Thursday, July 31, 2025

Broken Country

This is my first read by Ms. Hall. 

The story is masterfully crafted and told. 
Be prepared for the story to unravel by time jumps. We're constantly going from the present to the past and vise versa. 
There are certainly a lot of secrets to uncover. 
Love triangles aren't usually my preferred romance, but this book does it well. 
I typically read clean fiction, so heads up that there is some language and intimate scenes in the book, but none are overly graphic or out of place. 
I dare you to guess who did killed the poor farmer. I figured it out before the end, but it took a while. 

I listened to this as an audiobook. Kudos to the narrator for a job well done. 

Do you think families should keep secrets?


“The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.”

Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident.

As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.

A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, 
Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.

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