My Thoughts
Unbreak My Heart is an emotional rollercoaster from beginning to end and I couldn't put it down until I hit the last page. I so loved Katie. She is strong and sassy and has such a huge heart for those around her. Even Shane who doesn't do much to deserve that love. He tore out my heart in the one moment that after everything shattered Katie. My heart hurt so much for her and I couldn't imagine him being able to redeem himself. He did though. I fell for him in the aftermath of that. Knowing that he struggled so hard with his feelings for her and was so ready to fight for her heart. I so enjoyed their story and this is most definitely one of my favorite reads this year.
I give Unbreak My Heart 5 hearts!
About the Book
Unbreak My Heart is an emotional rollercoaster from beginning to end and I couldn't put it down until I hit the last page. I so loved Katie. She is strong and sassy and has such a huge heart for those around her. Even Shane who doesn't do much to deserve that love. He tore out my heart in the one moment that after everything shattered Katie. My heart hurt so much for her and I couldn't imagine him being able to redeem himself. He did though. I fell for him in the aftermath of that. Knowing that he struggled so hard with his feelings for her and was so ready to fight for her heart. I so enjoyed their story and this is most definitely one of my favorite reads this year.
I give Unbreak My Heart 5 hearts!
About the Book
What do you do when your soul mate marries your best friend?
If you're Kate Evans, you keep your friend Rachel, bond with
her kids, and bury your feelings for her husband. The fact that Shane's in the
military and away for long periods helps-but when tragedy strikes, everything
changes.
After Rachel, pregnant with her fourth child, dies in a car
accident and the baby miraculously survives, Kate upends her entire life to
share parenting duties. Then on the first anniversary of Rachel's death, Kate
and Shane take comfort in each other in a night that they both soon regret.
Shane's been angry for a year, and now he feels guilty too –
for sleeping with his wife's best friend and liking it…liking her. Kate's ability to read him like a book may
have once sent Shane running, but their lives are forever entwined and they are
growing closer.
Now with Shane deployed for seven months, Kate is on her own
and struggling with being a single parent. Shane is loving and supportive from
thousands of miles away, but his homecoming brings a betrayal Kate never saw
coming. So Kate's only choice is to fight for the future she deserves – with or
without Shane…
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Excerpt
I don’t remember the drive to the hospital or even where I
parked that afternoon. I can’t recall what the nurse looked like as she
searched for Rachel’s name in their computer system or the walk toward the room
where I waited for someone to speak to me.
The first thing I remember clearly is the white-haired
doctor’s kind face as he sat down across from me, and the young chaplain’s
small smile as he chose the chair to my left. Their words became a litany that
I would hear in my dreams for years.
My Rachel was gone, but her son was alive and in the NICU.
“Is there anyone you’d like for us to call? Any family or
friends that you’d like to be here?”
The question jolted me out of the fog that seemed to be getting
thicker and thicker around me. Dear God.
“I’ll make the calls,” I answered, looking blankly at the
wall. “Can I have some privacy please?”
“Of course. I’ll be right outside if you need me,” the
chaplain answered, reaching out to pat my hand. “I’ll take you up to the NICU
when you’re ready.”
The room was silent after they left, and I fought the urge
to scream at the top of my lungs just to hear it echo around me. I understood
then why people hired mourners to wail at funerals. Sometimes the lack of sound
is more painful than the anguished noise of a heart breaking.
My hands shook as I pulled my phone out of my front pocket
and rested it on the table in front of me.
It only took a moment before the sound of ringing filled the
room, and I rested my head in my hands as I stared at the name across the
screen.
“Hello? Kate? What’s wrong?”
“Shane—” I said quietly, my voice hitching.
“What? Why are you calling me?” His voice was confused, but
I could hear a small thread of panic in the urgency of his words.
“I need you to come to Tri-City Hospital,” I answered, tears
rolling down my face and landing on the glass screen of my phone, distorting
the letters and numbers.
“Who?” His voice was frantic, and I could hear him moving
around, his breathing heavy.
“Rachel was in an accident.” I sobbed, covering my face to
try and muffle the noise.
“No,” he argued desperately, as I heard two car doors shut
almost simultaneously. “Is she okay?”
I shook my head, trying to catch my breath.
“Kate! Is she okay?” He screamed at me, his anguished voice
filling the room as I’d wanted mine to just minutes before.
“No,” I answered through gritted teeth, feeling snot running
down my upper lip as I heard him make a noise deep in his throat. “She’s gone.”
He didn’t say a word, and less than a second later, the
connection was broken.
I rubbed at my forehead, trying to convince myself that it
was all just a nightmare. Where was I supposed to be? What was I supposed to do
now? My best friend in the entire world was there in that hospital, but not
really. I couldn’t bear to see her. I couldn’t help her. Where the fuck was I
supposed to go?”
I made my way to the NICU as quickly as I could, and within
minutes, I was holding my new nephew in my arms. The nurses told me that he’d
passed all of his tests with flying colors, and I was in awe as I sat down in a
rocking chair, cradling him to my chest.
“You sure got a shitty beginning, little man,” I murmured
against his fuzzy scalp, rocking back and forth gently. “I’m so sorry, buddy.
You’re probably missing your mama and that warm bubble you’ve been in for so
long. I can’t help you there.”
I sniffled, closing my eyes as tears rolled down my cheeks.
My whole body ached, and even though I had that little boy in my arms, the
whole day seemed like some sort of surreal dream, foggy in some parts and
crystal clear in others. I wanted to hop up and take his sleeping, little form
to Rachel, to tease her about the weird Mohawk thing he was sporting and make
joking comments about how men always seem to sleep through the hard parts of
life. I wanted to see her smile proudly at the sturdy boy she’d produced and
grumble that I was hogging him.
I wanted everything to be different.
I hummed softly with my eyes closed for a long time, holding
the baby close to me. It was quiet where we sat, nothing breaking up the
stillness of the room until I heard someone open the door.
“There he is,” the nurse murmured from the doorway.
My eyes popped open to see Shane’s ravaged face just feet
from me. He looked like he was barely holding on. I swallowed hard as his red
rimmed eyes took in his son carefully before rising to meet mine.
“Is he okay?” he asked thickly, searching my face. I’d never
seen him so frightened.
“He’s perfect,” I answered, my voice throbbing with emotion.
“The nurses said he’s a rock star.”
He nodded twice, reaching up to cover his mouth with his
hand, but before he could say another word, he was stumbling and falling to his
knees with an almost inaudible sob.
About the Author
When Nicole Jacquelyn was eight and people asked what she
wanted to be when she grew up, she told them she wanted to be a mom. When she
was 12, her answer changed to author. Her dreams stayed constant. First, she
became a mom, and then during her senior year of college—with one daughter in
first grade and the other in preschool—she sat down and wrote a story.
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