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"Not all monsters hide in the dark. Some smile when they break you."
Annelly
I'm in trouble-the kind of trouble that has me fleeing from my life in the middle of the night, leaving everything behind.
Ruby Creek, the small town where I grew up, seemed like my safest refuge-until I ran straight into him.
James Serrano, the man who shattered my heart, sees through my fear and insists on helping me.
He promises to protect me, to be the man I once believed he could be.
But trusting him again feels impossible when all I can remember is the pain of his indifference and how easily he erased me from his life.
James
I like my life simple and carefree-no attachments, no drama, no regrets.
But when Annelly Conners reappears, scared, heartbreakingly vulnerable, yet so fiercely captivating, she unravels everything I thought I wanted.
If I were smart, I'd walk away like I did before.
Instead, I'm breaking every rule I've lived by to protect her-even if it means facing the feelings I swore I'd long buried.
She's everything I don't want but seem to need. And now I'm making promises I'm not sure I can keep-because losing her again? That's a risk I refuse to take.
In the Broken Redemption World, one woman's fight to reclaim her life collides with a man's war between love and self-preservation-but the danger closing in could destroy them both.
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James & Annelly's story begins here: Book 1 of their Broken Redemption arc.
Each couple's love story in the Broken Redemption Series is told over multiple books and forms a complete arc within this collection of connected romances set in the small town of Ruby Creek.
There's no required reading order, but if you'd like to start at the very beginning, that journey begins with Lucas & Emilia, whose story starts in Broken Vows (Broken Redemption Series - Book 1 of their arc).
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