Perfectly Broken
by Prescott Lane
Contemporary Romance
Date Published: March 2014
Even after years of trauma therapy, Peyton still believes she’s broken. She has little desire to date or show off her natural beauty, content simply to hang out with her best friends and run her pie shop in New Orleans. But her world turns upside-down when a handsome architect and self-confessed player shows up in her shop and thinks she’s perfect, much more than the usual hook-up. While Peyton does her best to resist his charms, believing she could never be enough for him, she can’t deny the obvious heat between them. With Reed determined to have her, Peyton must decide whether to continue to hide behind her apron and baggy clothes or take a chance and share her scars with Reed, a man with a playboy reputation and scars of his own -- a dark past he can’t possibly share with Peyton, not after learning the horrors she’s endured. But if they can find a way to trust each other, and themselves, they just might be able to heal, to save each other, to live perfectly broken together.
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What I say (review): In Perfectly Broken lead character, Peyton is struggling to move on from some pretty traumatic issues and recover from the horrible things that life has thrown at her. Reed is a bored, rich, architect from a prominent family and has his own share of troubling secrets. When Reed enters Peyton's pie shop (yes, she bakes) he finds himself explicably drawn to her in a way he's never been before.
Peyton is sweet and vulnerable, but she's also sassy and very much a survivor. I loved how she didn't give in to Reed like so many women had in the past. She's extremely selfless and spends her time caring for others. I really wanted her to do something for herself and to give Reed a chance.
Reed is your typical rich playboy, well he is on paper. His baggage is of a very different type to Peyton's and a lot of their problems could have been prevented by him being more honest with her from the start. BUT I could understand his reasoning and why he was so hesitant; his father is pretty horrible!
Both characters had some awesome friends (who are dating). Quinn was hilarious and I enjoyed watching her put the boys in their place. Bret was also a great source of comic relief - he had some brilliant one-liners!
I liked Peyton and Reed's story; the title is very apt! I would have liked to see some of the chapter's developed a bit more, because certain events seemed to happen rather quickly. I'm a big fan of 'comeuppance' and would liked to see certain characters face up to their actions more. But in general I enjoyed Perfectly Broken and was really hoping these troubled character's could rise above everything and get their HEA!
3.5 - 4 Stars in my Sky!
by Prescott Lane
Contemporary Romance
Even after years of trauma therapy, Peyton still believes she’s broken. She has little desire to date or show off her natural beauty, content simply to hang out with her best friends and run her pie shop in New Orleans. But her world turns upside-down when a handsome architect and self-confessed player shows up in her shop and thinks she’s perfect, much more than the usual hook-up. While Peyton does her best to resist his charms, believing she could never be enough for him, she can’t deny the obvious heat between them. With Reed determined to have her, Peyton must decide whether to continue to hide behind her apron and baggy clothes or take a chance and share her scars with Reed, a man with a playboy reputation and scars of his own -- a dark past he can’t possibly share with Peyton, not after learning the horrors she’s endured. But if they can find a way to trust each other, and themselves, they just might be able to heal, to save each other, to live perfectly broken together.
Author and Book Links:
Buy Links:
I received a copy in exchange for an honest review!
What I say (review): In Perfectly Broken lead character, Peyton is struggling to move on from some pretty traumatic issues and recover from the horrible things that life has thrown at her. Reed is a bored, rich, architect from a prominent family and has his own share of troubling secrets. When Reed enters Peyton's pie shop (yes, she bakes) he finds himself explicably drawn to her in a way he's never been before.
Peyton is sweet and vulnerable, but she's also sassy and very much a survivor. I loved how she didn't give in to Reed like so many women had in the past. She's extremely selfless and spends her time caring for others. I really wanted her to do something for herself and to give Reed a chance.
Reed is your typical rich playboy, well he is on paper. His baggage is of a very different type to Peyton's and a lot of their problems could have been prevented by him being more honest with her from the start. BUT I could understand his reasoning and why he was so hesitant; his father is pretty horrible!
Both characters had some awesome friends (who are dating). Quinn was hilarious and I enjoyed watching her put the boys in their place. Bret was also a great source of comic relief - he had some brilliant one-liners!
I liked Peyton and Reed's story; the title is very apt! I would have liked to see some of the chapter's developed a bit more, because certain events seemed to happen rather quickly. I'm a big fan of 'comeuppance' and would liked to see certain characters face up to their actions more. But in general I enjoyed Perfectly Broken and was really hoping these troubled character's could rise above everything and get their HEA!
3.5 - 4 Stars in my Sky!
Excerpt:
“Sometimes it’s better to push people away, so you don’t hurt them,” Peyton said, “and they don’t hurt you.”
“Bullshit!”
Peyton shook her head. “I’m never going to be whole again.”
“That’s bullshit, too. I won’t have talk like that, Miss Peyton. I just won’t have it.” Dr. Lorraine cocked her head to the side. “It’s time for a change in direction -- a serious change of direction. This is what we are going to do. You made a lot of progress with Reed – lots of good oral and other stuff. But now you’ve cut him off, and I see you backsliding. I don’t like to see it. I won’t allow it.” She stroked her chin then cracked her knuckles in preparation for some great declaration. “I’m prescribing a little retail therapy.”
“What?” Peyton cried.
“Yes, that’s what I’m prescribing. You get that friend of yours, Quinn, and hit the shops – Canal Place, Magazine Street, St. Charles Avenue, wherever,” Dr. Lorraine ordered, her whole body bouncing. “I don’t want to see you in those sad, baggy ass clothes anymore. Just looking at them, they mess with my head, and they screw up my whole day. You ever think about how they make me feel?”
“No,” Peyton said with a laugh.
“Makes me sad. I hate them. So I want new shoes, clothes, athletic wear, undergarments! Everything new. Got it?”
“How is this therapy?”
“Honey, you’re hiding again. You’ve flipped your sex switch back to off, and I’m not about to let it hibernate in some frozen tundra again for years. We’ve worked too damn hard. You need to get in touch with your sexuality without a man helping you do it. You have to do it. And clothes are the perfect place to start.”
Peyton shrugged. “I don’t feel like it.”
“You don’t feel like it? Tough shit! I didn’t feel like getting my pap smear last week, but I did.”
Peyton smiled. “It just seems like a waste of time and money.”
“Well, if you don’t want to do it through clothes, I can prescribe something else. Maybe a pole dancing class?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Or daily masturbation?”
Peyton rolled her eyes. “Fine, I’ll get the clothes.”
“Good,” Dr. Lorraine said, writing in Peyton’s chart, as if filling out a prescription to take to the drugstore. “Among other things, I want you to get some power panties.”
“Power panties?” Has she been talking to Bret?
“Sexy underwear,” Dr. Lorraine said, still writing. “They can make a woman feel very powerful.” She put down her pen and looked at Peyton. “When a man wants to be taken seriously, he usually wears a red tie. Ever notice that in presidential debates? Lots of red ties. Red is the color of power.” Dr. Lorraine waved her hand and snapped her fingers. “So get yourself some red panties, girl! Take back your power! Do it for yourself!” She handed Peyton her prescription.
“I didn’t realize my power was in my underwear.”
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