“For a
woman who claims to be an open book, you hide so much.” He runs his thumb down
the side of my neck, over the hollow in my collarbone. “Next time you strip for
me, you’re taking off more than your clothes.” – Asher Logan
“Once I
believed myself incapable of loving. I
thought it my sacrifice, the payment for my sins. But I feel it inside
me–transformation. Something that was once so hard bending into something
pliable. – Maggie Thompson
BLURB
“If you’re broken, I’ll fix you…”
I’m only twenty-one and already damaged goods. A slut. A failure.
A disappointment to my picture-perfect family as long as I can remember. I
called off my wedding to William Bailey, the only man who thought I was worth
fixing. A year later, he’s marrying my sister. Unless I ask him not to…
“If you shatter, I’ll find you…”
But now there’s Asher Logan, a broken man who sees the fractures
in my façade and doesn’t want to fix me at all. Asher wants me to stop hiding,
to stop pretending. Asher wants to break down my walls. But that means letting
him see my ugly secrets and forgiving him for his.
With my past weighing down on me, do I want the man who holds me
together or the man who gives me permission to break?
Sandy B’s
Review
“Small time slut with too much
baggage” that’s the way that Maggie describes herself. This girl is keeping
secrets, big ones. She’s not your doe
eyed innocent virgin and I LOVE THAT about her. She comes back home to start
all over – Project New Me. Unfortunately, not everyone in this small town is
willing to let her live down her past. This includes her judgmental
mother. She left her fiancé, the good
and virtuous Will Bailey, practically at the altar. No worries – her sister, Krystal was there to
pick up the pieces and comfort him.
Almost one year to the date, she’s back at the altar with Will except
this time she isn’t the bride. Will is marrying Krystal. When I read that – I was like – EXCUSE
ME! Yuck! Then how dare she?! How dare he?!
Then her stick up the butt Mother was okay with this sh*t?!
Okay – sorry. Back to my review. Much to everyone’s disgust, during the
wedding “someone” releases a stink bomb.
Yes, you read correctly – a stink bomb – which sends everyone running
for the door before the couple is officially married. THAT boys and girls is where it all goes to hell
in a hand basket.
To get away from her family, Maggie
sneaks over the fence of the rich dude next door, who owns the big house with
the gorgeous pool because he’s never home.
Except the rich dude is home and she’s busted swimming in his pool. Enter Asher Logan! Not only is he a gorgeous,
hot, rich dude, he’s also a famous retired rock star. Maggie offers herself on a silver
platter. He wants to get to know her
better and refuses. Maggie is so taken
aback that it’s funny.
What happens
next? Watching Will and Krystal’s new
life unfold makes Maggie feels cheated out of what should have been hers. Krystal is insecure and unsure of Will’s
love. Will as it turns out may not be
over Maggie after all. Oh but wait –
there’s more. Remember those secret that
I mentioned earlier – it’s a doozy.
There are even a few twists thrown in by Will and Asher. Ooooh it was good. I liked Maggie with all
her flaws. I liked that maybe Will isn’t
such a goody goody after all. I liked
that Asher saw beyond Maggie’s past because he has one too. I liked it! I really really liked it (a la
Sally Field at the Academy Awards).
This was my
first Lexi Ryan book but it will not be my last. She brought the heartache, the angst and the sexy
just the way I like it. Do we get an
HEA? You’ll have to wait until almost
the end of Unbreak Me to find out. I’m
not telling but I will say it was a sweet ride.
On sale for $.99! Last day Tuesday, 7/2/13
About the author- Lexi Ryan
Like most authors, I feel a little silly
writing these. My life is one I love and there's not much I'd change about it,
but it's not terribly exciting.
I live in mid-western Indiana,
where I spend my days teaching English at a local college. In the evenings, I
get to hang out with my husband and two kids--a five-year-old boy and a
nearly-two-year-old hellion, er, girl. Not surprisingly, reading and writing
remain my favorite activities, though both come in bits and pieces these days,
not the big hunks of time I enjoyed before I had children. When I'm feeling
virtuous, I like to go running (I use that word liberally. I'm really, really
slow) or do yoga. Don't worry, I'm always careful to balance out such
activities with a hearty serving of ice cream or a chocolate martini. I love
hearing from readers, so I hope you'll drop me a note.
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