Splintered Hearts

**Contains sexual content and adult language and situations. Intended for mature readers.**Cally…A sexy smile. Intense blue eyes. A goodness that makes him want to save me from these rumors when no one else would care. I didn't ask for a hero. William Bailey was never supposed to be anything more than a wish, a dream, an unrequited crush. Not for a girl like me--a girl whose fractured family has stolen her chance at a decent life.William…Since the death of my parents, I've always done what's expected of me, what's "best" for me. Until Cally. The moment her haunted eyes meet mine, the fractured pieces of my heart feel whole again. I don't just want to save her. I need her to save me.Stolen chances. Unbroken wishes. Two lonely souls grasping for hope in the darkness.**This novella takes place seven years before the events in WISH I MAY and shows William and Cally falling in love for the first time. It can be read before or after WISH I MAY or on its own.** New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Lexi Ryan's novels have been described as intense, emotional, and wickedly sexy. A former college professor, she now writes full-time from her home in Indiana, where she lives with her husband, two children, and a neurotic dog. Find her on Facebook or Twitter to chat about books, TV, and her children's latest antics. Splintered Hearts is the first of several Lexi Ryan series set in the fictional town of New Hope.Unbreak Me (Maggie's story)Stolen Wishes: A Wish I May Prequel Novella (Will and Cally's prequel)Wish I May (Will and Cally's novel)

New adult romance from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Unbreak Me. Due to sexual content and heavy subject matter, this book is intended for mature readers.~ ~ ~I grew up wishing on stars.My father taught me to believe…in destiny, in magic, in happily ever after. Dreams were my scripture and the starry night sky was my temple. Then Mom stopped believing, left him, and took us with her. At the age of sixteen, I cashed in my dreams to pay the rent, pawned my destiny to keep my sisters together.Now, seven years later, I'm returning home, grieving the death of my mother, and settling my sisters back into the life Mom threw away. I never intended to stay. I don't want to deal with my father, who is so invested in the spiritual world he forgets the physical. I don't want to face William Bailey, whose eyes remind me of the girl I was, the things I've done, and the future I lost.This would all be easier if Will hated me. As it is, I have to hold my secrets close so they won't hurt him more than they've already hurt me. But he wants to be in my life. He wants what I can't bring myself to confess I sold. He wants me.I find myself looking to my stars again...wondering if I dare one more wish.~ ~ ~Books in the New Hope series:Book 1: Unbreak Me (Maggie's book)Book 2: Wish I May (Cally's book) New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Lexi Ryan's novels have been described as intense, emotional, and wickedly sexy. A former college professor, she now writes full-time from her home in Indiana, where she lives with her husband, two children, and a neurotic dog. Find her on Facebook or Twitter to chat about books, TV, and her children's latest antics. Splintered Hearts is the first of several Lexi Ryan series set in the fictional town of New Hope.Unbreak Me (Maggie's story)Stolen Wishes: A Wish I May Prequel Novella (Will and Cally's prequel)Wish I May (Will and Cally's novel)