Broken (Paige)

Every woman loves a man who's good with his hands.Clay McGavran was way beyond good. At building, demolition, and...other activities that worked up a sweat.But he was far from perfect. He'd made mistakes. Some of which had almost cost him everything.And he was about to make another.With his new assistant.He was well aware of what was at stake.But protecting her would become more important than protecting himself.He'd risk it all for her; his company, his friendships, even his life.Because this "mistake" wasn't a mistake at all.This was his destiny.

"I need a favor..."Famous last words.When Spencer was asked to check on a friend of a friend, he thought it was no big deal. Simple. A good excuse to take a nice long drive and burn up some of the free time he'd been forcibly handed.But when he walked into Talia's apartment and looked into her devastated eyes... simple went right out the window.Despite two years of staunchly avoiding women, he was overwhelmed by the compulsion to help her -- know her, avenge her, protect her.Possess her.All Talia wanted was to hide away and ignore the unwelcome, looming presence of a past she'd thought she left behind. She wanted to wallow, to drink, to slip into oblivion.But a knock at her door changed all that.She found herself wanting to let Spencer in -- into her apartment, inside her head.Into her heart.And how selfish did that make her?She knew from the start that she couldn't be what he needed, couldn't give him the life he deserved, but she couldn't help herself.She fell.So did he.And now her past may cost them their future. Flawlessly Broken is the second INTERCONNECTED STANDALONE in the Broken series.

How far would you be willing to go for someone you love?For Lauren Caldwell, the answer was: as far as necessary. She had done what she had to do to protect the one person who meant the most to her in the world--her uncle. She wasn't proud of herself, but in the end, she had protected him just as he'd always protected her. A year later, a year of being ostracized in the small Virginia town she called home, she found herself helplessly watching her worst nightmare unfold.She was alone.Until a stranger became a friend who became the glue that might finally piece together the jagged fragments of her life, of her heart.How far would you be willing to go for someone you love?Brant Matthews never wanted to fall in love again; he had worked diligently to avoid emotional entanglements at all costs. He knew what it was to lose the one you loved, to fail them so irrevocably that the entire trajectory of your life shifted. But seeing the broken look in Lauren's crystal-blue eyes, feeling that old pain flare anew and knowing from experience exactly how much she was hurting... he never stood a chance. She had him, whether she was ready to accept that or not.And when her childhood tormentor set his sights on her once more, Brant knew exactly how far he would go to keep her safe.He would die for her or kill for her.There would be no middle ground.All the Broken Pieces is the third INTERCONNECTED STANDALONE in the Broken series.

The Broken series follows business partners Clay, Spencer, and Brant as they go from building custom dream homes for high profile clients to realizing their own dreams with three feisty, fierce women who can't resist men who are good with their hands.