Broken Beyond Repair, Emily Banting
Broken Beyond Repair, Emily Banting
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Broken Beyond Repair
A Sapphic Celebrity Ice Queen Romance

Author: Emily Banting

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/08/2023

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Lgbtq+


Synopsis

GOLDIE WINNER 2024: AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR (ANGELA DAWE)GOLDIE WINNER 2023: THE ANN BANNON POPULAR CHOICE BRONZE AWARDWINNER OF THE LESFIC BARD AWARD 2022: ROMANCEWINNER OF THE LESFIC BARD AWARD 2022: COVER DESIGNWINNER OF THE QUEER INDIE AWARDS 2022: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCEGOLDIE FINALIST 2023: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE LONG NOVELAn age gap, celebrity ice queen romance that will pull at the heart strings — even the icy ones!Sydney MacKenzie, personal assistant to the rich and famous, is looking forward to a well-earned break to go travelling in her beloved VW camper van, Gertie — that is, until Gertie cries off sick. When her boss calls in a favour, one that will pay Sydney handsomely and put Gertie back on the road, she can’t refuse.Internationally renowned actress Beatrice Russell — adored by her fans and despised by those that know her — is splashed across the tabloids, all thanks to her broken leg. She limps back to her palatial English country estate to convalesce for the summer, where she finds herself in need of yet another new assistant.Enter Sydney, who doesn’t take kindly to the star’s demands, attitude, or clicking fingers — much less her body’s own attraction to the gorgeous diva. If not for that, and Gertie’s worn-out engine, she would leave tomorrow. Or so she tells herself.As the summer heats up, the ice queen begins to thaw, and Sydney glimpses the tormented woman beneath the celebrity bravado, drawing her ever closer to the enigmatic actress — sometimes too close.Can Sydney reach the real Beatrice and help heal her wounds before the summer ends and she returns to filming in the States, or is the celebrity broken beyond repair?

About Emily Banting

Emily Banting is an award-winning and bestselling author of contemporary sapphic romance featuring LGBTQ+ characters and plenty of British humor. Her novel Broken Beyond Repair won multiple awards, including a GCLS Goldie in the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award (bronze).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Diane on March 22, 2023

**'Sometimes it only takes a trick into digging deep in yourselves to reach those ideas then letting them overflow into beautiful words and sentences into whatever story that you wish to tell..' Delightful read! An entertaining and nicely written story. Highly recommended to all interested readers!......more

Goodreads review by chan ☆ on February 28, 2024

gotta agree with my girl Mika... this was sadly pretty boring the characters were fine. i liked their backstories and emotions/confessions. but the plot line and the pacing made this feel pretty dull.......more

Goodreads review by pipsqueakreviews on November 10, 2022

Very good. Actually, this book is excellent. In fact, I think it's one of the best ice queen, age-gap, workplace romances that I've come across in a long while. I love the storyline, the chemistry between the main couple, the humour the author injects into the story and the three dimensional charact......more

Goodreads review by Mika on November 16, 2023

at one point i fell asleep with my kindle in my hand while reading this…and i wasn’t even tired......more

Goodreads review by Heinerway on October 11, 2022

Oh what a lovely, charming and so very English story! Definitely a must read, specially if you like ice-queen, age-gap or celebrity stories. I've just finished this book and I'm still in cloud nine. I think I'm in love with Sydney.........more