Clare Leslie Hall’s Broken Country is a compelling blend of romance, thriller, and courtroom drama that delves into the complexities of love, loss, and the consequences of past choices. It has the steady pulse of a thriller but the slow pace of a love story, gaining traction towards the final few chapters and a powerful conclusion.
The book is intricately plotted, told through one narrative at various points in time, focusing on each of the key characters. It is a book that will stay with you long after you finish the final pages and with explosive twists that you may or may not see coming, it will challenge you to reflect on your own lives and the choices that define you.
About the Book
Everyone in the village said nothing good would come of Gabriel’s return. And as Beth looks at the man she loves on trial for murder, she can’t help thinking they were right.
Beth was seventeen when she first met Gabriel. Over that heady, intense summer, he made her think and feel and see differently. She thought it was the start of her great love story. When Gabriel left to become the person his mother expected him to be, she was broken.
It was Frank who picked up the pieces and together they built a home very different from the one she’d imagined with Gabriel. Watching her husband and son, she remembered feeling so sure that, after everything, this was the life she was supposed to be leading.
But when Gabriel comes back, all Beth’s certainty about who she is and what she wants crumbles. Even after ten years, their connection is instant. She knows it’s wrong and she knows people could get hurt. But how can she resist a second chance at first love?
A love story with the pulse of a thriller, Broken Country is a heart-pounding novel of impossible choices and devastating consequences.
About The Author
After several years of living and working in London as a journalist and writing Pictures of Him and Days You Were Mine, Clare, her husband and three children moved to an old farmhouse in Dorset. The house, the ancient fields surrounding it and the farmers who have a deep connection to the land inspired the setting for Broken Country.
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