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Mar 20, 2010

Shawna rated it:

4 ½ stars – Romantic Suspense/Erotic Romance

I’ve been anxiously awaiting Quinn Rafferty’s story ever since his powerful, unforgettable part in Fragile and Broken is an aptly named title for this, considering what a bruised, shattered soul he is.

Quinn is trying to put his life back together after his stint as an Army Ranger left him hollow and grief stricken, and working as a bounty hunter and bail bondsman seems a fitting way to earn a living, especially when he gets to c More...

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Mar 28, 2011

TheBookVixen rated it:

Quinn is a bounty hunter for a private detective agency. He comes from a broken past and a broken home. He was first raised by his mother who was constantly in a drunken stupor or in a drug-filled haze. When his mother died from an overdose, Quinn was placed with his father and found out he has a twin brother. Quinn's image of a family life was completely shattered until he moved in with his father and brother.

Sara has been on the run for 2 years. It's not for the reasons you'd expec More...

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Mar 20, 2010

Auntee rated it:

This was an absolutely fabulous book--until there was about 50 pages left. And then I was sort of let down. Without giving away any spoilers, I wasn't that thrilled with how the suspense aspect of the book played out. I thought to myself--"Is that it? Is that the reason for...?" I just thought there might have been a better way to handle what the heroine was being threatened with. Let's just say I wasn't totally convinced that all the heroine went through was necessary. Don't ge More...

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May 08, 2011

Mojca rated it:

Hmmm. To say I’m disappointed would be an understatement. Because after “meeting” Quinn in Fragile, I was really looking forward to his story. I bet it would be great, gripping, intense, very Quinn-like. Because, well, it’s Quinn.

Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way. Sure, I got a good dose of Quinn and Quinn-ness, but there wasn’t that much dwelling on his past, the army, the Elena incident, his bond with his twin. Instead I got a helping of an annoying heroine (a SW first for More...

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May 08, 2011

Jacqueline rated it:

I liked this one better than Fragile. But it did have it's problems. Mostly they where in the character of the heroine. She was a bit too mysterious maybe? Also the hero accuses her and is pissed at her for evidently leaving a bad marriage after he had said "the woman" probably had reason to leave the guy. He was mad because he thinks she's married when he knew all along she was running from something. If women are running and it isn't from the law then it's usually from a man, so w More...

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Jan 21, 2011

Kim-wilts-for-kilts rated it:

Why are there never any good cover models? I keep having to go find me a nice visual. Searching is fun though. Heehee Uh-oh, husband coming...gotta hurry......this is QUINN!

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Jul 09, 2010

Rhapsody rated it:

Sarah is on the run, in hiding from something in her past. Money is tight and she reluctantly accepts a local woman's generous offer to stay in the apartment over her house. It turns out that Quinn is renting the basement of the house. Abused as a child and blaming himself for the recent death of a woman he loved, Quinn has huge issues with trust and intimacy, but he's immediately attracted to Sarah and before long they enter into a serious relationship. But neither is willing to share anyth More...

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Nov 10, 2010

Keri rated it:

You knew reading the first chapter of Quinn's book that it is going to take a special woman to be able to handle Quinn. Quinn had it very hard the first 11 years of his life and those years have left him, as an adult, hard to connect with people and be "normal".

But Sara sees the real man beneath the taciturn facade. While Sara has her own grave secrets and knows that Quinn is a complication she can ill afford, she dips her toe in anyway.

Quinn and Sara are hot toge More...

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Jul 21, 2011

Sandy rated it:

After reading about Quinn in his brother’s book, Fragile, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Broken. From the moment we meet this man, our hearts are broken just as much as his has been up to the point his life actually starts when his mother dies and his father brings him home, when he meets his twin. You want him to reach out and grab the love of his new family, but he’s got so much hurt and distrust, it’s a total unknown if he’ll ever be able to put all the pieces back together again.

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Feb 09, 2011

Kyami rated it:

BROKEN, Shiloh Walker's hot and steamy follow up to FRAGILE, reintroduces readers to Quinn Rafferty. This sexy bounty hunter keeps his distance from most women he meets - Sara Davis is the exception and he has no idea why.

Broken is suspenseful and intriguing. It's a love story filled with hot sex, intense emotion, and even anguish. It's a perfect erotic romance. Sara is a passionate, strong woman facing an incredibly difficult situation. She's doing what she feels necessary for own More...

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Nov 08, 2010

Rva rated it:

I just now finished reading "Broken", the follow up to "Fragile". I couldn't put it down. "Broken" is one of those books that I race through, desperate to see what happens even as I curse myself for reading it too fast. I plan on reading it again so I can slow down and savor the story.

