Review / Blog Tour: Shattered Sea (Tattered & Torn #4) by Catherine Cowles

He was the last person she expected to fall for…

Shattered Sea, a sexy, suspenseful, small town romance from USA Today bestselling author Catherine Cowles, is out now!

I’ve known every kind of pain. Of the heart. Of the body. Of the soul. All I want now is the freedom that comes from making my art.

The last thing I expected was Hollywood royalty to waltz into my gallery in a small town in the middle of nowhere and see me.

A man like Boden Cavanaugh shouldn’t understand me. Shouldn’t be able to soothe my most ragged edges. Even worse, he makes me want the one thing I can’t have. Him.

All it takes is one spark, and friendship catches flame. But as our attraction burns bright, there are forces desperate to send us back into the darkness. And they’ve already killed before…

Keep reading for a look inside Shattered Sea!

The way Boden’s muscles tightened told me the little he’d shared was only the tip of the iceberg. That tension called to me, and I reached out, kneading the flesh along his shoulders. His head fell to my own shoulder, and he sighed. “I’ll only let you do that forever.”

I chuckled. “I do have the magic touch.”

“You could be making millions with those hands.”

“I only use them on very special recipients. They aren’t for sale.”

Boden straightened, but as he did, he came closer. Our faces were close. Lips just a breath away. The urge to lean forward, to know what he felt like, tasted like, was strong. Boden’s hand skated up my arm to my neck to tangle in my hair. I knew that Boden Cavanaugh was more than dangerous. But like a moth to a flame, I kept getting closer.

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MY REVIEW

Laiken's been in physical and emotional pain for ten long years, since the accident that took who she had thought was going to be her future. But she's happy now, content with her life running an art gallery, with a few good friends, and her dog. Then a world class movie star walks into her gallery and changes her life in immeasurable ways. She knows he's suffered a loss, too, only in the much nearer past, and somehow these two forge a friendship. But there's more to them than just friends, and Laiken will need to decide if she can live with feelings for the man who probably isn't sticking around permanently.

Boden's in Wolf Gap to research for his upcoming movie. But he's soon finding much more to interest him than just researching with the local horse whisperer. He recognizes something in Laiken's eyes, a shared pain perhaps, that intrigues him and has him drawn to her. But when it becomes obvious he and Laiken are falling hard, it also becomes obvious that there are forces who don't want them to be happy together. When the pivotal point arrives, they may have to decide if either can live without the other.

Catherine Cowles never fails to draw me to her characters. They're always suffering some (lots of) emotional pain, but it's the way each character deals with that pain that puts them heads above characters in average fiction. They're always superbly well-drawn, layered, even complicated, and have beautiful hearts. I do believe Laiken and Boden are my new favorite couple in all of Catherine's worlds - I absolutely love them together, and individually. Be forewarned, though, you'll need some tissues, as there is a lot of pain and grief here, but there is also a lot of light when Laiken and Boden start falling in love. There's also a twist that I never once saw coming, but it makes the story all the better. I'm impatiently awaiting Ramsey and Shiloh's story now!

About Catherine Cowles
Writer of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she's not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.

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