Shattered
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It always seems impossible to move on when your heart is broken. Imogen Davis is stuck right in the middle of her own seemingly impossible pursuit to heal her broken heart. That is until she takes her brother's advice to have some fun with long time family friend, Ryan Paynes. A sexy, tattooed rebel with a reputation of always getting what he wants, and never staying with one girl for very long.
Ryan opens her eyes to a whole new version of herself. Mind blowing sex, incredible dates, romantic gestures are all making her feel like a completely different girl than she was with Jake.
Her newly found confidence has her soaring, and before she knows what she's doing, she catches feelings for Ryan.
The night she plans on exposing her feelings to him, an unexpected guest at a party throws everything off course.
Will she choose the man that has changed her life in unimaginable ways, or will she fall back into the arms of the guy that has had her heart for years, but breaks it repeatedly?
The unexpected shit storm of drama that becomes Imogen's life is more than she could have ever foreseen. Fixing a broken heart is the least of her worries now.
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