That’s a word Bailey Winsor knows well, having endured it since she was a child from the people that were supposed to protect her. Just when her life appears normal, something Bailey has never experienced, she meets a man and falls in love.
Love can be deceiving.
Bailey jumps from the frying pan that was her childhood and into the burning bowels of hell, which is her sick and twisted husband. It’s hopeless. Suffering more years of abuse, Bailey eventually realizes that she has no choice but to run.
Forced to stop in a small town in Ohio, Bailey encounters a town full of people that welcome her with open arms, especially Jaxon Walker, the tattooed and pierced local bar owner. Bailey has secrets she’s unwilling to reveal. Jaxon senses her fear and refuses to give up trying to discover them.
Will Bailey be brave enough and learn to trust Jaxon with her deepest secrets? Will Jaxon be strong enough to protect Bailey when her past comes knocking at her door?
Title: Shatter Me
Series: The Jades Series #1
Author: Alex Grayson
Publisher: Alex Grayson
Edition: Kindle
Amount of Pages: 241
Genre: Dark, Romance, Suspense
SPOILERS
Cliffhanger: [ No (hide spoiler)]
HEA/HFN: [ HEA (hide spoiler)]
Cheating: [ No (hide spoiler)]
Triggerwarnings: [ Rape, Sodomy, Abuse, Still born child (well it was basically child murder, Baileys husband throws her down the stairs and beats her when she is 8 months pregnant), Miscarriages (caused by her husband by beating her etc.), Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, child abuse, Most of this happened to Bailey in the past but she relives it in vivid detail. She and her friend Anna do get raped and beaten in the 'current time' as well. Anna dies because of the injuries inflicted to her during her captivity.
Bailey was sexually assaulted when she was a child, it happend more than once. Her parents where drug addicts that did nothing to protect her and if I recall correctly they got off watching people assault her. (hide spoiler)]
Love Triangle: [ No (hide spoiler)]
Insta Love/ Insta Lust: [ No (hide spoiler)]
Single Parent/Kids/Pregnancy: [ There is a pregnancy in the epilogue. (hide spoiler)]
END SPOILERS
Date Read: 11-02-2020
Favorite Quote: “Each story needs to be heard."
Review:
This book was intense. You definitely need to be in the mood to read this. And you have to be mentally prepared for this book. I felt so bad for Bailey reading what happend to her. And the thought that this happens to so many women out there is, well it gets you to think.
This book handled terrible issues so well. It shows that problems don't go away in a heartbeat and that it takes time to overcome trauma.
What is this book about:
Bailey didn't have it easy growing up. Her drug addicted parents never cared for her and certainly didn't look after her or love her. She thought things would get better for her when she met her husband at collage. She hoped she'd get the love she always hoped for. But she is mistaken. After they got married he started to change. His behavior started to get worse and worse. See the trigger warning spoiler if you want more details. It is terrible what happend to her. After one terrible event she got the courage to get out with the help of her friend. She ran away from him.
On one of her stops, she gets a bar tending job in order to get some money so she can move on. She didn't count on staying in this small town. She didn't count on meeting people that would grow to become her friends and family, and she certainly didn't count on the hot, charming, and protective owner of the bar, Jaxon, to be interested in her. But more importantly she didn't count on being interested in him as well? She didn't know what it could feel like to be loved and respected and not be afraid of a man.
Sadly, the dark cloud that is her husband is still hanging over her, she knows with his connections it's only a matter of time that he will find her and this time she won't get out of it alive.
What did I like/love:
I loved Jackson, he was such a perfect man. He was respectful and respective and protective of the people he loved. He has been through his own fair share of pain in the past but it made him who he is. And the way he is with Bailey is just perfect.
I loved Bailey as well, she went through so much and my heart went out for her, I wished I could have jumped in the book and help her.
The supporting characters where great as well. I really want to learn their stories was well.
What did I dislike/hate:
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Rating:
5 Intensely amazing stars
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