{"id":66931,"date":"2022-10-26T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=66931"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:43:53","slug":"blog-tour-arc-review-fractured-sky-tattered-torn-5-by-catherine-cowles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=66931","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Fractured Sky (Tattered & Torn, #5) by Catherine Cowles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fractured Sky, a moving and passionate, small-town contemporary romance from USA Today<\/i> bestselling author Catherine Cowles, is out now<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Damaged. Broken. Destroyed. I\u2019ve heard it all. A single moment of trusting the wrong person shattered my life into pieces, and my family has never looked at me the same. It\u2019s impossible to convince them that I\u2019m anything more than the broken girl they rescued all those years ago.<\/p>\n

Until I meet him.<\/p>\n

Ramsey\u2019s surly demeanor and menacing scowl scare most of the world away. But not me. Not when I\u2019ve seen his gentle hands soothe an abused colt or comfort a terrified\u00a0mare.<\/p>\n

And when I finally get up the courage to strike out on my own, Ramsey\u2019s there. Roommates felt like such a safe proposition until Ramsey\u2019s lingering touches and
\nwicked smile light a fire in me I don\u2019t think will ever be extinguished. And he feels it,\u00a0too\u2026<\/p>\n

But just as my new life begins to take root, an evil from my past emerges from the shadows, casting a darkness on my newfound freedom. And this time, they won\u2019t settle\u00a0for pieces of me. They want everything\u2026<\/p>\n

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

5 stars!<\/b><\/p>\n

The fifth and final book in the Tattered & Torn<\/i> series, and it\u2019s the one I\u2019ve been waiting for! Shiloh\u2019s story did not disappoint, and was everything I was hoping for, as the quiet, traumatised young woman finally finds herself, and the most incredible love, in this beautifully written and emotional small-town romance.<\/p>\n

Shiloh Easton\u2019s idyllic childhood was shattered when she was abducted as a child. She was reunited with her family, but that traumatic time left its mark, and she\u2019s been quiet, withdrawn, and sheltered by her over-protective family ever since. She\u2019s now in her late 20s and she\u2019s desperate to start living her life, away from her well-meaning family who seem to only see her as broken.<\/p>\n

Ramsey Bishop owns a ranch nearby where he rehabilitates abused horses. For years, Shiloh has watched Ramsey work, finding peace while silently watching him calm traumatised and broken animals. They\u2019ve never interacted, and while Ramsey is broody, intensely private, and never allows strangers onto his property, he knows about Shiloh and her past, and he\u2019s been content to let her watch him from afar. And then she takes the monumental step of approaching and actually speaking to him, and everything is about to change.<\/p>\n

Ramsey and Shiloh recognise something in each other. They\u2019ve both been through unbelievably hellish situations, and it\u2019s left them both altered forever. So when Shiloh opens up to Ramsey about wanting to step out from under her family\u2019s shadow, he wants to help, and he offers her the cabin on his property to live in, and in exchange, she\u2019ll work for him. It\u2019s not an idea that goes down well with the rest of the Easton clan, but Shiloh is determined, and she knows that her place is on that farm so she stands her ground and makes the move, and she absolutely shines as the takes charge of her life and truly starts to live.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just throwing all the rules out the window now,\u201d I grumbled.
\nShiloh\u2019s lips twitched. \u201cThe rules, huh? You gonna give me a copy of those so I don\u2019t get detention?\u201d
\nI shook my head and pushed to my feet.
\n\u201cWhat good would it do when I\u2019m breaking them all anyway?\u201d
\nShe looked up at me, something swirling behind those ice-blue eyes. \u201cSometimes, we need to break the rules to get to where we\u2019re supposed to be.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OMG, I was so effortlessly swept up into life with Ramsey and Shiloh! Working together, living together, tending to broken horses and finding much-needed peace while doing it, it\u2019s beautiful to see them share all of that with each other. They bring out the best in each other, they are clearly comfortable together and I loved the hints of playfulness that we see when they’re together. There’s also this beautifully sweet sense of wonder between them, each of them appreciating the other for who they are, their natural way with animals, and the way they make each other feel, which is nothing that they expected, and soon becomes everything<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means everything that you let me stay here. I\u2019ll never forget it. I know I can\u2019t repay you–\u201d
\nI took her hand in mine, weaving our fingers together. Her breath hitched, and I saw her pulse quicken.
\n\u201cI like having you here. I think I needed it just as much as you did.\u201d
\nThe truth of those words hit somewhere deep in my chest, burning. But it was a beautiful kind of pain. One I welcomed. One that belonged only to Shiloh. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the most BEAUTIFUL romance! It\u2019s perfectly paced and beautifully emotional, and I felt everything along with these characters. It\u2019s slow, which it needs to be, and the patience, trust, honesty, and depth of feelings is so amazing as they tentatively yet meaningfully explore everything between them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t hurt,\u201d she whispered.
\n\u201cWhat doesn\u2019t?\u201d
\n\u201cYou touching me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s a sense of innocence about their attraction to each other, with Shiloh experiencing everything for the first time. And though Ramsey is ten years older than her, he\u2019s an amazing romantic hero as he takes his time with her, encouraging and supporting her and letting Shiloh lead things, but at the same time holding nothing back from her. And every moment of it had me swooning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you feel for me?\u201d
\nRamsey\u2019s fingers twined with mine. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a word for it in the English language. But it burns through me. And I don\u2019t want to ever let it go.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*dreamy sigh*<\/p>\n