Quinn is just...WOW. Um...yeah...Wow. Ms. Walker draws him out of his shell one line at a time, so slowly. His transformation from loner to lover is believable and so hear More...

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Oct 22, 2010

Jamie - Nitty Gritty Reviews rated it:

Quinn is a bounty hunter for a private agency. He's very good at his job because he doesn't get to close to anyone much less trust anyone either. See Quinn comes from a troubled past....broken home, abusive parent (with certain addictions), the whole nine yards. So when his mother dies of a drug overdose Quinn is put into the care of the father he never knew he had. Oh, and he has a twin brother named Luke that he never knew about either!

Sara has been on the run for a long time. Sh More...

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Oct 02, 2010

MamaKitty rated it:

Sarah has a past she's running from, but we don't find out exactly why she's running until nearly the very end of the book. Normally this annoys me when something is dragged out for so long, but Shiloh wrote it in such a way that it kept me intrigued and unable to put the book down.

Quinn is broken. He had the crappiest of crappy childhoods until his father got custody of him. By then, he was already programmed by his crazy mother to believe that he is the only one who will take care More...

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Aug 08, 2010

Jane rated it:

Some conflicts were not logical or consistent with feelings. Too much pondering and inner monologuing. Not enough action.

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My biggest problem was the plot. Sara is on the run from an abusive man for two reasons. One of the reasons was logical, the other made no sense. The author should have stuck with the first reason. Quinn works for a private detective agency and hates abusers. Quinn and Sara meet and fall in love. Later Quinn is given a missing perso More...

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Mar 19, 2010

Booklover1335 rated it:

I have nothing but praise for Broken by Shiloh Walker. I loved everything about Quinn and Sarah’s love story. I thought it was a “true” romantic suspense; while the danger Sarah finds herself embroiled in brought her to a place where she meets Quinn, it's not the catalyst to their developing relationship.

The suspense in this novel is that you don’t understand the motives or the truths of the story until the end. The author cleverly uses flashbacks of the same or similar scen More...

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Mar 16, 2010

Smokinhotbooks rated it:

I dedicate this post to all the book reviewer pimps who make me spend entirely way too much money and yes, I blame you for feeding my book addiction.

There comes a time in everyone’s life when you are peer pressured. For some this involves illegal substances, but for me, it’s books. Where’s my Officer Friendly with his D.A.R.E. sticker?! Alas, I was pressured by tweets, book blogger reviews and constant status updates on Goodreads. Damn you all! So there I was, on a cold rainy day, More...

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Mar 05, 2011

Sirenprincess rated it:

I was really disappointed with this book. I had high hopes from the description. Quinn's background was really intriguing to me, and especially his relationship with his twin brother, Luke. There's definitely something intriguing there.

But the story just didn't work. Maybe it's that I'm not into stories that are about battered women. Maybe it's that the sex didn't feel a part of the story and just seemed thrown in there. Maybe it's that I just couldn't find the premise of their More...

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Jul 18, 2010

Marsha rated it:

Quinn Rafferty is the fraternal twin brother of Luke (whose story was told in Fragile). Broken is Quinn's story wonderfully told by Shiloh Walker. After exiting from the Special Services Devision of the military (The Rangers), Quinn moves aimlessly from town to town just existing. He ends up in St. Louis where a kindly but persistant older woman, Theresa offers to rent out her basement to him; he accepts. Quinn works sporadically as bounty hunter/ investigator. Then enters Sara. She has been on More...

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Feb 03, 2010

Tiffany rated it:

I really gave this book 4.5 stars on the blog, rounding up here!

I have heard about the greatness of Shiloh Walker all over twitterverse for a while now…. but my time has been limited and being that urban fantasy is really my favorite genre, I had put her books low on my list. When the opportunity to join the ARC tour sponsored by the Book Vixen, I jumped at the chance! Thus my Shiloh Walker virginity is gone and I was oh so wrong to wait so long!
Sara is on the run, tho we don’t More...

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Feb 24, 2010

Lea rated it:

I read about Shiloh Walker’s work before I started blogging as every so often I would get a recommendation from Amazon for one of her books. However, for some reason, I am very late to the party and “Broken” is the first book written by Ms. Walker that I have read, it definitely will not be my last.

Broken

As the story opens Ms. Walker gives readers a look at what “Quinn Rafferty's”, life was like as a frightened child who lived with a physically and verbally abusive alcoho More...

