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Shouldn't Have You (Fractured Connections Book 2) Kindle Edition
I've been many things in my life: daughter, friend, student, lover, wife…and now, widow.
Getting past those labels and finding who I could be without them was the hardest thing I've ever done.
Then I became friends with Brendon Connolly.
Every time I look at him, I see a past, I see a present, and I’m afraid if I look too hard, I’ll see a future.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date21 May 2019
- File size2.2 MB
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Product details
- ASIN : B07D7JDK5K
- Publisher : Carrie Ann Ryan (21 May 2019)
- Language : English
- File size : 2.2 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 318 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 547,897 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 8,054 in Saga Fiction
- 15,734 in Family Sagas
- 58,812 in Contemporary Romance (Kindle Store)
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About the author

Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Talon Pack, Promise Me, and Elements of Five series, which have sold millions of books worldwide. She's the winner of a RT Book of the Year and a Prism Award in her genres. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over one hundred novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 June 2021Loved this book it was deep .Brendon and Harmony both had pasts , both sadness but in different ways. Brendon was treated appallingly in his childhood by his father who should have protected him. Harmony lost her husband who was also a co-worker and friend to Brendon. While Harmony tried to navigate her way through dating Brendon was there to support and listen to her. These two had always been friends could they be something more. Love this author
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2019If you enjoyed the first book in this series, you need to give this second book a read. It's another wonderful story, one that will suck you in deep and leave you addicted throughout. It's a beautiful read, one I highly recommend.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2019I love Carrie Ann Ryan’s books & this was no exception. Brendon & Harmony are wonderful characters. This is a second chance book which you should. It miss
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2019An emotional and gripping story, which enraptures you from the start.
The main characters bring such torment to the page, yet the author keeps to her signature vibrancy and humour,
that makes the book an enjoyable fulfilling read.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2019This story is about love lost, friend lost & finding away through it all. Harmony & Brendan have been friends since they were children, but now everything has changed. Harmony lost her husband to an accident & Brendan saw it happen & could do nothing to stop it. Then their friend took her own life, this is their story of how they found their way through!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2019This is the second book in this series and it's another emotional read.
Harmony lost the love of her life but is trying to get back to her normal self but her new normal.
Brendon has been her best friend for years and was also her husband's friend but he now has feelings for Harmony that he tries to hide.
The book is full of emotion and more than a bit of drama but the love that runs through the book will have you in tears.
Will they be anything more than friends or will life be really good to them and give them each other.
Loved reading this book.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2019This is a tender, heartfelt book dealing with loss, friendship and love. Through Harmony and Brendon we glimpse the pain of losing a loved one, a husband and a friend, and share some of the grieving process. Written with openness and honesty it chronicles the awakening of a new love, deepening of friendships and creates a realistic time frame for the acknowledgement that life can bring more.
I loved this book. Carrie Ann writes from the heart, never spilling into sentimentality, but exposing some of the ache that any loss brings to our lives. Congratulations Carrie Ann. A beautiful read.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2021I’m afraid I couldn’t get into this book, everything dragged on and about half way through I was just skip reading it just to get to the end! I really didn’t warm to either of the main characters.
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- ElaineReviewed in Canada on 8 February 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
I have enjoy reading books by Carrie Ann Ryan. Always a great story with strong characters. She's an amazing author!
- Daisy KnoxReviewed in the United States on 30 June 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars An emotional and realistic story, beautifully told
This is a sweet second-chance romance between two old friends with a unique connection. Harmony and Brendon were friends growing up. He was best friends with her beloved husband, who was killed in a tragic accident, leaving Harmony widowed at the age of twenty five. Brendon witnessed his friend’s death and lives daily with the acute loss. Harmony was devastated and seeing one another hurt so they fell out of touch intentionally despite their longtime friendship.
The recent death of another close friend reunited their group of childhood friends as adults so the two have reconnected. Not a day goes by that Harmony doesn’t grieve Moyer, but she has to keep living so she forces herself to begin dating again. Each date is worse than the last but she soon realizes Brendon is the friend she rehashes these horror-stories with, not her girlfriends. They truly have a special bond but she can’t even consider being more than friends with him because it seems so wrong.
Brendon already had a lot of scars from his nightmare childhood and watching his friend die was a trauma that’s magnified in the face of his PTSD and OCD. He lives with a heavy burden and Harmony is the best thing in his life but even the thought of being closer to her fills him with self-loathing. This is his best friend’s wife, after all. The best friend he might have saved if he’d been paying attention. Brendon’s guilt is so strong that it nearly paralyzes him.
This is a slow-burn romance with a HEA thankfully, because it’s a sad story. There’s less action and more internal dialogue from the main characters than most but it works. The author really brings them to life and lets us feel their emotions in many ways. I was pleasantly surprised since I worried at first this book was a real downer but I enjoyed it very much. This was my first book from Carrie Ann Ryan but I’ll definitely check out more of her catalogue.
- AlisonReviewed in Australia on 14 June 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Moving
Two friends who have been through so much loss together in the end up find a happy ever after with each other
- D. AntonioReviewed in the United States on 21 May 2019
4.0 out of 5 stars A very sweet read
Sweet and angsty second chance romance. This is Brendon and Harmony’s story. Friends in the past and present but what will the future hold for these two? If they can get out of their own heads they could have it all. I really liked Harmony. There were times I wanted to put Brendon through a wall. All in all a very sweet read
- Shelley CReviewed in Australia on 13 June 2019
4.0 out of 5 stars Connections with layers😁
Harmony is coming to grips with her new reality, two years after her husband dies. She is putting herself out there to try dating again and to get into a new routine.
Brendon is literally a mess of emotions and still suffering with nightmares and guilt over not being able to save his friend and also about his past, and now he is feeling guilt because he can’t stop thinking about Harmony and the possible feelings he has for her❣️ And now the one person he never wanted to see again, shows up at the worst time.
This story was quite enlightening as it focuses on how Harmony is trying to move on, two years from her husband’s untimely death but also how the one person who is there for her throughout is the one she turns to when things get tough. Something else which I can see is hard is when friends decide to become more and worry that their decision will affect the group of friends they both have but also their relationship and if things don’t work out. I love these Connelly brothers and Dillon is certainly making a statement and his stamp on each of these new fractured connections that are being made😍