Heartstopping by Theresa Huntlinger Vigour (eBook)

 “Deeply felt, rich with honesty and insight, Vigour delivers a compelling and vulnerable tale of romance in modern times.” Dinty W. Moore, author of The Mindful Writer

One moment she was a wife of forty years. The next, she was a widow.

When her husband's heart stopped without warning, everything changed. Food became unbearable. Sleep disappeared. The future she thought she knew vanished overnight.

Then something unexpected happened.

She discovered she liked having the bed to herself. She could drive without criticism from the passenger seat. She could double-dip her spoon into the peanut butter jar and answer to no one.

And eventually, she wanted more than survival. She wanted butterflies.

Armed with a dating profile and a stubborn determination to live fully again, she plunged into the bewildering, hilarious, exhilarating, and sometimes terrifying world of online dating. Over the next decade, she would meet more than a hundred men: romantics, charmers, eccentrics, intellectuals, opportunists, and the occasional nightmare.

There were symphonies and sailing trips. Ghosting and love-bombing. A marriage proposal after a first date. A convicted child molester hiding in plain sight. A Cambridge prodigy who made her dream of Argentina. A man who spent their entire date staring at his phone. And countless moments that were funny, awkward, touching, absurd, and unforgettable.

Heartstopping is a fiercely honest memoir about grief, reinvention, and the surprising adventure of finding love after loss. Equal parts heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny, it is proof that life doesn't end when your heart breaks. Sometimes, that's exactly when it begins again.

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Pub date: 13-Oct-2026

Page count: 302