What The Heart Can Hold has it all. It incorporates romance, passion, sex and drama with sprinkles of humor. Follow Marissa Molinari, a gregarious, hopeless romantic, 26 year old native New Yorker from a middle-class Catholic background through twenty two days of her life which change the course of her future. Marissa has given up on the idea of falling in love, so when it happens it is quite unexpected. She meets Hans, a charming captivating and strikingly handsome man. Marissa discovers that losing her innocence unleashes within her a powerful lust she never realized she possessed. Hans brings to her life a facet of love she had only dreamt possible, but with it a pain she doesn't know if she can endure. The story unfolds in each character's perspective giving a better insight into their personalities. This novel includes moments that will bring both a smile to your face and a tear to your eye.