Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Release + Review - Beautifully Broken Spirit - Catherine Cowles


“Beautifully Broken Spirit is a beautiful, emotional and memorable friends-to-lovers romance with a dash of intrigue and suspense that ensures you stay on the edge of your seat.”-- Frolic



Beautifully Broken Spirit, an all-new beautiful and emotional standalone in the Sutter Lake Series from Catherine Cowles is available now! 

She’s always been his safe place to land.

Jensen has shared a special bond with Tuck for as long as she can remember, their friendship a language that never needed words. But as life threw her one curveball after another, that secret language turned to stony silence. 

He’s always been her protector.

Tuck has looked out for Jensen since the day she was born. As his best friend’s little sister, he’s tried to keep her firmly in the friend category. But she’s always been more.

All it takes is one moment of weakness to send Tuck’s fiercely guarded walls crumbling to the ground. As a new fire burns between them, someone watches. Someone who doesn’t like the new life Jensen’s building for herself. 

And they’ll stop at nothing to keep her in the dark.

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Johnaka's Reiew 
“Absolutely loved it, 5 stars”

I absolutely loved Beautifully Broken Spirit. The way Jensen and Tuck were together was perfection. The way Tuck was with Jensen’s son? Swoon worthy. Beautifully Broken Spirit is a killer story with heartache, suspense, and two friends who have always been a little more than friends. I love a good single parent romance and I have a feeling I will be recommending this one for a while.

Jensen is a single mom who is shouldering a whole lot of guilt and pain. She’s just trying to do it all on her own, but her family doesn’t see it that way. The only one who understands her is Tuck. He has always understood her in a way no one else ever has. He is the keeper of her secrets and she is his. These two have always toed the line but what will happen if they fully step to the other side?

Tuck has always had a soft spot for Jensen. Technically her brother is his best friend but in all honesty she is too. But she’s so much more. He won’t risk his relationship with Jensen in fear that if they did cross that line, he could lose his family. Jensen is his rock and he is hers. But when someone starts messing with her, he won’t stand for it. He protects what’s his and that’s Jensen and her son. Will they get a HEA or will they lose each other?

I really, really loved these two. Between the explosive chemistry between these two, the wild horses, the drama, and the family I can’t even…sigh. I want to be Jensen’s grandma when I grow up. Do yourself a favor and one-click this bad boy, you won’t regret it.

Plot-5/5 Characters-5/5 Heat-5/5 Writing style-5/5 Overall-5/5


Louise's Review 
Beautifully Broken Spirit is book 3 in the Sutter Lake Series giving us Jensen and Tuck’s story, one that I have been waiting for from the very beginning.

Jensen hasn’t been dealt the greatest of cards in life, pregnant at such a young age and left to be a single mum she has never let it stop her though, until someone she let into her life ended up trying to destroy everyone she loves. Tuck has been part of the Cole family since he was little, best friends with Walker and Jensen; notorious playboy Tuck doesn’t believe he can offer love to anyone after the display his father has shown all these years.

When someone starts to target the Mustangs and Jensen, Tuck’s starts to hunt who would want to hurt her.

When feelings start to take shape can Jensen trust herself again to make the right choice in men?

I couldn’t put this one down, I had to force myself to take breaks so that I could savour it. Cowles has yet again delivered an emotion, heart wrenching story that makes you want to pack up your life and move to Sutter Lake.

I am looking forward to reading Kennedy’s story in Beautifully Broken Control.

Star Ratings; Plot: 5/5 Characters: 5/5 Heat: 5/5 Writing Style: 5/5 Overall: 5/5




Excerpt

“Hey, Little J.”

My entire world seemed to tunnel as my vision went black, and my knees buckled.

“Shit!” Strong hands caught me before I could hit the floor. I blinked rapidly as Tuck’s face came into focus. His expression was full of worry. “Are you okay?” He settled me into one of the cafĂ© chairs.

My stomach pitched. “I’m fine. Just got up too fast. You startled me.”

Tuck’s brow furrowed. “The door was unlocked.”

“Well, I thought I’d locked it.”

Tuck let out a sound that was a cross between a sigh and a growl of frustration. “You need to be more careful. Anyone could’ve come in here, and you wouldn’t have even known. Just because we live in a small town doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take precautions.”

I pinned him with a stare that should’ve had him taking a step back. “I know that. Believe me, I of all people fucking know that.” 

Tuck winced. “I didn’t mean it like that.”

I waved him off. “I know.” I pushed up to stand, but the world turned wobbly again, and Tuck pressed me back into the chair.

“Oh, no, you don’t. When’s the last time you had something to eat?”

I tried to think back. I guess I had missed lunch. “A granola bar in the car on the way to drop Noah off at school?”

This time Tuck did growl. “You need to take better care of yourself.”

My skin prickled. “I take fine care of myself, you big behemoth.”

“I’m not seeing a whole lot of evidence of that lately. You take care of everyone but yourself.” I opened my mouth to argue, but he kept right on going. “You stay right here while I go fix you a snack.” Tuck pinned me with a hard gaze. “You move a muscle, and I will paddle your ass.”

My jaw came unhinged, but simmering heat pooled low in my belly. My hands fisted. What the hell? Before I could regain any semblance of the ability to speak, Tuck had turned on his heel and strode towards the kitchen. Had I actually hit my head? Was I now in some sort of coma-induced alternate universe where Tuck threatened to spank me? And why the hell did some part of me like the idea?

I was clearly in some sort of hunger-induced brain misfire. That was the only reasonable explanation. I did all kinds of crazy stuff when I went too long without sustenance. Yes, those crazy things were generally something like eating an entire pan of brownies in one sitting. They weren’t typically the burning desire to climb one of my best friends since birth like a tree. But hunger could make you do lots of insane things.

Tuck emerged from the kitchen juggling a plate with the largest sandwich I’d ever seen and a tall glass of what looked like apple juice. He came towards me with what I could only describe as a swagger. Had his hips always moved like that when he walked?

Don’t get me wrong, I knew Tuck was attractive. Hot even. I’d had the requisite crush on him throughout my middle school years and even into high school. But he had always treated me like a little sister. Someone he liked hanging with. But never once had he given me even a single hint that he was interested in more than friendship. And I’d grown up. I’d put him firmly in the big-brother category. So, why, all of a sudden, was my body reacting to him?

It had to be my dry spell. Could it even be called that if it was as dry and vast as the Sahara? I needed to get laid and stat. Because the last thing I needed was to fall for a guy who was a walking one-night stand.





About Catherine
Writer of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she's not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.




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