Others who are still being broken, used as punching bags by loved ones, sold as nothing more than objects, or kept against their will. But it’s because of our scars, not despite them, that we’re able to find and rescue others like us. Maybe we still are broken, at least a little. And Shai was nearly beaten to death by the man who had vowed to love and protect her. Ella joined the military to change the world, but unknowingly left her sister behind in the clutches of a monster. Nadia was emotionally battered and bruised until she was just a shell of her formerly confident self. I lost my cousin to a brutal murder when I was just eleven. Bitte weiter so, Susan.We were broken, every last one of us. She created a wonderfully written story and I highly recommend it to anyone. I just loved it.It's hard to believe that this is this authors first M/M book. The writing style just pulled me in and I didn’t want it to finish. :)The dialogue is intense and well done, the romance is beautiful, sweet, and sigh worthy. Das ist etwas ganz Besonderes und hat mich sehr gefreut. Danke schön, liebe Susan Mac Nicol für die netten Deutschen Spracheinlagen. Shane is just so lovable with his impatience to know everything and Matthew with his unwillingness to let go with his feelings again.I loved that Matthew/Matthias is German and how Shane thinks the German spoken word is a turn on.

At first the guys seem to be total opposites but as their story unfolds it becomes clear they are destined to be together. Shane seems to be immature, he's a funny guy with a potty mouth who tries to help Matthew move on and live again. The characters are so well developed I was spellbound with their lives as if I was part of their story.Matthew is controlled and put together but he has a lot of issues that he needs to deal with from his past.

Review 2: Wow, das war toll! :)This was a beautiful and amazing read that had me captured from the first page. more He was a real fucker.)I'm still giving it 4 stars, mainly because my eReader can leap over multiple cum shots in a single bound. )But once you got past all of that, I did like the book, especially the father parts of the book. Actor, Model, Singer - he's practically Beyoncé herself catch-wise. 1.) He's an 'escort' who only has sex with his clients when he wants to. 'and then they buggered one another (again and with feeling).'I did enjoy the book, with a good bit of sex scene fast forwarding, but it did require that I suspend reality a bit where Shane was concerned. Christ.IMHO this would have been a much better, easier to read book if for every *2* out of 3 times that Matty and Shay had sex, the author would have just said.

Stripped Bare by Susan Mac Nicol