Tracy Harris has learned her life's lessons the hard way thanks to an alcoholic mother and an ex-fiancee who couldn't handle her messy family. Life was easier if you kept your heart safe and secure. She knows her boss, David Braun, is interested in her but opening her heart means pain and disappointment. David Braun has been intrigued by Tracy ever since he started at the vet clinic. But she keeps him firmly at arm's length. Then Kent and the injured kitten he found comes into her life and David sees a softness and protectiveness come out in Tracythat calls to his lonely heart. Tracy discovers that Kent's life mirrors her own, she wants to take Kent into her own home and seeks David's support. And then her mother stumbles back into her life and everything is thrown apart. Can David and Tracy put aside their own needs and make the right choice for Kent and themselves? A Silence in the Heart is a compelling romance about past and present, loss and forgiveness and hard choices.