☆ ~REVIEW TOUR~ ☆ Includes #EXCERPT & #GIVEAWAY! If kissing her felt like pure heaven, a night with her would blow me away. Flawed and Damaged by Emily Krat Series: Damaged Hearts Book 1 RELEASE DATE: July 22, 2014 US: amzn.to/1yGAvI0 UK: amzn.to/1uotla4 ______________________________________________________ ~SYNOPSIS~ Two people haunted by their past… The collision of two damaged hearts… Meet Elizabeth Williams. She is at the airport on an important work assignment. If everything goes smoothly, after three years of hard work, she’ll get a promotion and a much-needed raise. Elizabeth is putting her life back on track after it was ripped out from under her feet four years ago when she lost her parents along with all her dreams. Standing here, she believes her life is going to change for the better any moment now. Nothing can go wrong, right? Meet Ryan Price. He came to Moscow on business. Right now, Ryan is standing at the airport looking at a ‘present’ from his brother, judging by the sign a beautiful young woman is holding. Damn his brother for not cancelling this arrangement as Ryan asked. Miscommunications and misunderstandings and a love story begins. There will be a scary flight, lovely breakfasts, long evening conversations, sharing a secret or two, discovering one another, a lot of laughter, tender moments and some tears, a fight and, of course, the I-am-ready-for-the-end-of-the-world kiss. Somewhere along the way, they won’t be able to fight their feelings any longer. For the first time in his life, Ryan will experience a different shade of lust. And for the first time in her life, Elizabeth will have to trust despite all of the times she has been hurt. Will these two wounded lost souls find love, peace and comfort in each other or will they just break each other more? Is it a train wreck of a love story or a happily ever after? ADD TO GOODREADS: bit.ly/1yGBFn1 ______________________________________________________ ~EXCERPT~ “Ryan, I love you.” He looks confused, but relief is evident in his eyes, so I continue. “It was wrong of me to tell you about my feelings like I did yesterday. I was being a coward. I’m glad you shared all this with me. I won’t run, Ryan.” “But, I don’t understand. How can you love me? Even after I told you about what I’ve done … How can you love someone so … horrible?” he says bitterly. “You are not horrible, Ryan. I know it. I feel it.” “How?” The desperation in his voice squeezes my chest. I stare into the deep green pools that are his eyes and wonder how I can show him what I see. “In here,” I point to my heart, “I believe my heart. And from what you told me, I can tell that you had no family except Mark. You were a kid at thirteen who didn’t want to lose his brother, you were a young man who sacrificed his own freedom for someone he loved the most. Now you are a big business mogul who may be harsh toward his employees, but puts them first even when seeking revenge. It’s an honor for me to love someone as devoted as you.” “Liz, I’ve lied – ” I interrupt him. “We are people, Ryan. We all make mistakes. You think I’m so pure? I wanted to use David to stay in Seattle. I agreed to marry someone for my own selfish reasons. Then I came to Russia and spent more than six months making my Granny’s life a living hell. She lost her only daughter. I never once thought about her feelings. She was old, she needed my care, and all I did was sulk for my old life. Even with you, how do you know I’m not using you? Maybe I just like this sense of fulfillment I feel with you that overwhelms the loneliness Ive felt for so long. I am not a saint, Ryan. I also did awful things.” Ryan contemplates my words for several minutes. Then says quietly, “I lied to you.” I sigh. Now I don’t like the direction this conversation is taking. “You already told me that you didn’t need an assistant. There’s more?” “I read your journal.” The blood drains from my face. “You what?” My voice trembles. “When we were in Nice – the night you got drunk with Mark – I saw your notebook and I read it.” “I … I …” No words come out of my mouth because I don’t have any. I can’t believe he did it. I wrote my sacred thoughts there, poured some raw feelings on those pages. They were never meant for anyone’s eyes other than mine. “I’m sorry I did it. I was at a loss, I couldn’t understand what I was feeling for you.” “So you read my journal to understand yourself? Ryan, it’s private. I poured my soul there. How could you do this?” I may be screaming now, but I don’t care. Some boundaries can’t be crossed. “That’s who I am, Elizabeth. I don’t care about people’s privacy.” “I’m so mad at you right now. I don’t even know what to say. Is that all?” “No.” Oh God! “Tell me.” He almost looks scared. That’s when I know there are so many more lies he doesn’t want to tell me about. “Now, Ryan. You are going to tell me every damn thing. You owe me this.” ______________________________________________________ ~REVIEW~ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 A working girl mistaken for a working girl.... An intractable millionaire who cant resist her innocent charm.... Does that not sound like a winner? Elizabeth Williams needs her job - and after years of menial grunt work, shes finally getting a chance at the promotion she deserves. But a miscommunication throws a handsome, gruff spanner in the works in the form of Ryan Price, a wealthy businessman in Moscow for work. He thinks shes a gift from his brother. She thinks hes her assignment. Neither of them think that love or relationship can work...not when the past has left them both Flawed and Damaged. This was a really interesting premise - and it got off to a flying (pardon the pun) start when broody Ryan and beautiful Elizabeth meet cute at the airport. I enjoyed their back-and-forth talk, and the alternating, overlapping POVs were excellent for seeing both sides of the story. Ryan is the best kind of a**hole - one who isnt really a jerk, but a bit broken and in need of some love and care. I was a quite frustrated through the lengthy middle of this book; with Elizabeth for not listening, with Ryan for not communicating and with myself for not being able to put this book aside. I found it to be a hard slog in places - too much will they/theyre going to/oh wait maybe not, and not enough action - and I dont just mean the dirty kind. But, the reward was there in this charming, occasionally amusing, and ultimately interesting story of two people that just needed to find someone who could look past their flaws. It ends somewhat abruptly, a HEA for now, which leaves the door open for more of Ryan and Elizabeth. And I cant say Im unhappy about that... Im intrigued by this debut author, and this couple. Ill definitely be back for more. ~ Beth, 3.5 stars ______________________________________________________ ~AUTHOR BIO~ Always an avid reader who consumes whole books in a single day, Emily Krat is ecstatic to now be on the other side of the page. For her writing stories and developing ideas for novels is a true passion and a dream come true. Emily is a chocolate junkie, “Grey’s Anatomy” fan, and admirer of good music. She loves summer rains, warm blankets on cold winter nights, as well as traveling, sleeping in late, watching TV shows, cooking, and baking. When she’s not writing or rewriting, she loves spending time with family and friends. Emily loves to hear from readers. To get write to her directly at emilykratauthor@gmail ~AUTHOR LINKS~ Facebook: https://facebook/emilykratauthor Twitter: https://twitter/EmilyKrat Pinterest: pinterest/emilykrat/ TSU: https://tsu.co/EmilyKrat Goodreads: bit.ly/1wol7Zx ______________________________________________________ ~GIVEAWAY~ bit.ly/1BAkNyF
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