A review by karina_dreamsinwords
Broken Harbor by Catherine Cowles

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

“𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆'𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌."

This is the third book in the 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 series that follows hockey star Cope Colson as he returns to his hometown in hopes of repairing his image after an altercation with his teammate gets him bad press. Everyone’s favorite baker, Sutton, has a son attending the local hockey summer camp run by none other than Luca’s favorite player- The Reaper, aka, Copeland Colson. When the secrets from their past come to light, can they heal and move forward together?

I was lucky enough to listen to the audiobook and WOW. I was impressed, yet not surprised at how perfectly Connor Crais balanced the rugged hockey player and his emotional turmoil. Erin Mallon as Sutton was a match made in heaven. You absolutely need to listen to this one!

Catherine Cowles can do no wrong in my eyes! Romantic suspense? Check. A professional hockey player as the leading man? Check. A single mom with the cutest son aspiring to be a hockey player? Check. Let’s not forget the romantic suspense genius & plot twists thrown at you throughout the story. Safe to say, this book got five shiny 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 stars from me!!

I’m just obsessed with this story! Cope and Sutton shared an instant connection that allowed their relationship to grow & flourish both gradually and naturally. In the previous books, we see Sutton as a guarded individual and we learn the reasoning why right off the bat in this book. It was beautiful to see Cope break down her walls and earn not only her trust, but that of her son, Luca. I absolutely melted at the interactions between Cope and Luca. I couldn’t get enough. I will be thinking of this book for a long time to come. Please read this series so you can meet these characters immediately🫶🏼

***This story dives into some heavier topics such as grief, addiction (of a side character), and physical/gun violence so please be kind to yourself before jumping into this one. 

~ 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁—

🏒sports romance

🧁 small town 

🏒 found family 

🧁romantic suspense 

🏒caretaking 

🧁single mom

🏒protective mmc  

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙚 & 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙇𝘾 + 𝘼𝙍𝘾. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙬𝙣♡