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RESILIENT HEART PRESS
INDEPENDENT · AUTHOR-LED · TORONTO

Made for the story.
Built for creative freedom.

We believe human authorship should remain at the heart of every story, while modern tools expand the possibilities for how it is presented to the world.

LOVE LIES
Top 3 Romance Finalist 2026 CANREADS Book Awards
2026 Page Turner Awards Fiction Book Award Finalist
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Love Lies

After her high-society fiancé leaves her homeless and drowning in debt, Amy Beckett is fighting to save the last sanctuary she has left. Her beloved café. Her opponent? Matthew Warren, a merciless senior counsel whose arrival threatens everything she has built.

Love Lies is a high-stakes contemporary romance about betrayal, survival, power, and finding fire in the most unexpected places.

Contemporary Romance Romantic Suspense Available Wide
Love Lies by Joelle Habbaki
COMING SOON · THE ST. AUSTELL DUET

Two books. One complete story.
Returning in newly revised editions.

Shattered and Surrender return through Resilient Heart Press with revised and expanded manuscripts, new covers, refreshed blurbs, and an original song created for Edward and Emma's story.

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FROM THE PULSE

Inside the books. Behind the stories.

Three perspectives from The Pulse.

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THE BOOKS
January 29, 2026

The Book That Became a Publishing House

How Love Lies led Joelle Habbaki to create Resilient Heart Press. First as a publishing imprint, and eventually as a statement about creative independence, technology and who gets to decide how a story is made.

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BEHIND THE STORIES
June 7, 2026

When a Story Expands Beyond the Page

At Resilient Heart Press, the manuscript is only the beginning of how a story meets the world. Through design, moving image, original music and digital storytelling, each book is given a creative life beyond the page.

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THE PUBLISHING WORLD
October 5, 2026

The Invisible Work Behind a Published Book

What happens after the manuscript is finished, and before a book is ready to find its readers. Inside the editorial, creative, technical and commercial work behind a published book.

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WHY RESILIENT HEART PRESS

A publishing house built around creative ownership.

Every story begins with an author and a vision. We believe creative ownership means protecting that vision and giving authors the freedom to shape how their work is presented to the world.

Modern tools can expand what creators are able to do, but they will never replace the imagination, empathy, and lived experience that make stories matter. We embrace innovation, while keeping human authorship at the heart of everything we do.

STORY FIRST
CREATIVE OWNERSHIP
MODERN TOOLS, THOUGHTFULLY USED

“Technology will keep changing. The human need to create will not.”

Joelle Habbaki, Founder of Resilient Heart Press

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