Beauty in the Broken by Charmaine Pauls

Review by Nancy A fascinating and all-consuming read, Beauty In The Broken, by Charmaine Pauls, monopolized my every thought. It is dark, twisted, vengeful and thrilling. An emotional roller-coaster that had me straddling a line between hating and loving the hero. The first encounter Angelina and Damian ever had was brief but impactful. You can almost say it was love at first sight. That is the moment Damian decided he wanted her, but fate had other plans for both of them. Damian had recently been let out of jail and had vowed to take revenge on those who unjustly put him there. Not only did Harold steel his mine, but he had him put in jail. Now a free man, Damian is going after him and plans on taking the only thing that matters to him, his daughter, Angelina. He has heard rumors that she is damaged goods. According to others she is insane and has tried to take her life on multiple occasions. Damian doesn’t care, he has an agenda and he will do whatever it takes to get his vengeance. The problem is not all things are as they seem. When Damian gets a glimpse of who Angelina really is, he has a hard time remembering his end game. He knew she’d belong to him from the moment he set his eyes on her, but all these years later has changed them both and not for the better. Angelina makes my heart hurt. She is by far one of the strongest heroines I have ever read. She has been through hell and back and still manages to live her life. No matter what the people around her say, she knows the awful cards life has dealt her. Her life became shambles the moment she married her now-deceased first husband. He was her worst nightmare come to life. After she was finally free of him, she hid away. Most thought she was crazy and still mourning her husband. But really she just wanted to hide away from the world. That is until Damian walks back into her life and doesn’t give her a choice but to marry him. She married him but felt nothing but spite for him. At least until she realizes he is nothing like the ruthless, heartless man he pretends to be. Angelina finds herself deeply in love with her husband, but nothing in her life is that simple. This book was gripping! A dark romance with a revenge trope. Despite its dark context, it does have a happily ever after. One that is so deserved. By the end of the book, I was absolutely in love with both Damian and Angelina. C. Pauls is new to me author. I am so glad I picked up this book because I loved it. This book was written in a way that sucked me in from the very first chapter and had me at the edge of my seat from beginning to end! I will definitely be looking out for her other releases. ***ARC provided in exchange for an honest review***

Release Date: May 14th 2019

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