Title:
Nearly
Broken
Author:
Devon
Ashley
Release
date: June 4, 2013
Genre:
Romantic Suspense
Age
Group: New Adult
Links:
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nearly-broken-devon-ashley/1115466951?ean=2940016793481
We’d
both gone missing at one point, but Claire had one thing I didn’t. Someone to
notice. So why was I the one still here and she the one still gone?
Nineteen year old Megan Smith has spent the past year working in a small town diner in the middle of nowhere. Life is quiet, simple, safe. Then comes the news that her look-a-like has gone missing.
Claire.
Still damaged both physically and mentally, Megan's not looking to be noticed. Wherever she goes from here, it's a road she needs to take alone. But when Nickolas Ellis takes the job as the new nightshift cook, it scares her how easily her defenses crumble down, down, down for him. But there are secrets she can't bear to share with just anyone, unspeakable acts that continue to haunt, and when the similarities of Claire’s abduction couples with the fear of an unwanted visitor in town, the urge to run before it all happens again intensifies, threatening the only happiness Megan's ever found.
New Adult Romantic Suspense / Realistic Fiction
Recommended for 17+ for mature and disturbing situations, language and sexual content.
Nineteen year old Megan Smith has spent the past year working in a small town diner in the middle of nowhere. Life is quiet, simple, safe. Then comes the news that her look-a-like has gone missing.
Claire.
Still damaged both physically and mentally, Megan's not looking to be noticed. Wherever she goes from here, it's a road she needs to take alone. But when Nickolas Ellis takes the job as the new nightshift cook, it scares her how easily her defenses crumble down, down, down for him. But there are secrets she can't bear to share with just anyone, unspeakable acts that continue to haunt, and when the similarities of Claire’s abduction couples with the fear of an unwanted visitor in town, the urge to run before it all happens again intensifies, threatening the only happiness Megan's ever found.
New Adult Romantic Suspense / Realistic Fiction
Recommended for 17+ for mature and disturbing situations, language and sexual content.
SPOILER FREE REVIEW -mature content reader discretion is advised.
4.5 HEARTS out of 5
Genre: New Adult Romance
WARNING: If you cannot handle reading about rape or reading a rape scene then I highly suggest you move on. This book is not for the faint of heart it contains rape, kidnapping, cutting and sex trafficking.
This book left me SPEECHLESS. Dark romance lovers this one is for you!
This book ripped me apart. I don’t know any other way to put it.
TOTAL BONE CRUSHER.
THROUGH MY CHEST CAVITY.
HEART. RIPPED. OUT.
‘Myrtle Creek was safe, so small and inconsequential you couldn’t even find it on a lot of maps unless you zoomed in on a digital copy or bought a local fold-up.’
Megan Smith is a nineteen year old girl on the run after being held against her will by a man she knows as a family friend. Currently living in a small town working as a waitress at a diner, Megan has learned to lay low and make no attachments to people that could tie her to them or the town. Because… because he’s still out there.
4.5 HEARTS out of 5
Genre: New Adult Romance
WARNING: If you cannot handle reading about rape or reading a rape scene then I highly suggest you move on. This book is not for the faint of heart it contains rape, kidnapping, cutting and sex trafficking.
This book left me SPEECHLESS. Dark romance lovers this one is for you!
This book ripped me apart. I don’t know any other way to put it.
TOTAL BONE CRUSHER.
THROUGH MY CHEST CAVITY.
HEART. RIPPED. OUT.
‘Myrtle Creek was safe, so small and inconsequential you couldn’t even find it on a lot of maps unless you zoomed in on a digital copy or bought a local fold-up.’
Megan Smith is a nineteen year old girl on the run after being held against her will by a man she knows as a family friend. Currently living in a small town working as a waitress at a diner, Megan has learned to lay low and make no attachments to people that could tie her to them or the town. Because… because he’s still out there.
Megan Smith is a nineteen year old girl on the run after being held against her will by a man she knows as a family friend. Currently living in a small town working as a waitress at a diner, Megan has learned to lay low and make no attachments to people that could tie her to them or the town. Because… because he’s still out there.
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In the process of breaking free and escaping her captor Megan is left with some severe scars on her body. Scars that have left her very self conscious. Of course the outer scars don’t even compare to the internal ones. After being raped daily along with the physical abuse and other inhumane treatment Megan feels as if she was left broken.
