Blog Tour + Review | Tattered Stars (Tattered & Torn #1) by Catherine Cowles → 4.5 Star
TITLE: Tattered Stars
SERIES: Tattered & Torn #1
AUTHOR: Catherine Cowles
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
TROPES: Enemies to Lovers / Sheriff / Small Town RELEASE DATE: February 1st, 2022
Be brave. Just for sixty seconds. Twenty breaths.
One night changed them both forever.
Their lives shattered, beyond repair, with jagged edges and pieces askew.
Now, Everly has a chance to make things right. To bring healing to the place where everything fell apart. But it means facing the family her father almost destroyed, and the boy with the dark eyes—now grown—who still haunts her dreams.
Just one breath away from having your life ripped out from under you.
The last thing Hayes wants is another reminder of all the ways he failed sixteen years ago. When Everly drives back into Wolf Gap, his only mission is to get her to leave. For his family’s sake, and for his own, those demons need to stay buried for good.
But everything about this woman is a surprise, from her spine of steel to the sanctuary she hopes to create with the land her mother left behind. And Hayes is powerless to stay away.
As a careful friendship sparks into something more, someone watches. And they’ll do anything to tear it all apart…
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⭐️ 4.5 "Twenty Breaths" Stars ⭐️
Catherine Cowles is solidifying herself as one of my favorite writer of small town romantic suspenses. She always brings all the elements to create captivating and heartfelt stories. Tattered Stars was one of those brilliant novels!
Everly and Hayes were such an interesting couple. I enjoyed all their interactions so much. At first their was a lot of animosity between them related to an event of the past that linked them, but they gradually explored their special connection. Seriously, Hayes is the type of heroes I enjoy the most. He was protective and so sweet and caring toward Everly. He had me swooning so hard from his intense devotion. In his every action, it was so clear that his woman was everything to him even if at times he was truly overbearing. Let's just say that these moments brought some tension between the couple. Everly is not the girl to let others control her. She has repartee and fire inside her and shows it. She's still haunted by the past and scared to live her life fully, but she slowly embraces her new life in the small town of Wolf Gap.
The suspense added to the whole romance was just perfectly paced and kept me hooked all read long. The Tattered and Torn Series definitely started really strong with Tattered Stars. I'm so intrigued about the next books in the series as I'm already invested with all the characters.
** ARC received in exchange for an honest review **
THE TATTERED AND TORN SERIES
Book #2
Falling Embers
Releases April 12th, 2022
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Book #3: Hidden Waters, Releases June 21st, 2022
Book #4: Shattered Sea, Releases September 13th, 2022
Book #5: Fractured Sky, Releases date TBA
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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