Carol [Goodreads Addict]'s Reviews > Shattered Sea

Shattered Sea is book four in the Tattered & Torn series by Catherine Cowles. The books in this series will both break your heart and make your heart sing. There is also suspense woven through every book that promises to keep you on the edge of your seat. Such is the case with this book. You can read this as a complete stand alone but you will enjoy the secondary characters more if you have read the previous books. This one kept me guessing all the way until the very end and what an ending it was!



Laiken Montgomery is twenty eight years old. Ten years ago, Laiken thought she knew what her life was going to look like. But tragedy struck and changed the course of not only her life but of every single one of her group of friends. Now, Laiken lives in her home town of Wolf Gap, Oregon and runs the local art gallery. She loves her job and is good at it. Laiken lives with pain, both physical and mental from what happened ten years ago. Her goal every single day is just to get through the day. Laiken also has a secret. A way through art that helps her to release all the pent up emotion she keeps inside trying to be strong.



Boden Cavanaugh is a world famous movie star. He also suffered a loss six months prior but since he is a public figure, he was forced to face his grief with the world watching his every move. Boden needs to research a real live horse whisperer in Wolf Gap for a future movie. It will also give him the time he needs for some privacy and rest. He was just walking past the gallery when a certain piece drew him in, never knowing that that is the day that would change the rest of his life.



Neither Boden nor Laiken were in any frame of mind for anything other than friendship but the closer they became, the more they couldn’t resist that something that was developing between them. It was something rare and wonderful. Boden was also finding out that Wolf Gap was a very special place that gave him a peace he hadn’t felt in a very long time.

“There was a magic in the air that I’d been missing for a long time.”

But not everything was good in Wolf Gap. There was a darkness lurking and threatening what Laiken and Boden were building. It was threatening the very safety of Wolf Gap. The sheriff, Hayes, is doing his very best to find out what’s going on and Boden will do whatever possible to keep Laiken safe. But will it be enough?



As I said, there are so many players in this, so many times I thought I had things figured out but Catherine Cowles was not going to let that happen. I have to give her credit because wow was I surprised! This was another fantastic addition to this series. There is going to be one more book in this series, Fractured Sky, and I have to say that I think I am the most excited about this one! I absolutely can’t wait!

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