
Series: Cascade Bay Medical Series
Imprint: Lovelace Lit
Word Count: 39k
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Medical Romance, Rock Star Romance, Romance
Formats Available: Ebook
ISBNs: 978-1-966024-22-4
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Chapters from Encore of the Heart...
Encore of the Heart – Chapter 1
The final chord of Static Bloom hung in the air, a wall of controlled distortion that vibrated through the floorboards and up into Luca’s bones. He held the note, letting...
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Sierra arrived an hour before the first patient. The clinic was hers then, quiet, ordered, exactly as she’d left it.
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The exam chair was black vinyl, cool against the back of Luca’s neck. Every surface in the room gleamed under flat fluorescent light, reflecting a sterile, shadowless world.
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He arrived at precisely 9 AM. Sierra noted the punctuality, a good data point, as Luca Vale stepped into her therapy room.
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The alarm on his phone chimed at seven. Luca woke to silence so complete it felt like pressure against his eardrums.
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A week passed in a series of quiet, forty-five-minute intervals, each one a testament to controlled variables. Sierra’s clinic remained a sanctuary of order, but now a new variable threatened...
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Luca traced the shape of a D-major chord on his thigh for the hundredth time that morning, the phantom gesture offering no comfort. Three weeks of silence, and the peace...
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Sierra wiped down the vinyl chairs with sharp, efficient strokes, the antiseptic scent filling the room. The walk had worked.
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The week leading up to Luca’s first phonation trial felt like preparing a patient for their first steps after a spinal cord injury. Every variable managed, every risk mitigated.
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The soft click of the clinic door closing behind him was a full stop at the end of a sentence he didn’t understand. One moment, the room had been humming...
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Sierra’s hands wouldn’t stop shaking. She pressed them flat against her desk, the cool laminate solid under her palms, and forced her fingers to still.
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Luca pressed his palm against his throat. The throb was constant now, a punishment for the thirty seconds of hope he’d felt after the phonation trial.
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“Sierra Park has made the professional decision to recuse herself from your case. ” Luca heard Evelyn Reed say it but he couldn’t believe it.
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Sierra was halfway through a discharge summary when her desk phone buzzed. Garrett Wolfe’s extension.
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The air in the Cascade Bay Grand was thick with anticipation and the faint, sweet scent of popcorn. Sierra stood in the deep shadows at the back of the theater,...
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The applause hit like a shockwave through his chest, rattling his ribs, drowning the small theater in pure sound. Luca bowed his head and let it wash over him.
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Sierra woke to the soft, gray light of a Pacific Northwest morning filtering through the blinds, and for a disorienting moment, didn’t know where she was. The room was unfamiliar,...
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