Broken by Kelly Elliott

Genre: Romance
Style: Easy, sweet read
Recommended: 16+
Other: First in Trilogy

I loved these books, I think the plot is sweet but quite predictable but they are well written. They are set in Texas which makes them even better in my opinion! This is the typical boy meets girl type of book but that is just Elliott's style and personally I like it although you might not. I don't recommend this to anyone younger than 16 because it does contain a bit of sex and abuse issues. My main criticism with this novel would be that it is a bit too repetitive in places which started to annoy me and a lot of foreshadowing at the end of each chapter which didn't really help keep much suspense in the novel. However this is a really sweet book and an easy read and the series improves with each book.

Blurb:
Layton Morris and his brother Mike grew up not knowing what it would be like to live in a normal home and depend only on each other. When a tragic accident takes Mike away from Layton, and the only other person that he ever let into his heart walked away from him, leaving his heart shattered, Layton focuses all of his time and energy into the ranch he and his brother dreamed of. He makes a vow to himself to never let love in again. The last thing Layton needed or wanted was more heartache. 
Whitley Reynolds grew up in a privileged home in upstate New York. When she landed the star football player in high school no one was surprised, not even Whitley. She dreamed of a life with Roger living in New York City and happily followed him there. The first time Roger hit her for arguing with him about a dinner party, she forgave him. The more it happened, the further Whitley withdrew from her friends and family. One fateful day things go to far. Whitley makes a promise to herself and finds the courage to do the one thing she thought she’d never be able to do. Fleeing with her best friend Courtney, Whitley was determined to put her past behind her and start a new life in the small town of Llano, Texas, where no one would ever find out about her past. Will they both ever learn to trust and love again, or will their pasts come back to haunt them, keeping them both alone and…

Other books in the Broken trilogy:
Broken (#1)
Broken Dreams (#2)
Broken Promises (#3)