Michael meets Mandi and promptly finds himself falling for her, but Mandi resists reciprocating his feelings because of the scars left on her mind and body by years of horrific abuse at the hands of men who cared nothing for her. But Mandi secretly thirsts for love, happiness – and freedom from the brutish man she is living with.
***Winner of the Silver Medal Award in the Global Ebook Awards in Both The "Popular Fiction" and "Romance/Erotica" Categories 2016***
***Winner of the Bronze Medal Award in the Readers Favorite Book Awards in The “Romance-General” Category 2016***
***Short-Listed in the BookViral Book Award 2016 - Top 38 out of over 1000 Entrants***
Mandi Wexler grew up in a dysfunctional household, suffering unspeakable abuse. As she grew older, she lost more and more pieces of her soul until at last she matured into a hollow, haunted shell of a human being. Now she is an abused automaton who bends to the will of vicious and evil men, shutting out the good in the world and resigning herself to a life of misery, giving up all hope of becoming the vibrant young woman she could have been.
Michael Skyler grew up in a military family, becoming used to never setting down roots, never alone yet always lonely, but never lacking for love and care. When he meets Mandi, he finds himself deeply drawn to her, even though he is hard pressed to explain why.
Mandi tries her best to drive Michael away, not wanting him to see the scars on her body and soul. But the more Michael pursues her, the more she finds herself falling for him. Yet winning Mandi's love is not going to be easy for Michael, even if he can help free her from her self-imposed enslavement, for deep within Mandi lurk personal demons more menacing than any man ever could be. Will Michael be driven away by Mandi's dark secret, or will his love finally help Mandi replace the missing pieces of her heart?
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Professional Reviews
Dark but Excellent
Missing Pieces is ultimately a dark love story. It starts out telling the story of Mandi, an incredibly abused child, and her path to feeling like she has nothing to bring to the world. This part was very painful and difficult for me to read. Next enters Michael, a man who is almost the opposite of Mandi. He is raised in a loving family but has some secrets of his own.
The romance in this story is somewhat dark and built slowly, making it a true page tuner. It felt realistic to me and unforced. For being a very long book, it flew by. I couldn’t wait for everything to resolve itself. The ending was very strong and left me pleased with the outcome.
Overall, I rated Missing Pieces 5 stars because I couldn’t put it down and went to bed last night still thinking about the story.
Very Intense Read!
This book is as incredible as its cover! Missing Pieces is definitely the kind of book that can be read in a single sitting. When I read the description of this novel I immediately knew that I just have to read this one. The plot sounded so interesting and the sole premise: ”Will Michael be driven away by Mandi's dark secret, or will his love finally help Mandi replace the missing pieces of her heart?", told me I can't skip on this one, I just couldn't help myself, so I went ahead.
It is a captivating. The world building in this story was wonderful. The romance was such a slow burn, that it hurt. I swooned whenever they spent time together, and I feel like it felt right, how it was carried out.
Overall this was a great book. The writing and plot were good, the characters were well done, and their relationship was believable. I'd recommend this to anyone who likes their characters to have some darkness in them.
I was always on my toes and I literally shouted ‘no’ at one point while reading--though the ending was totally satisfying. Highly recommend it!
Bravo
It took me three days of contemplation to decide what this review was going to be. The fact that the book lived with me for that entire time (and I am still thinking about it) meant it had to be nothing less than a five. Let's face it, how many books have you read where you've forgotten all about it once you turn the last page.
The storyline will definitely grip you and you won't be able to put the book down. And if you're anything like me, you'll be thinking about it long after you finish reading. Mandi was abused in every way possible as a child and, as one might expect, this has a significant impact on her as an adult. She comes to believe she deserves nothing more until, that is, she meets Michael. Michael is nice. Michael is good. And Michael sees something in Mandi she can't see for herself. I won't sugar-coat it - there are parts of this book that are really disturbing. And I won't give away the ending but they have a lot of barriers to overcome if they are to get to a happy ending.
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