With Every Heartbeat

With Every Heartbeat is the first and only book of the With Every Heartbeat series.

Summary
''The average heart beats a hundred thousand times a day. That's how long it took Dakota Winchester to fall for you. A hundred thousand heartbeats...''

Chapter 1: The New Kid
"The average heart beats a hundred thousand times a day. That's how long it took Dakota Winchester to fall for you. A hundred thousand heartbeats..."

Chapter 2: Hope Springs
"And all at once, you find yourself tripping head over heels into a new adventure."

Chapter 3: Just Friends
"You always wanted to live a life worthy of being captured on film."

Chapter 4: Falling
"Sometimes love is death by a thousand cuts."

Chapter 5: Mourning After
"There's never a good time for bad news."

Chapter 6: Making the Cut
"It's a truth universally acknowledged that parents ruin everything."

Chapter 7: Worried Sick
"No one ever told you that dreaming big would lead to this."

Chapter 8: Bright Lights, Big City
"Shooting stars burn brightest just before they fall to earth."

Chapter 9: Waiting Game
"You've sat in the waiting rooms your whole life, but this time... everything's different."

Chapter 10: The Hereafter
"All it takes is one moment for your life to spiral out of control..."

Chapter 11: The Send-Off
"Some goodbyes are just the beginning."

Chapter 12: Left Behind
"For better or worse, you're stuck in this place until you can't wait anymore."

Chapter 13: Matchmaker
"The longest road is the one that leads home."

Chapter 14: Life After
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder... right?"

Chapter 15: Dancing in the Dark
"It's the beginning of the end, but you're too close to call it."

Chapter 16: Meant to Be
"Inevitability doesn't dull the feeling... and you wouldn't have it any other way."

Miscellaneous

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Spoilers

 * On December 19, 2019, users on several social media began to report that a then-new feature VIP was advertising two new books, this one and Hot Couture.
 * On March 6, 2020, PB revealed in the Choices Insiders e-mail that this book will premiere later this Spring.
 * In Pixelberry's April 2020 newsletter, they announced that this book was originally going to be released this month, but got pushed back due to schedule changes.
 * On January 8, 2021, PB revealed the book will release to all players this month in the Choices Insiders e-mail.
 * On January 22, 2021, PB released a blogpost confirming the book will premiere at the end of this month.
 * They also mentioned that they updated some of the main character hairstyles.
 * On January 25, 2021, PB released a teaser video and announced that the book will be available for all players later this week.
 * On January 26, 2021, PB released a sneak peek featuring all versions of Dakota.
 * On January 27, 2021, PB released a sneak peek featuring a version of MC with friends.
 * On the same day, PB released the book for everyone.
 * In the Choices Insiders of February 2021, PB revealed a sketch of the cover and a word from one of their artists, Sara: "For this cover, we wanted the focus to be on the connection between Sage (main character) and Dakota. We intended for the background to be simple and pretty, with clouds that draw your attention back to the characters. For the final cover, the characters were moved down with a giant sky above them, making the scene more uplifting and heightening the sense of possibilities."

Trivia

 * This book was released simultaneously on early-access with Hot Couture, with 3 chapters at launch.
 * In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that Edenbrook Hospital is 45 minutes away from Willow Creek by bus, and half the time by car. That makes Willow Creek one of Boston's neighborhoods.
 * This book advises player discretion because the story will cover serious issues including illness and death.
 * In Chapter 16, Your Character and her friends graduate high school as the Class of 2020. This sets the book's timeline as September 2019 through May or June 2020.
 * This book appears as a movie in a premium scene in Chapter 95 of My Two First Loves.

Click here for the walkthrough of this book: With Every Heartbeat Choices.