While on shift at the diner a female customer sees Megan and calls her by the name of Claire. Megan looks around assessing that no one else is present in the empty diner and tells the woman that her name is Megan. The woman tells Megan about how she is identical in looks to her little sister Claire who went missing a few years back.
Curious of the age difference between me and my newfound twin, I scanned the flyer. Born September 17, 1993. She’d turn twenty later this year, just four months before me.
The resemblance is uncanny.
We’d both gone missing at one point, but Claire had one thing I didn’t. Someone to notice. So why was I the one still here and she the one still gone?
Megan is on a one woman mission called SURVIVAL. After what she’s endured and escaped there is no way she plans to go back in to captivity. Things start to change when a young guy named Nick takes a job at the diner on the night shift with her. His excellent cooking brings in the customers. But its his good looks that bring all the local girls to the diner wanting to know who he is and if he is single.
Not much gets pass Megan, she is suspicious that he is not all he lets on to be.
While on shift at the diner a female customer sees Megan and calls her by the name of Claire. Megan looks around assessing that no one else is present in the empty diner and tells the woman that her name is Megan. The woman tells Megan about how she is identical in looks to her little sister Claire who went missing a few years back.
Curious of the age difference between me and my newfound twin, I scanned the flyer. Born September 17, 1993. She’d turn twenty later this year, just four months before me.
The resemblance is uncanny.
We’d both gone missing at one point, but Claire had one thing I didn’t. Someone to notice. So why was I the one still here and she the one still gone?
Megan is on a one woman mission called SURVIVAL. After what she’s endured and escaped there is no way she plans to go back in to captivity. Things start to change when a young guy named Nick takes a job at the diner on the night shift with her. His excellent cooking brings in the customers. But its his good looks that bring all the local girls to the diner wanting to know who he is and if he is single.
Not much gets pass Megan, she is suspicious that he is not all he lets on to be.
Nick comes along and starts to get pass Megan’s highly constructed walls. She can’t help but start to fall for him. And neither can I. Nick shows her that when you fall for someone looks are not what matter it’s the heart.
Nick’s milkshake may bring all the girls to the yard but he only has eyes for Megan. And he makes it known. Things get serious real quick between the two. As they get to know one another she shares with him how she got scarred. Unfortunately he is not honest with her about everything.
When she discovers the truth she is devastated.
Nick and Megan manage to move on as his secret from the past converges on their future. They slowly begin to build a relationship. An all consuming relationship filled with love the bond they build makes them inseparable as she seeks to replace her bad memories with good memories.
And now I will shut up because the story takes twist and turns that you never see coming and I refuse to spoil it.
My Casting
My Thoughts
I highly recommend this to my friends who enjoy a dark romance read with an unexpected plot twist. This book may not be for the faint of heart but it is very good. The author has a great writing style and she gives you an excellent story with characters that deserve a HAPPY ENDING you would fight for. READ IT!
My Ratings
Characters- loved some hated others
Writing Style- Very good
Plot/Storyline- Highly emotional and contains disturbing content
Steam Factor- Medium/Moderately Steamy
Overall- I loved it! READ IT!!
Now go forth and read. Then come tell us about it!
*Copy kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*
I highly recommend this to my friends who enjoy a dark romance read with an unexpected plot twist. This book may not be for the faint of heart but it is very good. The author has a great writing style and she gives you an excellent story with characters that deserve a HAPPY ENDING you would fight for. READ IT!
My Ratings
Characters- loved some hated others
Writing Style- Very good
Plot/Storyline- Highly emotional and contains disturbing content
Steam Factor- Medium/Moderately Steamy
Overall- I loved it! READ IT!!
Now go forth and read. Then come tell us about it!
*Copy kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*
I’m a mom, wife,
a lover and a fighter, coffee addict,
wicked knitster, Microbiologist, baker of fine yummy treats, and someone who
will fight you to death for that last twinkie bag of M&Ms during the
zombie-apocalypse. Seriously, my addiction is that important to me. Oh yeah,
and writing is cool too!
Such a nice post.. I've learned this is a book that is for me.. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity.
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I'm definitely intrigued by this one.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an amazing book. Great review!
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