Schizoaffective disorder: a mental illness in which a person experiences a combination of mood disorder and schizophrenia symptoms.
I know about this illness—very well—because I suffer from it. It’s been four years since my diagnosis, and ever since, I’ve been living in a dark hole. Voices constantly invading my thoughts. Hallucinations. All of which force me to question if what I’m experiencing is even reality.
But here I am, still hanging on, still breathing and living through it.
That is, until he stumbled into my life. Logan Reed. I don’t want any part of him. I’ve pushed him away, but he isn’t easily deterred. I’ve told him I’m different, but he doesn’t care. He’s trying to slowly break me down. I’m trying just as hard not to let him. He doesn’t know how truly damaged I am; what will happen when he does?
I know the truth—he’ll never be able to look at me the same way again. Just like everybody else.
Jenna and Logan's story will push you to the edge of every emotion.
Emmy has done a fantastic job of character and story development. I believe she has grown by leaps and bounds, being able to take you into a story that deals with sensitive subjects with finesse and respect.
High recommend this story of finding ones self and learning to trust a love that seems unattainable.
Emmy has done a fantastic job of character and story development. I believe she has grown by leaps and bounds, being able to take you into a story that deals with sensitive subjects with finesse and respect.
High recommend this story of finding ones self and learning to trust a love that seems unattainable.
Her first love for books began with the Goosebumps series as a child. After that she read anything and everything from poetry to short stories. She was passionate about the fictional world and intrigued by the way an author could pull you into a story with just simple words. As a hobby she started writing her own poetry, daily journal entries and short stories.
She actually dreamed of being a journalist and even went as far as researching colleges to earn a degree in Journalism. At the time, major newspaper companies and magazines were having budgets cut, and after careful thought she settled on another major. When she finished her degree, she felt like something was missing. She continued to write for several years, working on different story ideas, but never finished.
The Shattered Hearts Series by Cassia Leo
The Shattered Hearts series is an emotional ride about unconditional love and the true sense of family. I was taken in from the first few words of Relentless and got the ugliest cry of my life at the end with Chasing Abby. I absolutely loved this entire series.
Add the Series to your TBR list:
FOREVER OURS (Shatter Hearts #0.5)
Sometimes, it takes more than love to mend a shattered heart.
After eight years of being tossed around from one home to another, never forming any meaningful friendships or bonds with her foster families, Claire's caseworker gives her an ultimatum: Behave or your next home will be a halfway house.
When fifteen-year-old Claire arrives at the home of Jackie Knight and meets Jackie's fifteen-year-old son, tattooed guitarist Chris, she fears she'll be seeing the inside of that halfway house soon. But Chris isn't like any other guy Claire has ever encountered and he soon gains her trust through his music and unwavering patience.
Claire has finally found her forever home and she and Chris soon find themselves falling in love.
But Chris's dreams of musical stardom and Claire's need for a stable home soon put their love in jeopardy. Chris struggles deeply with his plans for the future, entirely reluctant to leave Claire behind; until Claire does something that may break their love -- and the only home she's comes to know -- foreve.
RELENTLESS (Shattered Hearts #1)
"Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love."
Claire
Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and
heartbreak.
At seven years old, the death of her mother by drug
overdose destroys her faith in humanity and herself as she is tossed
from one foster home to another. Feeling unwanted and disposable, she
fights to keep herself safe in the system. Until, at the age of fifteen,
she is saved by her first love, and soon-to-be rock star, Chris Knight
and his mother, who quickly becomes the mother she always wanted.
When
Claire encourages Chris to leave town to pursue his dreams of musical
stardom, both Claire and Chris don't realize this will be the biggest
mistake of their lives.
One year after Chris leaves on tour,
Claire has carved out a new life for herself in a new city far away from
the life she left behind with Chris. On a fateful morning, she meets
sexy surfer Adam Parker.
To Claire, Adam is just another flirty
customer at the cafe, until a chance encounter and seemingly innocent
comment spurs a bet between them. The bet is simple: If Adam can get
Claire to reveal the secret that made her drop out of college and leave
her life behind, she has to re-enroll. If he doesn't succeed, she gets
to keep her secret and he has to stop stalking her at the cafe.
