Release Blitz + Review | Falling Embers (Tattered & Torn #2) by Catherine Cowles → 4.5 Stars
TITLE: Falling Embers
SERIES: Tattered & Torn #2
AUTHOR: Catherine Cowles
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
TROPES: Brother's Best Friend / Single Dad / Small Town RELEASE DATE: April 12th, 2022
I’ve loved Calder Cruz from the moment he taught me how to fly. Racing down a mountain and giving me the release I so desperately needed. My understanding. My safe space.
Hadley has fought for a life of her own ever since her sister’s kidnapping. When she was drowning in expectations and family pressures, Calder was always the one who understood her.
Until one night changed it all. From best friends to strangers in a single breath.
She’s like a fire that lives inside me. Even when I thought it was all burned out, there were still embers that lived in my bones.
Calder knows what it’s like to almost lose the people he loves most. He’ll never make that kind of mistake again. Working at the fire station and taking care of his daughters are the only things he needs.
All it takes is a single moment to make him realize how wrong he is. A split second of coming close to losing the woman he has always loved.
But as long-buried embers light anew, there are those who lurk in the shadows. And they’ll do whatever it takes to extinguish that flame for good…
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⭐️ 4.5 "Chase the Stars" Stars ⭐️
Oh, how I love Catherine Cowles's small town romances. There's always something magical about her stories and Falling Embers had me spellbound! I'm a huge fan of single dad romances too, so I was in heaven with Hadley and Calder's poignant, slow burn romance!
Hadley is such a relatable heroine and I enjoyed her personality a lot. She's an adrenaline junkie, always seeking her next thrilling adventure. After growing up with her mother's oppressive protectiveness, she now lives to be free. Now as a young independant woman, she's still affected by her mother's expectations and those scenes had me feeling so sad for her. But admired her convictions and strength. She's such a caring person and has a great bond with Calder's twin daugthers. I really liked these moments between them.
Calder was also an amazing hero. He's been hurt and betrayed in the past and now is only priority is his girls. He always had a singular and beautiful connection with Hadley, but being a father made him afraid of her recklessness. After years of staying away from her, he just can't resist anymore. I loved the rebuild of their relationship from friends to lovers. Such a gorgeous love story for them full of passion and emotion.
This book also provided the right dose of suspense and gave me more of the supporting characters I learned to love in book one of the Tattered and Torn Series. Falling Embers was such a memorable read! I'm now so invested in knowing more about Beckett and Addie in the next novel, Hidden Waters.
** ARC received in exchange for an honest review **
THE TATTERED AND TORN SERIES
Book #1
Tattered Stars
Book #3
Hidden Waters
Releases June 21st, 2022
Book 3: Shattered Sea, Releases September 13th, 2022
Book 4: Fractured Sky, Releases November 8th, 2022
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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