Book details
- Author: Ngozi Bolin
- Publisher: Pantraxxa LLC
- Genre: Romance, women’s fiction
- Published: May 10, 2025
- Length: 255 pages (hardcover)
- Formats: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle, audiobook
- ISBN-13: 978-1967733156
- Language: English
Foundations of the Heart
A novel by Ngozi Bolin
Foundations of the Heart is a small-town romance by Ngozi Bolin, published by Pantraxxa. New York architect Amara Blake returns to her coastal hometown to sell her late mother’s storm-damaged house and ends up restoring it alongside the guarded, grieving Leo Hayes.
About the book
Amara Blake is an accomplished New York architect. She comes back to her coastal hometown for one reason: to sell her late mother’s storm-damaged Victorian. She does not expect to work side by side with Leo Hayes, who is guarded and haunted by grief of his own.
As they repair the old house’s crumbling foundation, the walls between them come down too, and each begins to see the wounds the other has been hiding.
Then misunderstandings and ambition threaten to pull them apart, and they have to decide what is worth building and what is worth fighting for. The story plays out in a coastal town that is itself recovering.
Who this book is for
Readers of heartfelt contemporary romance about second chances and coming home.
Themes
- Second chances
- Healing from loss
- Home and belonging
- Ambition and love
Frequently asked questions
New York architect Amara Blake returns to her coastal hometown to sell her late mother’s storm-damaged Victorian house. Restoring it with Leo Hayes, who carries grief of his own, brings the two together until misunderstandings and ambition test what they have built.
It is a small-town contemporary romance with women’s fiction themes.
Ngozi Bolin, an attorney and multigenre author whose fiction is published by Pantraxxa.
The hardcover edition is 255 pages.
Hardcover, paperback, Kindle and audiobook.
All formats are available on Amazon.
About the author
Ngozi E. Bolin, Esq. is an attorney and multigenre author whose work spans legal guides, spiritual fiction, romance and contemporary women’s literature. She has more than three decades of litigation experience across New York and California.
