Title: Into the Nothing
Series: Broken Outlaw #1
Author: BT Urruela
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Xander Evans has been on the road for many years. Never settling. Always moving from one place to another, unable to let go of his past. He lived a tragic childhood, spending most of those years in foster care. He's never felt like he's had a home. That is until he stops in the small town of Truman Valley, Missouri, where he meets a woman who will change everything he's ever known.
Paige Watson has it all. A loving family, beautiful home, and a great career. The only thing she's missing....is love. After escaping an abusive relationship, she opens her heart up to a stranger. He is unlike any man she's ever met. He came into her life and turned it completely upside down. Everything is perfect. That is, until one fateful night.
A night that would tear the Watson family apart, never to be put back together again.
A night that would send Xander away to prison for life.
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4 out of 5 stars
This was a great read for me because it forced me out of the typical HEA romance where boy meets girl, girl falls in love and they all ride off into the sunset happily ever after. This story is about two broken people with instant chemistry, but they fight that knowing nothing good could come of it.
Xander Evans was moving across country and just stopped for the night in the small town of Truman Valley, Missouri. However, he wasn’t one to leave a damsel in distress in distress for too long and a quick encounter at the bar led to a summer job and a place to stay.
Paige Watson hasn’t been out of her abusive relationship for long and the encounter that Xander saves her from in the bar isn’t uncommon from the brand of misfits in Truman Valley. She feels an instant connection to him and can’t help but appreciate his male perfection.
Their relationship grows and changes thru the book, but when Xander pleads guilty to a crime he didn’t commit to save Paige heartache, it changes everything. This is the part of the story that really changed things for me. I liked the challenges they faced and the stories they shared.
Mr Urruela did a great job of creating scenes thru the entire novel that I could feel myself being sucked into and becoming a part of the story myself. The characters were all people I wanted to get to know - though some of them, I only wanted to know long enough to throat punch them! I feel like this author has a great future and the worlds he creates are ones I can’t wait to get lost in myself!!
I can’t wait for the continuation of this story and look forward to future novels from this author.
"How about twenty questions?" I ask.
"I hate twenty questions."
"How about five questions, then?"
He cracks a smile and lifts an eyebrow. "How about three?"
"Deal!"
"So, have I mentioned how much I fucking hate Tuesdays?" Brandi's voice cuts right between us. Xander looks relieved.
Me? Not so much. "Damn it, Brandi!"
"What?"
"Oh nothing. Can you grab me Fireball though? Pretty please. Two of them." I look at Xander. "You're taking one."
"Three. I am too, bitch! Fuck Tuesdays!" Brandi calls out from across the bar as she begins filling the shot glasses from the Fireball chiller.
"Question one. You said you’ve been traveling for a while now, right? Do you ever get tired of it? Ever feel like settling?”
"Damn. Starting out with the heavy hitters, huh?" He eyes the shot glasses as if hoping it will somehow make them fill faster.
"Need me to go easier on you? Maybe a finger or two first before I go in with the whole fist?"
He looks at me in disbelief. "Did you really just say that?"
"Just answer the question, two fingers or three?"
BT Urruela was an infantryman in the US Army from August 2004 until February 2011. At the end of a year long tour to Baghdad, Iraq, his vehicle was hit by two roadside bombs, which took his right leg below the knee and the life of his commander. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds, an Army Commendation Medal, and Combat Infantryman's Badge. He medically retired from the Army in 2011 and moved to Tampa, FL where he currently works as a Director and Brand Ambassador for VETSports, a veteran community sports nonprofit he co-founded in 2012. He also conducts motivational speeches, works as a cover and fitness model and he's a personal performance trainer. He co-wrote the military romance novel A Lover's Lament and will be releasing his debut solo novel, Into the Nothing, on June 21st, 2016.
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