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Jan 25, 2010

Peace Love rated it:

I cannot think of a better title for this book. The protagonist Quinn Rafferty has one of those childhood gone bad past. His mother is a drug addict and an alcoholic who beats him for trying to go to school, for reading and just for being alive. He was also emotionally battered, reading that part of him was close to unbearable, I hate reading kids being beat up by their parents, thankfully it wasn't that long. His mother died from drug overdose (no surprise there) while in the police station he More...

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Mar 04, 2010

Katie(babs) rated it:

Whenever I read a Shiloh Walker story, I’m blown away how angsty and scarred yet overwhelmingly sexy her heroes are. She writes these men, who have alpha like tendencies, but underneath their bravado, have fears and self esteem issues, where they feel they’ll never be good enough to be loved. Shiloh always makes sure her men get their happily ever after with their heroines, who also need love in their lives. In Broken, Quinn Rafferty is a lost soul. He grew up with a drug addicted mother who tre More...

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Mar 07, 2011

Karla rated it:

I was sooo enjoying this book. I loved Quinn, Luke’s brother from Fragile, and wanted him to find someone who could help him overcome all the bad he encountered in his past. This poor guy needed some happiness and he found it in Sara. Terrific couple, hot and steamy together. Quinn was everything I’d hoped he be. He had his dark side, but deep down inside he was a softie, or maybe he was a hardie…LOL…who liked sex, lots and lots of sex. Hot damn. Sara is keeping a secret, but she can’t tell More...

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Feb 20, 2011

Twiggy rated it:

This Book started off in a mixed fashion.
We are given a small part of the backstory of Quinn, who was emotionally and physically abused by his addict mother and is then reunited with his father and twin upon her death when he is about 11 years old. Unfortunately we are told next to nothing thereafter save that he joined the army and fell in love with a woman called Elena who is brutally killed. He appears to be struggling with civilian life and the author insists that he has 'trust issues' More...

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Jun 04, 2011

Pjnorton75 rated it:

Quinn is the hero of the book who grew up in an abusive home with his druggie mom. When she OD's he finds out that he has a twin who lives with their father. He goes to live there too and has a "normal" rest of his childhood.
Sarah is a woman of secrets and has been on the run for 2 years. She meets Quinn when she moves into the same apartment house that he lives in. Quinn is instantly interested, but warns her off telling Sarah to stay away from him, he's bad news.
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Mar 19, 2010

Jess the Romanceaholic rated it:

I recently discovered Shiloh Walker as an author, and let me tell you, she's quickly becoming one of my favorites.

Even though Broken is a sequel to Fragile, I do think it would stand well on its own.

Quinn is just delicious. I do adore my tortured heroes *swoon* I also really liked Sara, and how hard it was for her knowing she shouldn't stay but desperately wanting to anyway.

The romance was sizzling. The chemistry between Quinn and Sara was simply to die for. More...

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Sep 21, 2010

Quinn rated it:

Anyone who read Fragile, the first in Shiloh Walker's Rafferty duology, was no doubt looking forward to reading Quinn's story. And for the most part, Broken doesn't disappoint.

Quinn Rafferty (great name, BTW!) is twin to Luke, the deliciously sexy lead in Fragile. Quinn and Luke were separated at birth, with Quinn taken by their mother and raised in a heart-breakingly abusive environment. Luke, on the other hand, was raised with love by their father.

The twins were reu More...

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Mar 22, 2010

Stephanie**Whats the steam factor** rated it:

I am so glad that I read this book, because I really didn't care much for Fragile. Walker redeems herself with Broken and Quinn's and Sara's story.
I am not going to summarize this book; it has been done so well in the other reviews. I will say that I so did not see the twist coming until it smacked me in the face! LOL

Although Quinn is a brooding hero, he is not so dark that he is hard to love. You could feel that he wanted to be happy and to have someone to love, he was More...

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Mar 22, 2010

Tina rated it:

3.5 stars - Good characters, good setting, good storyline, but okay execution.

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*Characters were great. They were broken and troubled, but still realistic.
*Most of the physical setting took place at Theresa's house. It seems homey and safe. And who wouldn't want a neighbor as hot as Quinn?!
*I like the storyline. Was intriguing ... a couple with a troubled past is brought together because of it. Their relationship can only survive if they confront thei More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Amy rated it:

I couldn't put this book down. Broken was an amazing story, in which the main characters Sara and Quinn are both running from their pasts that haunt them, which eventually leads them to each other. Neither are able to confide in each other due to their pasts and major trust issues causes them to almost lose each other. Quinn the bad boy with the troubled past grew up not sharing much about himself and trying to stay under the radar. You're kept in the dark somewhat on Sara's past, you know she More...

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