Book Title: Broken
Author: Lisa Edward @lisaedward01
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Publisher: Forever & Forever Yours | Grand Central Publishing
Book Description:
I wasn't looking for love, but it found me.
After giving up my dream of becoming a writer in favor of a marriage that was destined to fail, I'd been given a second chance. A chance to discover if after seven years, free-spirited Evie Rivers still lay beneath the surface.
For eight weeks, it would be just me, my laptop, and the wintry Hamptons landscape. No distractions, no interruptions. At least, that was the plan. Until he came along.
Adam Walker. He was a smart, sexy Englishman hell bent on helping me find what I had lost: myself. He laughed easily and found the good in every situation, but I couldn't help wondering what sadness lay behind the smile that slipped when he let his guard down.
Suddenly, though eight weeks doesn't feel like long enough, maybe eight weeks can be all it takes to change your life forever.
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Our Review:
Reviewed by Donna ~ 4.5 stars
***ARC received for an honest review***
“I wish we’d had a lifetime together.
I feel like I’ve wasted my life with all the wrong people.”
Lisa Edward is one of those authors that never fails to
wring out every single emotion I possess with her words and Broken was no
different. Yes, this was an emotional read in parts, but for the most part this
was an incredibly beautiful romance with two stunning characters that totally
deserved a happy every after.
“You’re going to be trouble for
me, aren’t you?”
“I hope so…”
Evie Rivers was an erotica author in college, but her work
had a more Victorian feel, especially in vocabulary. This was an erotica author
that used the words “throbbing sword” and “tunnel of love.” Evie was incredibly
naïve and terribly sheltered. She married a preacher, lost her “V Card” on her
wedding night and has lived an incredibly dull existence ever since, there were
never any sparks let alone fireworks. The absence of kids was the final nail in
the coffin that was her marriage and now our sheltered author needs to bring
back her erotica writing alter ego to survive on her own.
Evie takes off to the Hamptons, hires a beach house for
eight weeks so that she can resurrect her writing, she needed to take stock of
her life, clear her cobwebs and try to work out what she was going to do with
her life.
Adam Walker was taking a sabbatical too, spending his eight
weeks in the Hamptons to sort his life out, he had a broken heart and he too
had decisions to make. He chose the Hamptons so that he could paint, something
he had wanted to do for years and was now taking the time out to do. Adam was
British but had followed the “love of his life” to America, now spending his
time between the two countries. Our Adam has a penchant for skinny dipping in
the arctic sea and it is while watching this pastime that Evie and Adam first
meet.
“It was fireworks, the elusive
fireworks that I had dreamed of my entire life, and all from just one kiss. But
no just any kiss – it was the kiss that could make you forget every other that
had come before it.”
Adam and Evie forge a great friendship, being an English
teacher he helps Evie with her writer’s block and introduces her to a much more
modern vocabulary with hilarious results. Adam and Evie hit it off straight
away, Adam bringing her out of her shell and Evie just bringing him back to
life. The build in their relationship was a beautiful read, but the comedic
elements really lightened the seriousness and yet gave both Adam and Evie that “normal”
characterisation. These were people you could relate to and with Lisa Edward’s
words a couple that will soon bury themselves into your heart.
“… ‘a piece of my heart’ came
about because when you love someone, you give ‘em a piece of the whole and it
becomes an island that’s just for them. They fill that piece, and all the
memories and all the feelin’s that they invoke are etched there. After they’re
gone, it’s a place that you can sail to any time to relive memories, or you can
choose to abandon if it becomes too painful.”
Broken is a book within a book as Lisa Edward’s cleverly
weaves Evie’s writing within the pages of her own, add into the mix Adam’s
journal entries and you really get an insight into his inner thoughts and most
of all his emotions. Adam was extremely vulnerable albeit a happy go lucky
charmer on the outside and it was this fragility that really tugs at every
heart string. Evie has her insecurities too but just being around Adam starts
to chip away at them. These two really brought the best out of each other.
These two just fit, they were peanut butter and jelly, they were Ben &
Jerry’s and shark week.
“Besides, I figured if you could
defuzz, then so could I…I thought a raccoon had climbed through the window and
gone to sleep in your waste basket in the bathroom; then I realized it was your
beaver, ripped out on wax strips.”
Eight weeks is a short time in the grand old scheme of
things but these two were definitely more than a two-month fling. Their lives
are totally opposite, these two have a lot of hurdles, but will true love win?
Or are some hurdles just too high?
“He read your book over and over…
You’re not a bad writer. Some of the sex scenes were pretty hot…he said they
were based on real life, but there’s no way he’s that good.” ~ Will
I adored this book, I laughed, I cried, I swooned. From
skinny dipping, to writing sex scenes, to the beach, to ice-skating there was
nothing I didn’t love. For emotional readers like me, this is a must read but
even if you are just in the mood for a heart melting romance then this ticks
the boxes too. Once again, Lisa Edward delivered and I cannot wait to see what
comes next…maybe Will is up next…possibly with Angie?
Excerpt:
He was so at ease, walking into my house wrapped in a towel, that I had to remind myself we had only just met. Scurrying in, I quickly busied myself scrunching up newspaper and stacking the fireplace with kindling and logs while Adam gazed around the room. Max sniffed at everything that was within reach before finding the rug by the hearth to be the most comfortable place to flop down.
“Here, allow me.” Adam squatted beside me, the movement making his towel flap open dangerously high. I quickly averted my eyes, then took a sneaky look back down. The towel was only just covering the good bits, as the muscles in his legs flexed to support his weight and hold him stable.
I racked my brain, trying to think of something to say, but it had been a very long time since I had been this close to an attractive man, and never this close to a nearly naked one, other than my ex-husband Charles. Being with Charles had never given me these butterflies; he was comfortable to be around, like a friend you felt safe with. This guy made me want to run away and launch myself at him all at the same time.
Adam looked down at his lack of clothing. “We’d better head home. I need to get dressed.” He moved for the door. “Come on, buddy, let’s go.”
Max’s tail thumped once. His eyes opened for a moment, then closed again.
“Come on, Maxie.” Adam patted his thigh. “Max. Come.”
I stifled my snigger as Max settled in, relishing the comfort of the rug and open fire after his swim in the freezing water.
“He can stay here. It’s no trouble,” I offered. “I can bring him over later or…”
“I’ll come back in a little while after I get some clothes on.” His eyes swept over me. “I’ll see you soon, Buttercup.”
The door closed and Adam’s broad back descended the stairs to the beach and disappeared around the corner.
Did he just call me Buttercup?
About the Author:
Lisa Edward is the author of The Songbird trilogy, the novella Duty of Care and a contributor to the collation of short stories in Hook & Ladder 69. While Lisa has called Melbourne Australia home for her entire life, she has lived and worked in England, and travelled through most parts of Europe and the United States. She loves nothing more than spending time with her beautiful daughter, or curling up into the early hours of the morning with a great novel.
By day, Lisa works in the analytical IT field, so relishes the opportunity to foster her creative side through writing. Her deep appreciation for literature was nurtured from a young age, being taught to respect books and get lost in their stories. She enjoys reading honest and realistic novels that are relatable, thought provoking and leave a lasting impression. She can't write without music playing, using the emotions from different songs to invoke those of her characters. Lisa takes inspiration from her own life experiences, the people around her and those she has met in her travels.
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