Broken Country
by
Clare Leslie Hall
Beth was seventeen when she first met Gabriel. Over that heady, intense summer, he made her think and feel and see differently. She thought it was the start of her great love story. When Gabriel left to become the person his mother expected him to be, she was broken.
It was Frank who picked up the pieces and together they built a home very different from the one she'd imagined with Gabriel. Watching her husband and son, she remembered feeling so sure that, after everything, this was the life she was supposed to be leading.
But when Gabriel comes back, all Beth's certainty about who she is and what she wants crumbles. Even after ten years, their connection is instant. She knows it's wrong and she knows people could get hurt. But how can she resist a second chance at first love?
REVIEW
Gabriel comes from a very wealthy family and Beth sometimes helps out at the house when they have social functions. They were friends for many years, but when Beth was seventeen, it turned to love and they spent every possible minute together until Gabriel left for university and Beth was warned by Gabriel's mother that he should be allowed to follow his path and she should go her own way.
Frank always had a thing for Beth, but stayed away whilst she was with Gabriel. They started dating and eventually married and had a son, but when Gabriel returned to his family home with his own son having lost his wife, Beth feels all sorts of emotions that she soon struggles with.
I really don't want to give too much away with my review, because I think everyone should read this and make up their own minds as to what they think. I really enjoyed this book and read it very quickly. This was chosen as my new book club read last month and what a corker it was! and made for a lot of discussion!
What I did love about the author's writing is how deep you felt for the characters, whether you loved them or hated them, you just won't be able to stop reading to find out what happens!
