Scarred by Vanessa Vale / Helen Hardt (Billion Heirs)-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 11, 2022

He’s inherited billions, but he must leave his home and family to claim it.
She’s no longer a captive, yet will she ever be free?
Austin Bridger is struggling to keep his seaplane business afloat and help his ailing mother. When his father, who never acknowledged his existence, dies, he leaves his billions to Austin and his two half brothers. The catch? To receive the inheritance, they must all live on his father’s Montana ranch for a year. To Austin, the money’s tainted, but because he desperately needs every dime, he has no choice but to leave Seattle.

Carly Vance was a student in veterinary school when her dream was shattered. Abducted from a diner in her small town, she was held captive on a South Pacific island for three years. Now she’s home, but her scars run deep. Trying to reclaim her life, she bravely takes a job in Bridger Ranch’s stables.

Sparks fly when Carly crosses paths with Austin, but they both hold secrets—secrets that could keep them apart forever.

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REVIEW: “I…I don’t have a home.”

“I don’t have one either, But baby, I think I just realized that home isn’t a place. It’s a person. And my home’s with you.”

Excuse me while I go sob into a dark corner. Helen Hardt and Vanessa Vale have taken their talents to the next level with their newest series. Scarred is a tale of light and dark, family and fear, betrayal and hope and loss and love. The first in the new series, Scarred offers a beautiful journey with amazing characters.

All Austin wants to do is help his sickly mother and save his flight business. He does nothing but work and tries his best, but nothing ever seems to give enough for him to move forward. When he finds out that the father that never wanted him left him an inheritance, he sees a faint hope that life is looking up. Too bad to gain the billions that the old man left, he has to go live in the middle of nowhere Montana on his father’s ranch. Best of all that also includes meeting and then living with two brothers as well. With his mother getting worse and no end in sight, Austin has no choice but to take the chance.

Little did he know what was waiting for him.

Carly used to be a normal college student, she came and went to classes, went to parties with her friends, that was until she was abducted from a small town diner. Three years later, she’s home, but not unscathed, she has scars. One that you can see, and ones you can’t. Determined to find some sense of normalcy, she takes a job at Bridger Ranch in the stables where there aren’t many people and she can help the animals. When she meets Austin all her plans fly out the window. Sparks and feelings she thought were long dead rise to the surface, but can she let her past go long enough to let Austin in.

Austin and Carly are like a balm to each other, neither believing that the past they each carry would allow them happiness. Nonetheless, on the ranch they find more than just each other, they find family.

Oh how I loved this read. It was so soulful, Vale and Hardt sure know how to tug on the heartstrings. I loved Carly and Austin together, but also how their brothers bond and come to love each other. That is family, no matter where they come from. I can’t wait to see what brother is coming next.

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Reviewed by Sarah

About Helen Hardt

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#1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Helen Hardt’s passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn’t stopped since. In addition to being an award-winning author of romantic fiction, she’s a mother, an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers.

About Vanessa Vale

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Who doesn’t love the romance of the old West? USA Today Bestselling author Vanessa Vale takes the sensual appeal of rugged cowboys a step further with her bestselling books set in the Montana Territory. They are much more than just sexy historical westerns. They’re deliciously naughty reads that sometimes push the boundaries of fantasy. It’s pure escapism with quite a few very hot, very alpha cowboys. When she’s not writing, Vanessa savors the insanity of raising two boys, is figuring out how many meals she can make with a pressure cooker, and teaches a pretty mean karate class. She considers herself to be remarkably normal, exceedingly introverted and fairly vanilla, which does not explain her steamy stories and her fascination with cowboys, preferably more than one at a time. She lives in the Wild Wild West where there’s an endless source of ‘research’ material.