Broken Chains: A Summit Springs Novel

Summit Springs

by Siobhan Muir

Some inheritances are to die for.

Merida Roark was happy, leading an ordinary life as a bike mechanic at Scratchin’ Gravel Bike Shop in Summit Springs, Colorado, far away from her estranged family, and the past she thought long buried. Until the day an envelope arrives with an unexpected inheritance.

Tam Grimes was an FBI profiler before a serious work injury ended her career. She moved to Summit Springs for a fresh start in the peace and quiet. Falling in love was not part of her plans, but when a bike chain eats her leg and Merida patches her up, Tam finds herself drawn to the beautiful mechanic.

Their fragile relationship is tested when Merida’s home is savagely vandalized. The police have no leads, but it doesn’t take Tam long to realize the threat to her new lover is connected to her hidden past. When things go from disturbing to dangerous, Tam must use all her skills to untangle this web before someone removes Merida from the equation…permanently.

Genres: Romance

232 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2022

About the author

Siobhan Muir lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with her husband, two daughters, a kitten who thinks he's a dog, a cat who's not impressed, and the dog who just wants to be walked. When not writing, she makes miniatures, bakes, knits, and sews. An avid reader of science fiction/fantasy, her husband gave her a paranormal romance for Christmas one year, and she was hooked for good.

In previous lives, Siobhan has been an actor at the Colorado Renaissance Festival, a field geologist in the Aleutian Islands, and restored inter-planetary imagery at the USGS. She’s hiked to the top of Mount St. Helens and to the bottom of Meteor Crater.

Siobhan writes kick-ass adventure with hot sex for men and women to enjoy. She believes in happily ever after, redemption, and communication, all of which you will find in her paranormal and dauntless romance stories.

Reviews

[Rin (indefinite hiatus) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I keep trying FF and it keeps disappointing. This was just mundane. I hoped the who-done-it plot would keep me interested but I skimmed. Super predictable and the characters were bland. Also hope I never have to read the word “glory” again. 😵‍💫

[Siddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Merida is a bike mechanic in Summit Springs. Two decades before, she was a different person, with a different name, in a different part of the US. But after she came out, her family’s hostility put her in danger. So she packed up her things into her car and drove.
Tam is something of an enigma. Retired from the FBI after an assignment went badly wrong, she now lives alone in Summit Springs’ most notable area. Her only companion is her guard dog Fitz.
This is a lovely story, with many well researched and interesting points. It does contain some homophobia, danger and violence, but that isn’t a big part. Overall, it’s a good romance, sometimes moves very fast with little explanation, but well worth reading.

[Carolyn G. Manuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Mechanic’s Dream

Tam Grimes is a retired FBI agent and profiler who has lived in Summit Springs for two years. When her bike chain tries to eat her leg she limps to the bike shop and meets Merida Roark. They have a connection for the first moment. When the past comes back to haunt Merida Tam pulls out all her contacts to save her. A wonderful mid-life romance.

[Net · Rating 4 out of 5]

Broken Chains

This is a good read, the characters spot on. Just the right amount of ainxt to make the plot twist from an early happily ever after to the nail biter scenes until the real HEA.

[Twila · Rating 2 out of 5]

Deadpanned

A good plot but the dialogue was very mundane. The lack of passion. This story was just lacking all around. Very hard to get through.

[Raven and Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed it

I got caught up in this one very quickly. Merida and Tam are delightful characters and I couldn’t stop reading it.