Review: Review - Broken, Diane Alberts
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2012
Title:  Broken, 1 Night Stand StoryAuthor:  Diane AlbertsPublisher:  Decadent PublishingPage Count:  41Word Count:  11,427Genre:  erotic, contemporary, militaryContent:  M/F, OralStaff Sergeant Matt Warwick returns from war with two broken legs--and a shattered future. Abandoned by his fiancée, he withdraws into a protective shell to hide from the pity filled glances thrown his way. His squad worries he's fallen into depression, and arranges a 1NightStand through the renowned Madame Eve. Matt agrees but fears he will not be able to satisfy his date, for who would want a crippled man in her bed?Blurb:  Tiffany Forsen escaped a brutal relationship, and seeks to jump-start her life with a fling. Bars aren't her scene, so when she hears of the fabulous 1NightStand service, she contacts Madame Eve immediately. All she wants is a night of fun with the hot guy in her picture--but winds up with much more. Can she convince him that she doesn't see a crippled man...but a hero?Or will his defenses keep her at arm's length?Matt is a Marine Sniper, who has recently come back from Afghanistan...he isn't back because he wants to be he's back because he was severely injured by a grenade. He's currently confined to a wheelchair, but going through physical therapy trying to regain the use of his legs. Matt suffered severe breaks in both his legs from the grenade blast.His fiancée left him a month after his return. She couldn't handle that he wasn't the same man who had left.Matt has more than just his broken legs to deal with, he is experiencing nightmares that wake him up; sweating, screaming, and all out of sorts - he figures no lady would want to deal with that.Somehow he had let his Team talk him into going out on a date. They contacted Madame Eve at 1 Night Stand and set Matt up for the night.He isn't anywhere near ready for this, but has found himself in the lobby of Castillo Resorts, waiting for the elevator......Tiffany has had her own string of bad luck. Six months ago she broke it off with her boyfriend of two years. Not only did she break it off, but also sent him to jail. He was definitely not a nice guy.Tiffany has been working hard to put her life on a different track, building her self confidence and self esteem. Both had taken a beating as many times as she herself had.She enters the lobby, and heads to the elevator. She spots Matt right away - she did get to see a picture of him when she set up her date through 1 Night Stand.Tiffany is checking Matt out, and liking every inch of what she sees so far...while Matt is going through all the bad things that have happened to him since he was injured in Afghanistan. He's kind of having a pity party.He notices Tiffany - dressed to kill in an eye popping red dress. Matt's first thought after seeing her is `she's way out of my league'. While checking her out, he wonders again why he let his Team talk him into this...Tiffany would definitely be a woman he would go for, prior to his accident - now he just hopes to not see pity in her eyes.When it seems like Tiffany has been staring at Matt for an uncomfortable amount of time - he finally speaks to her (not knowing she is his date) and is extremely defensive and rude to her.When she ends up following him down the hall to his room, he is vulgar and ruder to her...until Tiffany tells him that she is his date.Now Matt is trying to back peddle, but asks anyway `why would you want a cripple half a man, when you could have any man you wanted?' Tiffany simply and honestly replies `because you are the one I want'.Tiffany thinks to herself, how sexy Matt is and how very turned on she is just by being in the same room with him.They have some champagne and make some small talk. Matt quickly realizes that Tiffany `SEES' him, for himself and not for a cripple in a wheelchair. If he can get over his own self doubt and really `SEE' her, they may really be able to make a go of it.Will Tiffany convince him, or his anger and self loathing keep him from finding happiness at Tiffany's side?Super fun read! I really like the 1 Night Stand Story's. They're fast, hawt reads, but have good writing and very interesting characters.Matt grabbed my heart from the get go. I felt for him, and wonder how many men and women come back from the war with the things that Matt is experiencing. I wanted to reach into the book and tell Matt he is so much more than he's giving himself credit for! Mobility does not make a person - what's inside them is what people should look for.Tiffany is a therapist, and her brother is in the Army. She has experience with soldiers and their traumas. Not once does she feel sorry for Matt. She SEES him. Not as a man confined to a wheelchair, but as an interesting, handsome man that she is very attracted to. She can't wait to learn more about him, hoping that he will SEE her. Not as the survivor of a bad situation, but as the woman gaining self confidence, and ready to fall in love.Diane Alberts current contracted works with Entangled Publishing are: ON ONE CONDITION (February 2012, Ever After line), and DIVINELY RUINED (April 2012, Ever After line). Her current works with Decadent Publishing are: KILL ME TOMORROW (October 2011, 1NightStand series), RECLAIMED (December 2011), ABSOLUTION (March 2012, Honor Guard series), BROKEN (March 2012, 1NightStand series), and ESCAPE TO ME (TBA, 1NightStand series).Diane Alberts has always been a dreamer with a vivid imagination, but it wasn't until 2011 that she put her pen where her brain was, and became a published author. Since receiving her first contract offer, she has yet to stop writing. Though she lives in the mountains, she really wishes she was surrounded by a hot, sunny beach with crystal clear water. She lives in Northeast Pennsylvania with her four kids, a husband, and a Senegal parrot. In the rare moments when she's not writing, she can usually be found hunched over one knitting project or another.She is a multi-published, bestselling author with Entangled Publishing and Decadent Publishing. She is repped by her fabulous agent, Lauren Hammond of ADA Management. She has, as of this date, two books with Entangled Publishing, and five books with Decadent Publishing. Her February release with Entangled Publishing, ON ONE CONDITION, hit #18 on the Barnes and Noble Bestseller List. She has a lot of projects currently being shopped around by her fabulous agent, and her goal is to write so many fantastic books that even a non-romance book fan will know her name.