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Synopsis
What happens when something so terrible tears you apart from the inside out?
You become a fragment of yourself.
On the right path to achieving her hopes and dreams, Campbell Stevens has always been a model student. The first time she lets loose during her senior year of high school, she loses everything.
Living in a nightmare after surviving the most traumatic event, Campbell learns to be content by walking through life single and unattached, free of the uncertainty that relationships bring. She isn’t looking for love. In fact, she goes out of her way to avoid it—that is, until she runs into Deacon Montgomery, a kind and handsome Chicago firefighter. She denies her instant attraction to him, only making him more persistent in his pursuit of her. Despite her desire to be with Deacon, Campbell is too damaged to share herself with anyone else.
Life left Campbell shattered. Can Deacon help put the fragments back together? Or will she forever be broken?
****For adult/18+ for language and sexual content****
Review
First off let me say that I really loved this book. Once you start you will not want to put this one down! This is the first book I’ve read by Ellie Wade and I believe it was her second book released. “Fragment” was extremely well written and I enjoyed every page.
When Campbell Stevens went on a spring break trip to Mexico with her best friend she expected to let her hair down and have some fun before finishing up high school and then heading off to college. What she didn’t expect was to experience a trauma so devastating it alters her life as she knows it. Over the next five years Campbell erects a series of walls that help protect her from the pain of that experience. She has become an expert of surviving and she does that by always keeping people at arm’s length, especially guys!
When Campbell meets the gorgeous Deacon Montgomery he sets off all her alarms. He is too good looking and her instant attraction to him scares the crap out of her! But Deacon is not so easily put off. This boy is persistent! Not one to take no for an answer, despite her insistence that she wants nothing to do with him, Deacon continues to pursue Campbell even when she is flat out mean to him. Can he break through her walls and help her heal?
All the characters in this book were great but OMG, Deacon Montgomery….
This guy is so sweet and so understanding, I just loved him! Oh and did I mention he is a firefighter!!! Campbell is a great character as well and I really enjoyed seeing her open up and grow throughout the story. I definitely see potential for more books starring some of the secondary characters; I would love to see Lexi and Boss get their own HEA. “Fragment” is extremely emotional at times and what Campbell goes through in the beginning of the book may be difficult for some people to read but it is so important to the story.
I believe that Ellie Wade handled it in a respectful and realistic way. I absolutely recommend this book and will definitely be on the lookout for more from this author.
Dana
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