Michele Phoenix

Dear Readers,

I have found a new favorite author and her name is Michele Phoenix.  I so enjoyed Tangled Ashes, her first book, that I really looked forward to reading her newest release In Broken Places.  All I can say is if you haven’t read either one of these books, pull up a chair and start now.

In Broken Places you meet Shelby and you will want to hug her right away.  Of course she won’t let you as she has some pretty thick walls built up around her heart and life.  Her and her brother,Trey, survived years of emotional abuse, and now have moved into adulthood with the idea of making it through life without anyone else hurting them.

When their father, who has been out of their lives for years, passes away, he leaves everything he owns including a step-sister neither one of them knew about.   Shelby isn’t sure she can adopt Shayla until she meets the little 4 year old, then she knows she has to.   Shelby’s biggest fear is that she will turn into her father and to keep from doing that, she accepts a job in Germany and heads off with her new daughter to a new country and new job.  To say that her stress level is a bit high may be a little understatement.

I am not sure what Michele does but her characters make you feel like you are right with them as they are experiencing the abuse.  She has a way of turning a phrase that makes you see things differently.  She makes her stories your own experience, which makes the moment you close the cover of the story one of the saddest moments of your day.

Happy Reading