Shouldn't Have You

Fractured Connections, Book 2

I've been many things in my life: daughter, friend, student, lover, wife…and now, widow. Getting past those labels and finding who I could be without them was the hardest thing I've ever done.

Then I became friends with Brendon Connolly.

Every time I look at him, I see a past, I see a present, and I’m afraid if I look too hard, I’ll see a future.

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I've known Harmony Wynham since before she got married. Before she lost everything. I didn’t know that one day she wouldn’t be just my friend but the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.

Only I don't think that can happen.

Not when every time she looks at me, she sees what she lost, and I can only see what I can't overcome.

I love her, even though I shouldn't. Somehow, we need to find a balance.

Because if we don't, walking away will be the hardest thing I've ever done - even if it's the only thing I should do.

©2019 Carrie Ann Ryan (P)2025 Carrie Ann Ryan

good addition to the series

Book two of this series was a pretty good book. It was an emotional roller coaster for both Harmony and Brendon. The pair started out as friends and then grew into lovers as they work through their issues with the past - Harmony with being a widow who is attempting to move on with her life and Brendon with dealing with his anxiety from his upbringing as well as the return of his biological father. The pair were well written and their story flowed well, keeping me interested from the start. It was an emotional read from page one that had me cheering the couple on. I also enjoyed the return of the characters from the previous book in this series. In the audio version, the narration by Joe Arden and Maxine Mitchell was performed well by both narrators as they did a great job bringing this story to life and making it a great listening experience. I would recommend this book to others and I can not wait to see what happens next in this series.

Awesome book

Book 2 of Fractured Connections Series
This book begins right after the first book with Brandon and Harmony doing there friendship/dating dance.
Harmony is a widow and after her husband died she went on autopilot for a while but now she’s trying to date with little success.
Brendon was harmony’s husbands bff until one day at a traffic lights everything changed. He still struggles with what happened and after Harmony started dating Brendon has been struggling with his feelings.
This book has such heartbreaking moments especially between Harmony and Brendon after they get together and try find out what they mean to each other.
This is first honest book I’ve read about heartbreak from losing a spouse and bff.
I absolutely love this series and the narrators are amazing. I love the duo of male and female voice but would have loved if they had narrated together each taking separate male/female voice instead of each taking a chapter but still Carrie Ann Ryan really has great taste in narrators.
Can’t wait for more.

A PURE HIT!

I love how she can take such a sad subject and make it funny. This book touched every aspect of my heart.

Awesome read

I loved Brendan and Harmony's story. Very emotional and very well written. I would recommend this book

Love, front and center.

I enjoyed this story of second chances and trying hard to move on. Harmony went on 2 blind dates. One worse than the other. Brendan had been close by on both accounts. Then they decided to take a chance on each other. It was awesome, until Brendan’s past threatened his future. It all worked out. I really and truly loved this story and this series. A definite recommendation from me.