Beautifully Broken Pieces (Sutter Lake, #1)

I’ve been loving the books by Catherine Cowles for a while now. And I’ve read two other books in the Sutter Lake series before. So when I got the opportunity to read ‘Beautifully Broken Pieces’ I dived right in. In the previous books I read a little about Taylor and Walker, the main characters of this story. So I was really curious how their story would go.

Title: Beautifully Broken Pieces

Author: Catherine Cowles

Genre: Contemporary Romance

ISBN: B07KXC8R7B

Goodreads Rating: 4.23

A woman who’s lost everything. Taylor is looking for peace and quiet away from the memories of all she’s lost. A small mountain town where no one knows her seems like the perfect escape. A man battling the ghosts of his past. Walker loves his life just the way it is. His town, his family, his brothers in blue. Everything simple and easy—until a chance encounter changes it all. When Taylor’s solitude is interrupted by the rugged cop, they find that the very thing they were avoiding might be just what they both need. As their iron wills clash and passion flares…a killer lurks. And you never know who might be caught in the crosshairs.

From the moment I started reading ‘Beautifully Broken Pieces’ I was hooked to the pages and had trouble putting it down. Taylor has been trying to move on after her mother passed away after her battle with cancer. But being surrounded by her friends who look at her with sadness, is definitely not helping. So Taylor decides to take a break and stay in a little cabin in the small town of Sutter Lake. There Taylor meets Walker, a cop who has also been through loss himself. Walker is immediately enchanted by Taylor and is determined to break through her walls. But there is also a killer on the loose and soon Walker and Taylor find themselves in danger.

There honestly isn’t anything about this book I didn’t enjoy. The two main characters Taylor and Walker where really fun to get to know, and I loved them from the start. Taylor is really sad about her mom dying and doesn’t know how to move on from it. And who can blame her? When she meets Walker she is determined to keep him at a distance, scared that she will care for him and he will leave her too. And I really felt for Taylor and could understand her actions.

But my favorite character was definitely Walker. What a great guy he was. A hardworking cop, a loving son, brother and uncle. I loved everything about that guy. And the chemistry between him and Taylor was just amazing. It sure made for a great romance that gave me all the feels.

Next to the romance, there was also some suspense going on that kept me sitting on the edge of my seat. And I loved that about this book and this series in general.

Catherine Cowles definitely knows how to write some memorable books and this book is an example of that. A great romance and some intense suspense. ‘Beautifully Broken Pieces’ really was amazing and I can’t wait to read more books in this series.