Series & Title: No Longer Broken Duet, Book 1: Shattered Beginnings
Author: Lilly Wilde
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Publisher: BGF Publishing
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Genre: Contemporary, New Adult, Sports, Romance (minor)
ARC Received From & Reviewed For: Lilly Wilde
Branch McGuire
Hot, arrogant and life of the party …
I easily transitioned from high school jock to egotistical playboy. And when the chance to leave Blue Ridge presented itself, I signed on, dropping everything without so much as a second thought.
Settling into the lifestyle of a professional athlete, I indulge in the pleasures of my high-profile status. The only nod to my roots is my annual trip for a celebrity spotlight fix, but when I receive a call that forces an impromptu return home, everything I left behind comes barreling to the surface.
Ragan Prescott
Determined, resilient and born of a drug addict …
From the outside, my life was that of a free-spirited girl who grew up in a normal household, yet nothing normal happened behind the doors of a house I came to hate.
Breaking away from the family dysfunction, I embark upon the life I’ve always wanted in Blue Ridge. But when I fall prey to the charms of a silver-tongued devil, it becomes a life I have to escape.
Will a small town hero be my only chance at survival? Will my broken soul mend his?
Can our Shattered Beginnings become the fragile pieces from which love is made?
**Book One of the No Longer Broken Duet.
This isn't for the faint of heart. It isn't for those who prefer light romance. It isn't for anyone who reads romance as an escape.
Branch and Ragan's story is deep. It's dark. It's gut-wrenching. It's heartbreaking. It most likely mirrors someone's reality. And no one should ever experience what Branch or Ragan have, fiction or not.
This story isn't really a romance. It's non-existent between the main characters. They have a tentative friendship that dangles from weathered ropes that could snap at any moment. That isn't a picture of their fragile nature; both are far from fragile despite their appearances. This is a picture of how fragile their relationship is. It wasn't built on the best of beginnings, and anything could be reason enough for it to end.
Branch and Ragan have suffered alot. Abuse, abandonment, uncertainty, helplessness, and their lives at the end of the book are still far from ideal. They're broken and struggling to deal with life as it continues to throw them curve balls.
And it wasn't fair.
It wasn't fair to watch them nearly break because of people who are supposed to love and protect them. It wasn't fair to watch them struggle to stand under the enormous weight of circumstance. It wasn't fair to watch them cope alone when they should have had someone to lean on.
This isn't a story to go into lightly. Issues can be triggers for some readers so proceed with caution. But it's that darkness before the dawn kind of a read, when all the bad happens now in preparation for the good that's coming. Good that's deserved. Good that will be appreciated. Good that will strengthen a fragile bond into one that is unbreakable and will stand strong against the odds.
Is it coming? Yes. Even if this wasn't part of a duet, as a reader I know it is. There might be more hurdles along the way, more issues to deal with before then, but it's coming. I know it is.
I can't wait.
Lilly Wilde is the Author of The Untouched Series. She is a wife and mom who loves to fill each day with happiness and laughter. Lilly loves to dream, get lost in fantasy and create alternate worlds in which we can escape ever so often. She’s down-to-earth, engaging and compassionate with a great sense of humor. Her laughter is one of the first qualities that you’ll notice; you’ll become instantly drawn to her witty and fun-loving spirit.
Lilly spent a lot of time daydreaming as a child which led to numerous hours of reading and eventually the writing of poetry. The first story Lilly began writing was entitled He Lied To Me, a novel she plans to complete in the near future. After years of starting and stopping several novels, she eventually set a goal to complete her debut novel, Untouched.
Her stories are of strength, growth, facing demons and stepping outside your comfort zone; they often surround topics of family and love and the beauty of both.
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