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Fractured Hope by Kady Cordova
Hope’s Ridge, Book 1
Can I really escape hell to find all I’ve ever longed for?
Bodhi
Finding yourself is hard. Finding someone you can truly trust is harder.
I have never known what it was like to have a true home or family, let alone real love.
After almost a year of planning, I finally escaped my abusive ex and ran as far away as I could with just the clothes on my back and a handful of cash. When I arrive in the quaint town of Hope’s Ridge, I’m ready to start over and reclaim my life.
When I painfully crash into Atticus’s life, something about him puts me at ease. I’ve never been one to trust, but now I’m in a situation where I have no choice. He might be what I’ve been longing for my whole life.
Atticus
I love my tight-knit town, my big Greek family, and the life I’ve built. I have a successful garage with my brothers and love my job. I have it good, but every now and then I long for a connection. Someone to chase away the loneliness that’s been creeping in. As my brothers like to point out, I am set in my ways and not one for flings, bar hopping, or one-night stands.
When a beautiful man stumbles into my life, I’m blown away. He’s skittish and afraid, but all I want to do is take care of him.
When Bodhi’s ex starts making threats, danger gets ever closer and threatens everything I hold dear. Can I keep Bodhi safe and prove to him he is worthy of love? Or will he run and take my heart with him?
Fractured Hope is a small-town, hurt/comfort, age-gap MM Romance with a broken boy looking for a safe place, a lonely man longing to find his person, and a family full of love, mischief, and colorful characters ready to step in and protect each other no matter the costs.
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After a cold and fitful night, I was jerked awake in the early hours of morning by a loud metal bang right next to me. My first thought was someone had discovered my hiding place and was here to arrest me for trespassing, but no human words followed the cacophony, only a metal creaking and scratching. I cautiously peered out the side window and saw a large hawk. It had brown feathers, a white chest, and a sharp hooked black beak. It seemed to be looking right at me from atop the metal sheeting. It shifted while a large rabbit wriggled in its talons. That must’ve been the bang that had awoken me. I was safe inside the truck’s cab, but it was disconcerting to be greeted by a bird of prey first thing in the morning. Looking out the back window, I couldn’t see much, except an early morning fog hanging close to the ground and the light of the predawn highlighting the ridge in the distance.
I cautiously stretched as much as my body would allow and took stock of my healing ribs and wrist. I was no sorer than before, so I took that as a good sign and carefully climbed out of the truck. I grabbed my backpack and made sure the coast was clear before heading toward the main road without knowing what time it was. I had no watch, phone, or convenient clock tower in sight to orient me. It was maybe around five in the morning or a little after.
When would people in this small town start to wake up? What time would the businesses open? To keep this place as a sleeping option for later I thought it was best to move on so I wasn’t caught here. I walked slowly back around the debris and broken tractors, car parts, and the building onto the main road into town.
The fog was everywhere and added a crispness to the air. My breath misted as I breathed out and my hands and nose were so cold. Quickly, I pulled my hood up, then tucked my hands under my arms to warm up. I hadn’t been anywhere this cold before. If this was early Fall, then the temperature here must get freezing and would likely be snowing before winter even hit. I needed to make sure I had a job and shelter before then or I wouldn’t survive.
I made my way down the street and was pleasantly surprised to see Jolt had lights on in the distance, beckoning me with the classic red neon open sign flickering through the mist. I was in desperate need of coffee to chase the cold out of my bones and start my day.
Screech! Thud!
My heart leaped into the back of my throat, and I just about jumped out of my skin as a mechanical door opened right next to me. It was so startling that I slipped off the sidewalk and twisted my ankle in the gutter. I let out an indignant shriek as I fell to the ground and stupidly used my bad wrist to catch myself, since my other hand was holding my backpack. As I fell, the pain lanced up my arm. I tried my best to roll with it and take the weight off my wrist and onto my shoulder, but my foot was caught in a drain grate. Excruciating spasms radiated through my foot and up into my ankle. Cursing up a storm as pain-filled tears leaked out of my eyes, I froze suddenly as I heard footsteps behind me.
“Shit! Are you okay?” a deep, masculine voice asked.
Before I could catch my breath and respond, a large man appeared in front of me. He crouched down and looked me over with a panicked expression, moving his hands in the air over me like he was going to touch me but didn’t know if he should.
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About the Author:
Kady Cordova is a queer author from Australia.
They survive on coffee and chaos. She has always been a hopeless romantic at heart even though they grow a little cynical and sarcastic with age.
Love is love and everyone deserves a happily ever after.
Kady is an advocate for Mental Health, Invisible Illnesses, and Protecting Trans Kids.
Fractured Hope is Kady’s debut novel.
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