Shattered (Triple Canopy #7)
Riley Edwards
Wren Cunningham wants to put her past behind her when she and her teenage son move from Chicago to Georgia to start a new life away from the dark cloud they’ve been living under since Wren’s ex was sent to prison. She tells herself she only has time for her son as she builds a wall around her heart. A wall that threatens to crumble when Phoenix saves her son from a fire. Phoenix is everything she’s never had—thoughtful, gentle, and a good role model for her son. His piercing blue eyes see straight into her soul and the pain she hides. But if the walls around her heart are high, his are higher still. Phoenix Kent grew up hearing how much he resembled his father, at least physically. Inside, the two men couldn't have been more different. Phoenix's father was a criminal, a murderer, a cop killer. Phoenix is a police officer who volunteers at a community center for troubled teens. After he saves one of the boys, Griffin, from a fire at the center, Phoenix retreats from Griffin’s life, believing he doesn't have what it takes to be a father figure, which the teenager desperately needs. He sure doesn’t believe he deserves to be with Griff’s beautiful mother, Wren, whose painful past mirrors his own. When Phoenix has no choice but to bring Griff along on a mission to rescue a barn full of abused and neglected horses, he doesn’t realize how much the experience will change Griff’s life. Or how it will bring Wren into Phoenix’s life. Passion ignites, but can they tear down their walls before it’s too late?
Publication Year: 2022
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0Policeman Phoenix has always seen himself as broken and withheld a part of himself from everyone, including his friends and family. His father was abusive to his siblings but always treated Phoenix well. His father went to jail when Phoenix and his other siblings were still children so his oldest brother Echo took care of all of them. Phoenix has had a hard time with the two sides of his father: the loving father who abused his brothers and sister and killed someone with the side of him that taught him things like how to fix a car or something around the house.
When Phoenix meets Wren and her son Griffin through a program at The Hope Center, he senses that they are more alike than any of them know. He sees the hurt in both of them from a bad man. As Phoenix gains Griffin's trust, he's also showing Wren that he's there for her. He has nothing but time and patience for both of them. He learns lessons of his own too, including that it's okay to love the man his father was and still hate the things that he did. The three of them are so good for each other, it's beautiful. With all of his friends and family, Phoenix gives Wren and Griffin a community to support them, too. Which is good because there is a terrifying twist late in this story that had me gasping!
I loved these characters from the very beginning. Hurting, struggling, yes, but still open to love in whatever form it takes. The Women, Inc. gang taking Wren in like she was a sister was so beautiful, I have LOVED the positivity from them in all of these stories, every book should have a girl gang!!
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