From USA Today bestselling author W Winters comes an emotionally gripping romantic suspense. Lies are what destroy marriages or even just hiding the truth. I love my husband more than anything and that’s what hurts the most.I thought he lied. I thought he’d cheated and so I kicked him out. I said goodbye to the one man I ever loved even while he begged me to trust him. The hardest part is … to trust him. The hardest part is throwing away true love.
And that’s what we had.
With secrets I couldn’t have possibly imagined, I was torn between what’s right and what was right for us.
But let me start at the beginning.
Back to when I knew nothing but how deeply we loved each other yet how damaged our marriage had become.
“In my reading life, I have come across books that have touched my soul. I have read books that have made me breathless. I have read books that took a piece of me and left on the pages of the book. Damaged is one of them. What an emotionally driven book. What a soulful and heart entrancing piece of literature that consumed and crippled me. I was reading a book utterly heart-breakingly beautiful… I was reading a book so captivating with a moving storyline that almost damaged me.” – Tanaka K
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Very unpredictable plot. Easy to read. Every emotion and feeling being expresse by poetry. Tragic that two soul are hurting. A page-turner from the beginning to end. The author did a good job making it realistic by adding actual events that can happen in the modern world. Is a tear-jerker causing you to ache for the characters. Kat found out her husband Evan cheated. She hurting inside. Feeling broken. Her husband is going on a business trip. Kat want’s answers before he leaves. She ask him to tell her the truth. He answer back is lie. That he loves her. Will she believe him. He wants to work things out. Will they end up separating? Will they see the light to end of the tunnel. I voluntarily read an advanced copy.
5 BROKEN stars! Evan and Kat’s story will break your heart. This book ends with a BIG cliffhanger.
Oh my God! Can you hear that? It is the sound of my heart that is breaking into small pieces. Damage by Willow Winters has ruined me badly. This book is an earth-shattering marvel of fervid perfection! It has the perfect mix of angst and a lot of drama.
The plot is powerful, all-consuming and original. This is the kind of read that will have you at the edge of the abyss. It will consume your soul. It is heartbreaking, steamy, gripping, and it will leave you begging for more.
Evan and Kat’s story is the clear example of what secrets could do to a marriage. They break the trust and when there is not trust, there is nothing. There are a bunch of elements that are necessary for a healthy relationship and sometimes love is not enough.
This book is not about cheating. This book is about a married couple that has lost the track of their marriage. At some point they distanced themselves. Their jobs absorbed them and they simply stopped being themselves. She matured and he let the secrets destroy the fragile trust and love they had.
I can’t say that marriage is easy because I am not married but when secrets and lies are interposed between two people, it is very difficult to believe in the other again. There is always doubt. It does not matter if those secrets are necessary to protect the loved one. They still are secrets.
I felt a strong empathy toward Kat, the heroine. I could feel the bittersweet feelings that she had when she realized that her marriage had an expiration date. Every woman wishes for a happy ending, a happy marriage however there a things that never last forever. That’s something Kat will learn. The man she is married to is the one who ruined her heart. He was- is her weakness.
“I want him to fight for me. I want him to love me. I want to forgive him, even if he won’t admit what he’s done.”
It is incredible how much it hurts when the one you think is your soulmate hide things from you. In a committed relationship there mustn’t be any secrets at all. There is no secret that stays hidden forever.
“Men have a way with words,
…It’s called lying.”
To be honest I hated Evan because he hurt the woman he was supposed to take care of. He kept secrets just to protect himself, not her. I think he was selfish because when you love someone, you don’t keep secrets.
“You make me a stupid woman.”
There is a unspoken rule about break-ups: when you end a relationship, stay away and take your time to recover. That’s what Kat needs. But her love for Evan is keeping her captive. However there is always hope.
“I loved you so much. And this is how you treated our marriage. With lies and secrets and all this shit I don’t even know about.”
To fall in love is easy. To find your soulmate mate is difficult but when you find him/her, you find happiness. What could make you leave your soul mate? Could you forgive him/her? There is a saying in Spanish that says: “Si amas a alguien, déjalo ir; si vuelve, es tuyo, si no, nunca lo fue.” It means that if you love someone you set him/her free and if he/she comes back it will mean that both were meant to be together forever. Simple, doesn’t it?
