"Everyone needs to read this book. "

- Harloe Rae, USA Today bestselling author.

Broken Knight, an all new standalone about first loves, betrayal and loss from USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen, is available now!

Not all love stories are written the same way. Ours had torn chapters, missing paragraphs, and a bittersweet ending.

Luna Rexroth is everyone’s favorite wallflower.

Sweet.

Caring.

Charitable.

Quiet.

Fake.

Underneath the meek, tomboy exterior everyone loves (yet pities) is a girl who knows exactly what, and who, she wants—namely, the boy from the treehouse who taught her how to curse in sign language.

Who taught her how to laugh.

To live.

To love.

Knight Cole is everyone’s favorite football hero.

Gorgeous.

Athletic.

Rugged.

Popular.

Liar.

This daredevil hell-raiser could knock you up with his gaze alone, but he only has eyes for the girl across the street: Luna.

But Luna is not who she used to be. She doesn’t need his protection anymore.

When life throws a curveball at All Saints’ golden boy, he’s forced to realize not all knights are heroes.

Sometimes, the greatest love stories flourish in tragedy.

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About LJ Shen

L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 Best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen different countries.

She lives in California with her husband, son, cat and eccentric fashion choices, and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows and catching sun rays with her lazy cat.

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Much awaited, much anticipated and ultimately exceeding expectations, this book crossed way above the hype to deliver in spades.

This book once again proves why Shen is the undisputed queen of Angsty Romances with lovable Assholes. Her uninhibited style of writing isn't shy of baring the fangs and her characters' ability to hurt is legendary. They're AlphaHoles for a reason. All her previous heroes have been Demi-Gods with entitled upbringing in Todos Santos. They moved like untouchable legends amidst mortals in the halls of All Saints High.

Shen takes centerstage once again as she shines the spotlight on the next generation of our favorite families. I think this may be her first book that made me weep. The last thing you would expect is poignancy in HotHoles or TotHoles books but Leigh manages to surprise you with the unthinkable fete. I wept at the heartwrenching plot-twist that was expected, but still punches the gut with a ferocity that left a hole in my heart. Here Shen shows her true worth as a writer. She doesn't rely on unexpected miracles to save the day or change the constitution of the sharp tongued characters to make them deal with it.
"Yeah, screw you, Karma. In the ass. Sans lube. Sans spit. Sans everything."

She keeps them human, which makes us readers obliged.
Life in its raw and real self is laid bare, nobody escapes unscathed and everybody deals it in their own way. Except the readers who cry and wail at the unfairness of it all.
Cèst La Vie en Leigh! For that alone this book deserves special star and the writer- all the deserved accolades.
So how does she make love sprout and grow in such hostile and artificial environment?
“It started with an abandoned toddler in a soiled diaper, but the plot twist was a boy with busted knuckles and a heart of gold…”
Knight Cole is the latest hothole of next Gen in this long line of celebrated heavyweights. Carved out with abrasive attitude and brillo pad personality, he shines with all the spotlight on him. Wearing a cloak of indifference and a crown of football captain Superstar he basks in the fake "sunshine"
Inside he's a broken boy with a vulnerable heart, hurting and screaming silently. Fighting against fate, he stumbles and falls many times, scraping his heart every time.

His opposite is a shy, optional mute girl who as been with him since they were four
Luna Rexroth is his neighbor, confidante, soul mate, friend, bouncing board and moral compass all rolled in one. She's EVERYTHING Daria Fellow hill was not. Embracing, courageous, generous and loyal to a fault, they are like fire and water.
Their story is volatile at best, going through more upheavals than an ocean bed after a tsunami.

There's forever action happening and mostly for the worse. Scathing retorts slash open chests, burning words char the hearts, flaming sentiments burn the bridges and vengeful spurned love breaks the ribcage to pulls out hearts and crush it in the fist
It's inflamed, it's hurting, it's debilitating. The entire story keeps you on tenterhooks and fast turning the pages. Heavily pregnant with extreme emotions, these people will make you FEEL in caps!!!
One peculiar thing I noticed was that Luna is named very significantly. She invokes powerful love and equally powerful resentment in Knight like the forever pulling and receding tides. But as moon shines in the night, Luna shines only for her Knight from New Moon to Full Moon.

“Moonshine,”
“You fill up the empty, dark space—like the moon owns the sky. It is quiet. It is bright. It doesn’t need to be a ball of flame to be noticed. It simply exists. It forever glows.”
I think this is the most turbulent of love stories in this entire series. And that's saying something after Vicious!! I loved Vicious walking in and out, Vaughan teased with his presence a lot and I'll be looking forward to his story next.
“End the fucking, never-ending shitshow of Luna Rexroth and Knight Cole. The cat is tired, and the mouse is diseased. It’s a fairy-tale love story that took many fucked-up turns and ended as a parody."
The whole book is breathtaking, I mean literally, you can't breathe, so thick and potent are the feelings and there are like a gazillion of them.
There's every conceivable colour in human spectrum present.
Angst, love, lust, heartbreak, loss, pride, abandonment, revenge, spite, bullying ND there's also tenderness, Loyalty, gratitude, forgiveness and brotherhood.
It hurts and heals at the right places, makes you laugh and cry at the appropriate scenes and you feel complete after you finish it.

A complete pot boiler that entertains. All you need is a popcorn and a Michael Jackson meme eating them😉
5 stars for #LuKnight Ride or Die spirit