This wouldn\u2019t be a Catherine Cowles book without some element of suspense, and we\u2019ve got it coming from multiple angles in this book. One of which was wholly expected, although still came with some surprises, and allows us to see Ramsey go all super-protective badass, which I loved. The other is an unexpected storyline which absolutely stole my heart! I don\u2019t want to give away details, but the added depth that Cowles has added to Ramsey and Shiloh\u2019s story, showing us just how much they\u2019re growing together and how they\u2019re finding their happiness, is absolutely beautiful!<\/p>\n

\u201cI want you. Always. Whatever you have to give.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The rest of the Easton family is all along for the journey, and just as we see Shiloh stand on her own and reclaim her life, her family is growing along with her, letting her call the shots but still there for her in every way. I loved catching up with them all! We also get an introduction to the hero of Cowle\u2019s next book, which is a nice bonus.<\/p>\n

This book made me smile, laugh and swoon. It\u2019s a beautiful story of healing and growth, of finding your place and the person who makes you a better version of yourself. It\u2019s a heart-clenchingly gorgeous read with all the feels, and I loved it!<\/p>\n

5 stars!<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Tattered & Torn Series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Tattered Stars (#1)<\/strong> (Hayes & Everly)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Nook <\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Kobo <\/a><\/p>\n

Falling Embers (#2) <\/strong>(Calder & Hadley)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 \u00a0Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Nook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n

Hidden Waters (#3) <\/strong>(Beckett & Addie)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> | \u00a0Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Nook<\/a><\/p>\n

Shattered Sea (#4)<\/strong> (Boden & Laiken)
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\nBuy: Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Apple Books\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Nook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n

Fractured Sky (#5) <\/strong>(Ramsey & Shiloh)
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Excerpt<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cLive with you?\u201d she squeaked. \u201cWe\u2019ve only ever spoken twice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My world tilted sideways at that truth. I didn\u2019t let people I didn\u2019t truly know onto my property, let alone invite them to live there. But I kept right on talking. \u201cI\u2019ve got a guest cabin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019d let one other person live there\u2014a friend of someone I\u2019d known from prison. It was a favor I\u2019d only done for the brother who\u2019d watched my back in that hellhole. But Boden had moved out months ago into some fancy lodge with his fianc\u00e9e, Laiken. The guest cabin was just sitting empty.<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw Shiloh turn the idea over in her mind. \u201cI don\u2019t want to make you do that. I know you don\u2019t like people on your property.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I hated it. But Shiloh wasn\u2019t people. She was something else altogether. The truth was, she\u2019d become a touchstone over the last several years. And I had a burning urge to help. To protect. Maybe because I knew how it felt to believe there was no way out. Maybe because I saw those wings of hers that had been so badly clipped. The offer might\u2019ve been reckless, but I couldn\u2019t find it in me to care.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Catherine<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Writer of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she\u2019s not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.<\/p>\n

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Check out our Catherine Cowles Author Spotlight<\/a> for more awesome reads!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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