There are not enough stars to rate this book. It is a page-turner read you shouldn’t miss. I highly recommend you to read it and be prepared with a box of tissues. This book is highly emotional.
(ARC courtesy of author in exchange for an honest review)
Wow what a read I was hook from the beginning and was in love with this story as it keep me on a roller coaster high and was upset that it had a cliff hanger at the end but it will be worth the wait to see what will happen in the next book, as this story has many sins in the marriage and will have you riding that feeling throughout the book. That has a POV throughout the book so you can get each side of the story and understand what each is feeling.. this is a fantastic read that will have you loving Willow Winters books because the emotions roll right off the pages.. so can
So this book had all the feels like all of Willow Winters books have but for some reason I couldn’t connect with Evan and Kat. There were no problems with writing or story-telling, just my connection was missing with this book.
Coming back to book, it was amazing with beautiful back drop and characters so deep in love with each other but on the edge with each other due to miscommunication. I love Willow Winters’ books and her writing. I still recommend it all and worth reading it.
This is book 1 in a duet about a married couple Evan and Kathrine, aka Kat, Thompson. Evan works for this PR firm where he wines and dines and tends to James’ clients and Kat works for a publisher company. Evan has secrets he keeps from his wife, Kat. These secrets are tearing them apart and she’s holding on by a thread.Love ,forgiveness, want and need hides behind every time they push and pull one another’s emotions.
Willow Winters is a phenomenal author that can take us to the dark side with light streaming through. Even though this book does end on a cliffy I know that Willow won’t make us wait too long for book 2.
Evan Thompson has made a lot of mistakes in his life. But loving Kat was never one of them.
In the last few years of their marriage, Evan and Kat have been drifting apart. Evan has been traveling a lot for work, living his life in the limelight and keeping secrets from Kat. Kat knows Evan is lying to her, but doesn’t know why and has been locking herself in her office and burying herself in her work. When Evan’s sins and secrets begin to catch up to him, he’s afraid that he will lose Kat forever. She can never know what he did, but he is determined to keep her.
It was interesting reading into a relationship that was already broken and then finding out the reasons why. From page one, this book tugged at my heart and broke pieces of it off with each turn of the page. There was so much pain and unending love that you couldn’t help but feel every heartbreak the characters went through while also having hope for them to get through it. I’ve never wanted to insert myself into a book so bad and knock some sense into the characters to work things out. I loved the heartbreaking poems at the beginning of each chapter for Evan and Kat that were laced with pain and expressed their feelings for what they’re each going through. This one left you on a cliffhanger, for sure!
I do not like the story. At no point in time while reading did I ever care about Kat and Evan and their struggling marriage. I don’t care that Evan has messed up and Kat’s emotions are all the over the place between wanting him and not wanting him. I personally think their both being stupid and need to get over it because she knew the type of man she married. Evan’s screw ups are not good, but he just needs to fix it instead of running to Kat to tell her how much he loves her like a lost puppy. Get yourself together and fix things.
Damaged
By Willow Winters
5
Holy hell, my heart has not stopped beating furiously in my chest. This is an intense read and had me feeling so much emotions for both Evan and Kat.
Marriage isn’t all sunshine’s and rainbows and take a lot of effort and work. Sometimes love isn’t always enough. Trust has always been an important factor but what happens when that trust is gone?! In Evan and Kat’s case it goes beyond trust…growing apart but finding the strength to move forward is where the challenge lies.
The characters, the storyline, everything was just perfect.
This story gutted me. It’s easy to yell at the characters and tell them to do this or that but that’s because we aren’t in their position.
Willow’s words made me feel like I was the one suffering all that heartbreak. She is amazing at making the readers part of the story. Getting sucked into the pages and feeling the words through your soul. The feelings Willow bring out in her readers is a true testament to her writing abilities. I’m off to start Scarred. I hope my heart heals and Evan and Kat find their Hea.
Jesus, just when you think your emotions are safe, you start crying again. This book ripped me apart again and again. The back and forth between Kat and Evan is so true to real life and heartbreaking that it was almost too painful to read at times. And the ending jeez I can’t wait to see what happens next.
