{"product_id":"9781399820424","title":"Broken Country : THE MOST ADDICTIVE LOVE STORY OF THE YEAR - THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER by Clare Leslie Hall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIT WAS A SECRET AFFAIR. UNTIL IT WAS A PUBLIC SCANDAL.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lyrical, brutal and passionate. I devoured it' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Evocative, sensitive and compelling . . . F\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eires directly at the heart and hits the mark' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDELIA OWENS, author of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Broke my heart then mended it again. An epic, tortured love story. Bring tissues'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIE GODFREY, author of \u003ci\u003eThe List of Suspicious Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A love story like no other' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRIS WHITAKER, author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Colours of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEveryone in the village said nothing good would come of Gabriel's return. And as Beth looks at the man she loves on trial for murder, she can't help thinking they were right. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeth was seventeen when she first met Gabriel. Over that heady, intense summer, he made her think and feel and see differently. She thought it was the start of her great love story. When Gabriel left to become the person his mother expected him to be, she was broken.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was Frank who picked up the pieces and together they built a home very different from the one she'd imagined with Gabriel. Watching her husband and son, she remembered feeling so sure that, after everything, this was the life she was supposed to be leading. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Gabriel comes back, all Beth's certainty about who she is and what she wants crumbles. Even after ten years, their connection is instant. She knows it's wrong and she knows people could get hurt. But how can she resist a second chance at first love? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA love story with the pulse of a thriller, \u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a heart-pounding novel of impossible choices and devastating consequences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS LOVE \u003ci\u003eBROKEN COUNTRY \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e?????\u003cbr\u003e'This book is everything. Love, heartbreak and hope'\u003cbr\u003e'Will break you into pieces and then put you back together again'\u003cbr\u003e'I was absolutely gripped and didn't want it to end'\u003cbr\u003e'If I could give more than five stars, I would. Perfect'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298748412277,"sku":"9781399820424","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399820424.jpg?v=1762783856","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781399820424","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}