Broken Promises - Paperback

by J. P. Cole (Author)

Book One in the Fractured Hearts Duet

Yasmine Granger never asked to be saved.

She just wanted to survive.

In the small town of Evergreen, North Carolina, pain is tradition and secrets fester behind perfect lawns and painted smiles. Yasmine has lived it all-an abusive mother, a father who vanished without a trace, and a best friend who twisted love into something she no longer recognizes.

After years of being silenced and broken down, Yasmine isn't the quiet girl anymore.

She's sharp. Hardened. Dangerous.

So when she's dragged to a college party in Aspen Grove by a friend she barely trusts, she's already on edge. With a blade in her pocket and fury in her chest, she's seconds away from doing something irreversible-until Koda walks in.

The boy from her past.

The only person who ever saw her without flinching.

He doesn't stop her.

He finishes it.

And then, against all odds, he stays.

But Yasmine doesn't know if love is something she wants-or something that might ruin her entirely. Because when you've been caged your whole life, freedom feels like a risk. And the scariest part of healing is letting someone in far enough to see where it still hurts.

Will love be what sets her free...

or the last chain she has to break?