Shattered Pieces

For Alicia Matthews, solitude is survival. Hiding behind an armor of piercings and a wall of indifference, she keeps the world at arm's length. A past she refuses to speak of has taught her one thing: trust is a fool's game, and love is a weapon.

Forced into a new beginning at Crestwood University, her only plan is to remain a ghost-unseen, unheard, and untouched.

But she doesn't count on Noah Kingston.

Popular, patient, and suffocating in a world of superficiality, he's the one person who sees past the fortress to the girl hiding inside. While everyone else is drawn to his light, he's captivated by her darkness. His quiet persistence is a threat to her carefully controlled world. Every kind word, every steady gaze, is a crack in the walls she's built to keep herself safe. She's determined to push him away, but her resolve only fuels his fascination.

As Noah refuses to back down, Alicia is forced to confront the ghosts she thought she'd buried. Can she risk the fall and let someone in? Or will the shattered pieces of her past be too sharp to ever let love heal her?

Shattered Pieces is a raw, intense, and deeply emotional slow-burn romance about the scars we carry and the love that helps us find our way back to ourselves.