Broken is a contemporary romance novella by L.M. Mountford. It is the story of a girl named Vickey, who is in her early twenties, and she can't stop thinking about a guy that she recently broke up with named, Jake. When the story begins Vickey is out at a bar with two of her best girlfriends, Erika and Angela. Vickey hasn't been out with her friends since she broke up with Jake, she's just been staying at home remembering how he could make her body feel so good, how much she enjoyed being with him, and how happy he made her. It has been a month since their break-up, but she is still almost crying when her friends tease her about him. But Vickey couldn't be in a committed relationship. She would usually see a guy a few times, have some fun, and then break it off. It was the best thing for her, and it was definitely the best thing for the guys. Erika and Angela could tell that this guy was different to Vickey though. She had been sitting at home watching old TV shows, and they had to practically drag her out of the house to celebrate Christmas Eve. They want to know what makes this guy so different to Vickey, and Vickey says that he's “dark and dangerous”. When they ask Vickey what Jake does for a profession, she says that she doesn't know and that she was afraid to ask him. In truth, Vickey is afraid to know the answer to that question. Once she had found a gun in the drawer where he kept his condoms. Also, Jake kept strange hours, but he was in great shape physically. He could also sprout bruises overnight. Jake also didn't know about Vickey's father, the murderer who had just broken out of prison. Vickey had told Jake that her last name was “Romano”, which was her mother's maiden name.
Jake Talbert was still missing Vickey, too. He was a member of “The Flying Squad”, and he knew that if she hadn't broken up with him, that he would have had to break up with her. Jake felt that Vickey deserved someone better than him. Jake ended Christmas Eve night at a club called, “Seven”, and it just so happened that Vickey wandered her way into that club, too. Jake was standing at the bar having a drink when he saw Vickey Romano dancing by herself in the middle of the very crowded dance floor. Jake snuck up behind Vickey so that she wouldn't see him, but she could feel him. He felt very familiar to her, and his hands were all over her. When he called her a, “Naughty girl”, it didn't take long for Vickey to recognize his voice, and the next thing she knew they were kissing. Jake pulled her into a dark corner, behind a private booth where he thought that no one would be able to see them. Jake made love to Vickey in that dark corner, and Vickey could forget about her father, and that he had killed his family; that there was a bounty on her head. Jake made her feel safe, and she loved him. Jake loves Vickey, too.
What will happen next with Vickey and Jake? Will they end up together. Will Jake learn who Vickey
is, and will Vickey find out what Jake's profession is? This is a snippet of a story that the author, L.M. Mountford, has written to introduce us to his characters. These are great characters with an interesting story, and I can't wait to see where this story goes! I really enjoyed it, and I definitely recommend it!