ღ . Wow, I don’t know what tell you, but that this book was such a gut-wrenching, heartbreaking story. With so much pain & love
• Evan & Kat’s marriage is filled with secrets, so many lies & sins, Evan seem to have habit of holding things from Kat. In the last few years they have grew apart & more or less lived a separate life
Evan with his constant traveling for his work. Evan worked in the limelight. Honestly its miracle that Kat had not said anything sooner.
Kat was no better, she might work from home, but she would lock herself in her offices for days
I think their biggest problem was communication, they never seem to voicing their thoughts & feelings. These two never truly had really marital fight
I could sympathize with Kat about distrust of Evan, only thing is how sometimes she reacted to some of the situations with Evan
This book was filled with so many turns, it was crazy. I loved it. Incredible writing- as always with Willow Winters
. Did Evan damage the love him & Kat have? Can the damage be repaired? Hopefully all those questions will be answer in book 2
Hope you enjoy this read & also always keep in mind this is just my opinion
The writing was good! It was compelling, I couldn’t put it down! The ending left me a bit unsatisfied!! I expected more from Willow & We will be getting more of Evan & Kat sooner rather than later
This one ends with a freaking cliffhanger!!!
SINS & SECRETS SERIES OF DUETS
1- Damage
2- Scarred
Paulette Review
I’m not sure which was a bigger physical blow while reading: the harrowing poetry which echoed with pain or the story that seeps into you and fills the cracks in your heart only to expand them and then seep into your bones leaving your heart ripped apart and your bones aching in pain.
Damaged is the demise of a relationship but has a love so strong that it physically causes pain to think about the crumbling relationship. A Love SO strong that no matter what happens you will be crushed.
Love isn’t the problem. They are. Damaged maybe how you see this ending but damaged is all I can see as it is beginning.
I’m not going to sugar coat this:
Willow Winters had me with tears welling up (by page two, I think). A few pages later, she had me with tears streaming down my face. Kat and Evan had me outright crying. I actually had to stifle a sobbing gasp. This book feeds on any insecurities you might have. You could easily transplant yourself in this situation. I finished this book lying in bed and was afraid I was going to lash out at my husband.
It reads like an intense dream. It reads like you are watching it happen but you drift into the characters consciousness. I don’t even know if that makes sense but it’s how I felt. I felt like I could be Kat. It was absolutely easy to feel her heartbreak and pain. It oozes out of this book. Each word a stabbing to your heart, lungs, and kidneys. The pain becomes unbearable and then Evan…
I will freely admit that once Kat had me in the first two pages, I wanted to string him up by his balls. I wanted voodoo dolls, and a roasting spit. I was willing to tar, feather, or have red ants eat him alive. But Evan, poor Evan, is in pain. He isn’t an evil man. He isn’t immune to the pain…so I just couldn’t help it when I hugged him. When I willingly comforted him….
Because I, too, am damaged.
Gahhh, this book is intense. No other way to say it. It will cause a reaction out of you. It will make you feel. It will leave you Damaged.
reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
This book started off a bit slow for me. I couldn’t get into it and kept putting it down.
However, the further in I got the better.
Kat and Evan. Their marriage is slipping through cracks filled with lies and secrets. It’s emotional, even steamy at times but mostly it’s just sad and heartbreaking over and over.
Evan has secrets. Kat can’t take them anymore. She’s drowning in them. He wants to change.. but will he in time? And will that be enough before it’s to late?
Boring couldn’t get past the first 4 chapters and gave up.
OMG this book was amazing! Kat and Evan have secrets in their marriage. They have always had amazing chemistry but will that be enough to save their marriage. This story is intense and heartbreaking. I loved the poems at the beginning of each chapter. I felt like I could relate to the characters as real people. Loved Damaged so much I jumped right in to the second book. I recommend this book for anyone who loves romance with some suspense thrown in.
The book was going down a good path, but the author was very slow at getting there. It’s part of a book series and I didn’t bother to read the 2nd book. I felt she/he kept repeating the same thing over and over.
I’m not a huge fan of the “alternating chapters/alternating character voices” approach, and the main conflict between the two was vague enough that I wasnt’ able to empathize (or something) with the plot or characters.
It about time that a book like this was written. It opens up an new old situation
I loved it
Love anything Willow Winters writes.
This is one of the best series I have ever read.