Shattered Beginnings
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Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
Loved it
I have just finished this book and I loved it. The whole book was brilliant could not fault it one bit.
Branch is Hot, arrogant, big head ego but there is a softer side to him that no-one sees except for his brother. He looks after everyone but doesn't let anyone get close to him because of what has happened to him years ago. He loves his mum and brother that he drops everything to come back to the small town of Blue Ridge that once was called Home for him but it hasn't been that in ages.
Ragan is a smart, shy girl who has been given the short end of the stick all of her life but when she was forced out of a situation that was not her fault, she see everything in a different light. Now that she is older now and has someone that depends on her for everything she has made a promise to herself that she will not get into another bad situation every again that is until a certain famous NFL Footballer comes into the diner one day and her whole world changes.
Will these two characters get together in the end? If you loved Lilly's books before then you will love this one. Looking forward for the next book.
Thanks Lilly for another great book that leaves you wanting more and more.
Cocky, arrogant baller time😍
Shattered Beginnings what is there to say, if you thought Lilly Wilde broke the mold when she brought us the Untouched Series, she has "shattered" it with the highly emotionally charged tale. From the outset, you can feel the damaged suffered by these two characters, personally I don't know how she does it, I am rung out just from reading *major book hangover*. The opening book of this duet is majorly different from Lilly's other work. I was stunned by the direction the book took me in, and for me it was so not long enough. Once I started reading I was hooked from chapter 1, crying by chapter 2 and ready to explode by chapter 3. Can you imagine how I felt by the end?
Ragan is so strong and brave. I have to commend her, I don't think I would have survived like she had, but not without scars that run deep. She is extremely wary of everything and everyone and does not trust easily at all.
Branch is a first class a-hole and he freely admits this. He is emotionally detached. I think this is to protect himself from exposing his vulnerability and be taken advantage of, maybe? He makes no apologies for his behaviour, he does what he likes how he likes.
There are some funny moments between Ragan and Branch. Their interactions are filled with tension and hostility. And there are some adorable moments but you will have to read to know what they are.
If you are a fan of Lilly then you will not be disappointed. give it a chance it is hella good xox