The Beauty of Broken Things

By: Victoria Connelly

Narrated by: Jan Cramer

United by tragedy, can two broken souls make each other whole?

After the tragic loss of his wife, Helen, Luke Hansard is desperate to keep her memory alive. In an effort to stay close to her, he reaches out to an online friend Helen often mentioned: a reclusive photographer with a curious interest in beautiful but broken objects. But first he must find her - and she doesn’t want to be found.

Orla Kendrick lives alone in the ruins of a remote Suffolk castle, hiding from the haunting past that has left her physically and emotionally scarred. In her fortress, she can keep a safe distance from prying eyes, surrounded by her broken treasures and insulated from the world outside.

When Luke tracks Orla down, he is determined to help her in the way Helen wanted to: by encouraging her out of her isolation and back into the world. But Orla has never seen her refuge as a prison and, when painful secrets and dangerous threats begin to resurface, Luke's good deed is turned on its head.

As they work through their grief for Helen in very different ways, will these two broken souls be able to heal?

©2020 Victoria Connelly (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Goodness of humanity

Refreshing storyline illustrating how two people can help each other without romantic interest. Some parts were narrated with a little too much drama, but overall a great and uplifting story.

Wonderful book

Truly enjoyed this story. An extremely surprising twist on the title. The word “broken” has many definitions throughout.

Great Read

I loved this book. I have never read any books from this author, and I really liked her writing style. Easy to read, easy to follow and she really got the feelings of the characters accross in her writing.

Narrator

Jan Cramer did a pretty good job of narrating until she would lapse into a “sing-songy voice that really irritated me. It was a pretty good story - kept my interest.