Claire
thinks she has this one in the bag. She's perfected the art of
forgetting her past. But she isn't prepared for Adam's relentless
pursuit or for him to share his own secrets. And she's definitely not
prepared for the love of her life, Chris Knight, and her secret, to come
banging down her door one year later.
PIECES OF YOU (Shattered Hearts #2)
Claire Nixon and Adam
Parker each have a painful past too heavy to carry alone. Claire once
tried to push Adam away but his relentless pursuit of her heart made her
walls come crumbling down, and now they know they’re much stronger
together than apart.
But now Claire's attending college a
hundred miles away from Adam, and the distance is forcing a crack. To
add to the strain, Adam is sent to Hawaii on business, and doubts start
creeping into both their hearts.
Claire’s also dealing with her
ex, rock star Chris Knight, being back in her life. Chris wants Claire
more than anything, and he knows just how to get her: only he has the
power to mend the final missing piece of Claire's broken heart. How can
Claire ever choose between taking a chance on new love, or a second
chance at having a family and a home?
ABANDON (Shattered Heart #3.5)
This gritty spin-off of
the New York Times bestselling Shattered Hearts Series follows
mysterious and sexy Tristan as he attempts to abandon his demons in the
name of love.A steady stream of meaningless sex is all Tristan has left when he discovers the grandmother who raised him is dying and his best friend is getting married. He is lost; and the dark secrets in his past keep coming back to remind him of this.
Until Tristan has an idea that will change his life and fulfill his dying grandmother’s wishes: Abandon his playboy ways and settle down.
And who better to do it with than Senia, the girl who has occupied his thoughts since their scorching hot tryst in the back of his sports car. The girl who makes him laugh and feel like a kid again.
But when his world begins to crumble around him, the pain Tristan is hiding finds its way to the surface. Will Tristan finally learn to trust again? Or will he abandon Senia when she needs him the most?
BRING ME HOME (Shattered Hearts #3)"Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love."Claire Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and heartbreak. She was saved once by her first love, and rock star, Chris Knight. But when she encouraged Chris to leave town to pursue his dreams, both Claire and Chris didn’t realize it would be the biggest mistake of their lives.
After a devastating year apart and thousands of miles of distance between them, Claire met sexy surfer Adam Parker. With his awful jokes and profound patience, he helped Claire pick up the shattered pieces of her broken heart for the second time.
But now Chris has returned and he is willing and determined to make Claire’s dreams come true—the same way she did for him when she let him go.
With Adam’s former girlfriend in the picture, Claire finds herself torn between the new, passionate love she shares with Adam and the love and family she shares with Chris.
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Five years, six months, eight days….
It’s been eighteen years since Abigail was born with a hole in her heart. Five years since she collapsed on the soccer field. Five years, six months, eight days since she found out she was adopted.
Abby has spent five years wondering about the family she never knew and waiting for her eighteenth birthday. When Abby shows up on the doorstep of Chris and Claire Knight, her birth parents are overjoyed to see the little girl they lost eighteen years ago.
One summer is all they have to make up for the years they lost. But when opposing ideals collide, a summer of love soon turns into a summer of heartache.
CHASING ABBY (Shattered Hearts #4)
Five years, six months, eight days….
It’s been eighteen years since Abigail was born with a hole in her heart. Five years since she collapsed on the soccer field. Five years, six months, eight days since she found out she was adopted.
Abby has spent five years wondering about the family she never knew and waiting for her eighteenth birthday. When Abby shows up on the doorstep of Chris and Claire Knight, her birth parents are overjoyed to see the little girl they lost eighteen years ago.
One summer is all they have to make up for the years they lost. But when opposing ideals collide, a summer of love soon turns into a summer of heartache.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cassia Leo grew up in California and has lived in three different countries. She loves to travel and her dream is to one day score a record deal based on her awesome shower singing skills. She is the author of the Shattered Hearts series (Forever Ours, Relentless, Pieces of You, Bring Me Home) and the Luke, Knox, and Chase series.
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