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The Heart Was Not Built for the Fast Lane: Why Modern Romance Still Leaves Old-Fashioned Pain
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Series: The Coming Home Collection, Book 13
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ISBN13: 9798185729991
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 26 2026
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 26 2026
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Modern romance has learned how to move quickly. A glance. A message. A swipe. A weekend. A late-night conversation. A connection that begins before either person has had time to ask what is really happening. There may be no promise, no plan, and no name for it. And still, something in the heart may begin to move. The Heart Was Not Built for the Fast Lane is a quiet, emotionally honest book about the ache that follows when modern romance asks ancient hearts to behave as if closeness leaves no mark. This is not a dating manual. It is not a rulebook for relationships. It is not written to shame desire, attraction, tenderness, or the longing to feel alive again. It is written for the person who has tried to be casual and discovered that their heart did not sign the same agreement. In these pages, Gregg Patten explores:
- Casual connections that still leave emotional marks
- The pain of almost being loved
- Why chemistry is not the same as connection
- The grief that comes without a name
- The cost of acting unbothered
- Why freedom can sometimes become avoidance
- How to slow the heart without hardening it
Sometimes it is proof that something true in you survived.
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