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if the eyes had no tears

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Pub Date Jul 28 2026 | Archive Date Jul 26 2026


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Description

“Expectation is the enemy of happiness.”

Divorced Boston physician, Dana Madison, rebuilds her life—balancing work, motherhood, and fear of intimacy—until an unexpected neighbor, Jack Duncan, a lawyer with a surprising secret, offers a second chance at love. But her best friend's cancer diagnosis, her daughter’s mental health crisis, and Jack’s mysterious disappearance test trust, commitment, and whether Dana can rearrange her life for love. 

Sweeping Boston’s medical community, Plum Island’s beaches, Ireland, and the Montana wilderness, If the Eyes Had No Tears—where women’s fiction and steamy contemporary romance collide—is an emotional mid-life self-reckoning filled with passion, resilience, the slow, steady work of trust—and second chance love. A story that reminds us that second chances aren’t just for fairy tales—they’re for anyone brave enough to embrace them.


“Expectation is the enemy of happiness.”

Divorced Boston physician, Dana Madison, rebuilds her life—balancing work, motherhood, and fear of intimacy—until an unexpected neighbor, Jack Duncan, a lawyer...


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This book has steamy sex scenes: Heat index is ~4.5.

Triggers: suicide ideation, breast cancer

Watch the book trailer on the Website! More videos to come.

This book has steamy sex scenes: Heat index is ~4.5.

Triggers: suicide ideation, breast cancer


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ISBN 9798996545704
PRICE $6.99 (USD)
PAGES 324

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As real-life disasters pile up, Dana, a lonely divorcee living in Boston, finds solace, like many of us, in romantic fiction. Dr. Dana Madison shares a successful medical practice with her colleague and best friend, Kathy. Dana is sick and tired of her ex-husband and the aggravation of online matchmaking. Then she meets and falls for her neighbor, Jack Duncan, a kind and intelligent lawyer. Dana is juggling Kathy’s sudden illness and a crisis with her daughter when Jack suddenly disappears. If a man ghosted me like that, I’d also probably hop on a plane to spend a week riding horses in Montana. Who doesn’t have cowboy dreams? And like Dana, I’d spend the entire flight reading a sexy, passion-filled novel about a dreamy relationship. If the Eyes Had No Tears is perfect for anyone who enjoys dipping into a steamy romance about mature characters who also enjoy steamy romances.

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