Isabella

Tyler Jackson's path of self-destruction and womanizing is just a front to hide the heartbreak and devastation she lives with every day. Shame, guilt, and fear keep Ashley from venturing forward and finding the love she so desperately craves. Can two women thrust together by one traumatic event survive and find love together, or will their past force them apart?

Broken Shield

Tess

The story was probably 4 stars if not for editing. It was slow starting, but about halfway trough when the action began, it was gripping and exciting and turned into the kind of book you stay up all night to see what happens. But it was hurt by typos and editing misses. I understand that nobody is perfect, even a well trained eye needs someone else to give a book a second or third look, or to bounce suggestions off of. I find myself feeling bad that the people the author listed as helping, didn't help enough. 

The character creation was great. I just finished another book, and i swear the two leads looked like Tyler and Ashley from this book, because i couldn't get them out of my head. They were strong memorable characters. 

Overall, the author gets 5 stars from me for character development, 2 stars for editing (get some beta readers!), 3 stars for story consistency, 4 stars for ending that doesn't suck. Oh, and 3 for hot and steamy, it would have been hotter if it was believable. i couldn't focus on how hot they were together because i couldn't stop thinking how much it must have hurt with injuries and all... Those are all just my opinion of course. others might not look for, or care for such things in a book. 

On a side note, i was surprised she also wrote [[ASIN:B0083EOIQM American Yakuza]], which was 5 stars all the way. So if you're looking for a recommendation, i'd go with that one first. Of course, that was a more recent book, and obvious proof that this author has grown and improved. I hope she keeps writing.

Broken Shield

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