Broken

Manhattan Ruthless, Book 1

By: Sadie Kincaid

Narrated by: Elena Wolfe, Aaron Shedlock

A Standalone Billionaire, Marriage of Convenience Romance.

You want to know the secret to everlasting happiness?

Never fall in love.

That was the wisdom my father imparted to us James boys after our mom died, and it’s a piece of advice that’s served me well.

Until dear old Dad asks me for a favor over Sunday brunch. No big deal, right? I love making my old man happy. Except this “favor” is a lot more complicated than picking up his dry cleaning. Dad wants me to marry and provide a few heirs for the James empire, and he’s even done me the courtesy of handpicking my bride-to-be. Lucky me.

But if I’m being honest, I’ve grown tired of the endless cycle of dating, the constant small talk, and the ever-shrinking pool of women I haven’t already invited for a sleepover.

I’m a lawyer, so contracts are kind of my thing. And that’s all marriage really is—a contract negotiated between two parties. What could possibly go wrong?

Enter Melanie Edison, the five-foot-four brunette with curves in ALL the right places. A veterinary nurse with the smartest mouth I’ve ever heard. And I have more fun not dating her than I did dating any woman before, even with Melanie’s absurd no-sex-before-marriage rule.

But when our business arrangement becomes so much more, I end up breaking my most important rule. And that’s when it all goes to hell.

I have no idea how we can ever repair the damage that’s been done. I’m not even sure I want to. And maybe going back to my old life won’t be so hard.

Except it’s too late. I broke my rule.

And she broke me.

©2024 Sadie Kincaid (P)2024 Sadie Kincaid

Sadie does it again!

Nathan James does not disappoint! All the spice, all the angst…and Aaron Shedlock with Elena Wolfe are hot AF.

Aaron and Elena Blew it out of the water!!

I am so happy to have more Sadie Kincaid stories in my ears, she has become a quick favorite for me. This Marriage of Convenience story follows Melanie Edison, a curvy veterinarian nurse, and Nathan James, a tough as nails lawyer and love’em and leave’em forever bachelor. To make both families happy, they agree, begrudgingly, to an arranged marriage where they must produce a child in the first year. But while they are being fake married, they start to have real feelings. While they are focusing on each other, there are some people in the background pulling strings to unravel the whole agreement. This story really had so many ups, downs, ins, outs, side to sides and loop the loops, it was all over the place in the most amazing way. The chemistry written between the two characters could really be felt from page one. I really enjoyed that Nathan, being the billionaire he is, didn’t mind that Melanie WANTED to work and for the most part let her. He didn’t do that whole “I’m rich you don’t have to work” thing. And even though they were married, he really did everything he could to woo her completely. They took the marriage seriously no matter how it came to be.

This story was narrated by Elena Wolfe and Aaron Shedlock, both are veteran narrators for me, and they knocked it out of the park just like I knew they would. They both complement each other so well and brought the characters to life in this Duet narrated performance. I loved it and I want to hear more of this story, author and narrator duo.

Oh, how I love Sadie Kincaides writing.

Oh, how I love Sadie Kincaides writing. 
Broken was no extension to it.
I fell hard and fast for Melanie and Nathan’s characters.
Their love story was full of ups, and downs, Sexy as heck heat, with off-the-charts chemistry.  I loved it all.

I will say the drama near the end had me wanting to throw my iPhone out the window at a time.s

The performances by Elena Wolfe are outstanding.
I did enjoy Aaron Shedlock’s narration. But I had one issue. That was with the pronunciation of the word “corazón”.  The word was said several times during the audiobook. With it being said correctly at times and other times sounds like “cortisone” as in the cortisone cream. 
Sorry, it may be my picky issue coming from the Spanish side of me.

HOTTT

Now that is a good book! Can't wait to read all the others. Such a great author.

Loved it as much as the Ryan brothers

Broken was incredible but all of Sadie’s books are! I loved that Sean Ryan was in it and the Morelli brothers. I loved every thing about it and can’t wait until the next. I hope Mel’s sister Ash gets with one of his brothers lol.

the emotions felt so real

when the emotions are described, gosh it had me crying. everything was perfectly said.

Thumbprints

Don’t feel like thinking about anything? Have I some minimal plot and character development around several spicy scenes for you!

love love love this was phenomenal

You really feel the gut wrench when the characters go through their ups and downs. honestly my favorite part was listening to how easily she was able to be accepted by the family. healed a big part of my soul

Captivating Story

Great narration. I loved the story. Captivating and heartfelt moments.

Another great book from Sadie Kincaid.

I mean there has to be men out there kind of like of Ice right?

Being newer to audio books, voices are everything. Both readers were excellent. Engaging and not annoying lol

As for the storyline, I loved the male energy. Strong, sexy, lustful, stubborn yet tender at times and protective. I thought it was a nice change from other books where there is so much darkness from the male characters.

I wish there was a bit more turns to the storyline itself. Also that we got to see a little more vulnerability from Mel when it came to sharing her emotions with him. But she was a strong and respectable character, I appreciated her for who she was.

But enjoyed