Review: a cut above the rest
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2014
Any romance book with a "billionaire" has been suspicious for me for a long time for the main reason that most of them turn out to be cheesy or worse, they are just pandering to have a heroine fall for an extremely rich guy. But not BROKEN. The book is not about money or riches. It's about redemption.The hero Shane Conway is an anti-hero. Aside from being heir to a multi-billion dollar company, he has nothing to offer a woman. An alcoholic and an addict, even a failed poet, Shane spends his time hiding from himself and his failures.The heroine Olivia is just trying to make it. No, she is not a victim nor a product of a dysfunctional family. She is ordinary - a college graduate who has to work two jobs because she is having a hard time finding a full time job as a social worker cum counselor. She's the girl next door pretty. She's not fat enough to be a plus size but she is not a model-thin either.From these two unlikely lovers, author Heather Chase crafted a well written story that will keep you interested until the end. You will fall in love with both of them. But there are also times when you would want to wring their necks. Beautifully fleshed out characters, Olivia and Shane are unforgettable.Yes, this is romance, yes there are enough steamy sex scenes to make this book Rated M for Mature, but most of all, there is remorse, forgiveness and love that makes the characters so human,A must-read for all book lovers