Title: HURT
Series: The Hurt Series #1
Author: Lydia Michaels
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Dark Romance
Release Date: May 21, 2019
Award Winning Author, Lydia Michaels, enters the world of DARK ROMANCE with an unforgettably suspenseful psychological thriller!
IT’S GOING TO HURT…
Callan MacGregor might speak with the eloquence of a Scottish poet, but a hard life has turned him into a merciless killer. With a first-hand account of hell, he trusts nothing and no one but the hollow hurt tortured into his bones. Sacrificing all, he must escape Scotland to survive.
Emery Tanner is captivated—to the point of obsession—by the stunning Scotsman tending bar at the Imperial Hotel. With as many dark secrets as he has scars, she hungers to know every exquisite inch of him, but her shy nature leaves her tongue-tied. Despite her sense that innate kindness rests beneath his savage surface, Callan MacGregor is a man to approach with caution—if not fear.
When tragedy strikes and Emery’s world is shattered, she learns just how ruthless Callan can be. Violence has shaped his soul and love has always led to loss in both their broken lives. But as secrets are exposed, they find truth within the hurt and awaken a desire to become whole once more.
WARNING: HURT is a Dark Romantic Thriller and contains multiple scenes of violence. It is not intended for sensitive audiences or readers under the age of eighteen.
Lydia Michaels is the award winning author of over 35 romance novels. She is an iBooks Bestsellers and her work has been featured in USA Today. She is the two-time winner of the Author of the Year Award from Happenings Media [2018 & 2019]. In 2015 she won The Best Author Award from The Courier Times. She is a five time nominee for the prestigious RONE Award. Her books are intellectual, emotional, haunting, always centered around love. Lydia Michaels loves to hear from readers! She can be contacted by email at Lydia@LydiaMichaelsBooks.com
Hard Hitting story with some brutal incidents wrapped in Gut wrenching sentiments. It's quite a Pandora's Box of troubles opened by lydia as she uncases all the wrongs in the world for us to experience.
I believe she writes every book with a purpose, her stories carry a powerful social message and this one carries the MOST IMPORTANT one of all.
Its dark, distrubing at times but essential nevertheless. Seeing the current political climate, this book couldn't have come at a better time.
There's a Gentle Giant - Callan MacGregor. Forced into violence, his mercy is trampled till his heart is nothing but a emotionless crusher of lives
Violence was a stubborn cancer of the soul, and the profane brutality of such a vicious fight did not easily wash away. Every time Callan unleashed his temper, the gaping hole inside of him grew grander and filthier, like a tarnished cup marking his ill-gotten victories. Trophies of shame collected in the shapes of scars.
He's a family keeper, loyal, responsible man who fights to sustain his family of younger sister, Innis and brother Gavin. In other words he's invicible & unbreakable till........
Set in Glasgow which is in Scotland (I kept reading the book in Irish accent🤦♀️)😁
It starts as a struggling life story of three orphaned siblings trying to put a roof on their heads and trying to make something of their miserable existence, every day. An awful incident happens to Callan that destroys his idyllic small haven of a family home.
“I was undefeated. But in the end, I lost everything that mattered.”
He moves to America and meets Emery who works in the same hotel as him. Shy, hesitant, sweet Em'ry is a victim and a struggling survivor and these gentle souls come together to heal and recuperate together
“Let’s be the rain, sliding down each other’s skin, washing away whatever came before.”
The plot is Applause worthy, no doubt about it. It takes a lot of courage and initiative to write such a relevant story on a contemporary topic. Lydia takes on this endeavour with stark honesty and realism. She doesn't sugar coat stuff and neither does she shirk from pushing the envelope just to conform to reader sensitivities.
She has gone "THERE" and then some !!!!!
Narrative is hard hitting and forces you to think.
I fell in love with gentle poetic soul that is Callan. He's a mammoth guy with putty heart that beats for his siblings, his friend Rhys and Em'ry. His broad shoulders have carried enough weight to kill a normal man but yet he piles on more to protect his family and manages to not stumble or crumble under it.
Emery is adorable and you have the urge to shield her always.
Rhys is very noble and loyal and deserves a special mention too
Compassionate story that comes from a compassionate heart.
4.5 Leannán stars
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