A review by bookishmillennial
Damaged Goods by Talia Hibbert

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•  a novella of about 200 pages
• FMC Laura Burne, Daniel's estranged wife, escapes to her small seaside home-town & runs into her childhood sweetheart, Samir, surprisingly rekindling this flame
• MMC Samir Chiadi is still navigating his own childhood trauma and nuanced feelings about the loss of his parents
• I love a redemption arc & am so happy Ruth made a cameo; I need more friends like Ruth!
• representation: single mom, blended family
• tropes: second-chance romance
• steam: 3 /5
• cw: intimate partner violence, pregnancy, alcoholism, rape, abortion, toxic relationship