Beautifully Damaged By: L.A. Flore

(N) Ember Walsh is a trusting soul with the quiet beauty of her late mother, who perished in a mysterious car crash when Ember was three. A little tomboyish from being raised by her father, Ember packs a punch when a stranger gets pushy with her in a bar, catching the steely blue eyes of a tall, gorgeous tattooed man - Trace Montgomery. Still damaged from her last disastrous relationship and being warned off the bad boy by friends, Ember fights the smoldering heat that trace sparks inside her when he begins shadowing her like a dark angel.
      Burdened by a lifetime of horror and heartbreak, amateur fighter Trace doesn't want to want Ember. His deep self-loathing keeps him from having any type of meaningful relationship, but Ember is an itch Trace can't seem to scratch. The two push and pull, slowly crumbling their walls, seemingly brought together by fate, because the turmoil that haunts theirs pasts is interlinked in undeniable ways.

      I've read Beautifully Damaged multiple times before and still find myself unable to put it down. Beautifully Damaged is a bit darker than some of the other books that I've read before but there's still just something about it. But that darkness does get to you, so much so that I found myself wondering why I was reading a book like this in the dark before bed, and yet I couldn't get myself to put it down. While this book is dark, it's dark without taking things too far. If this is something you can deal with then I suggest giving Beautifully Damaged a read.