“I am rating this nothing lower than 100 PLUS STARS & WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! This is on my TOP 2019 MUST READ easily, a book I can’t wait to re-read” – The Guide To Romance Novels“I was on the edge of my seat. J. Kenner is an exceptional storyteller. The drama, tension, and heat were perfect.” – About That Story “I couldn’t decide what to do with my hand, turn the page, fan myself, or … my hand, turn the page, fan myself, or bite my nails.” — iScream Books Blog
”Exciting & sexy & heartbreaking romantic suspense! Run to your nearest amazon for your own hot British agent – this one is MINE!” –BJ’s Book Blog
Don’t miss this SEXY, EMOTIONAL, SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE!
The only price she won’t pay is her heart.
Quincy Radcliffe has fast become a key asset at the newly formed Stark Security. A former British agent with lethal skills and criminal connections, it’s a no-brainer for him to rise through the ranks.
But Quincy isn’t the man he appears to be. And one woman could expose all his secrets.
Once, he worshipped Eliza Tucker. He adored her body and then broke her heart. But now she needs help, and he’s the only man that can do it. Quincy knows he must either turn his back on her or risk revealing his dark past to the one woman who can—and will—tear open his old wounds.
For years, Eliza has tried to forget the man who shattered her. His smoldering good looks had drawn her in; his British charm had enchanted her. But it was the wildness of his seduction and the ferocity of his passion that captured her. She’d given herself to him—and he’d destroyed her.
Now, he’s the only person who can help find her missing sister.
She’ll use him because she has to. She’ll pay anything he demands, whether in the bank or the bedroom.
She won’t fall for him again. But what if it isn’t her choice to make?
Charismatic. Dangerous. Sexy as hell.
Meet the elite team at Stark Security.
Stark Security series:
Shattered With You
Shadows Of You
Broken With You
Ruined With You
Wrecked With You
Memories of You (novella)
Ravaged With You
more
5 Heartstopping Stars!!!
Talk about keeping me on the edge of my seat with heart palpitations!! I was literally glued to my kindle with each page that I read of this first book in the new Stark Security series. This one deals with such a troubling subject and Quincy is a man that has a dark past that we learn about as the book progresses. Imagine his surprise though in the opening few chapters when he comes face to face with the one woman that can destroy every wall he’s built up around himself… yes, Eliza is that woman but she too has an agenda….let the fun begin!!!
This book is thrilling and torturing and sexy and angst driven at almost every turn and I FREAKING LOVED every single minute of it. These two coming together for a mutual cause although for different reasons makes them re-think what happened in the past. We live through some agonizing details that had my hand over my heart trying to figure out how to slow it down.
Ms. Kenner has once again written characters that I can’t help but fall in love with and root for so they too can get their HEA. But there’s a lot of things that need to fall in place for that to happen and just when I thought it would be over, nope, there’s a darkness lying out there waiting to strike and BAM here it is!!!
This book is quite fast paced which is necessary given what they’re both seeking to resolve. We definitely get all the nitty and gritty and seeing Dallas, Ryan and Damien come together to help solve this agonizing situation gave me all the feels. This Stark Security Team is bar-none the best in the world and they’ll stop at nothing to achieve their target.
And the ending just about gave me angina it was so action packed. I mean I really thought I was going to be crying instead of fist-pumping for a few minutes. But Ms. Kenner would never do that to us…at least that’s what I kept repeating to myself anyway LOL.
Overall, this is a phenomenal start to a new series giving us a peak into the world of a security team that is worthy of the Stark name. I cannot wait for Denny and Mason’s book, because…kick-butt heroine!!! Heck Yeah!!!!
I received ‘Shattered With You’ in exchange for an honest review. The book was brutally captivating and I read the majority in one sitting.
The book starts amid a mission to find a missing girl, not just any girl, a princess. You learn that agent Quincey is on the case with his trusty partner Denny.
Thrust into a party of debauchery and shady deals, Quincey goes undercover, hoping to learn more clues to assist in the discovery of the missing girl. To his shock, he does not anticipate to come face to face with ‘Eliza’ the only woman he has ever truly loved, but left heartbroken and abandoned. It soon becomes clear that Eliza may be of some use, but will she help him?
Eliza is a strong female character, who is tenacious and unable to be beaten. She has overcome being abused as a child and the utter heartbreak in losing a man she loved. Instead of being a wreck, she is a fighter and you are drawn to her as a character.
Eliza is desperately searching for her sister Emma, knowing that as a special agent she must be missing due to something she has been working on. When she realises that her sisters disappearance may be in conjunction with a missing girl, she is forced to swallow her hurt and wounded pride, and try and regain trust in a man who left her shattered.
She is in search of answers, not just about her sister, but personal ones and Quince is the only one who can give them to her.
The book is beautifully written and does not make light of some of the hard topics and themes it chooses to discuss. The plot centres around sex trafficking and the web of lies that have enabled all the characters to become embroiled in. The book contains something for everyone; action, romance and lots of suspense and plot twists. It is the perfect read for all romance lovers and is a more hard hitting romance.
I absolutely adore Kenner’s writing style, and she always creates realistic and immersive back stories for all of her characters, turning pain into passion.
This is Book 1 of a new series. I’m already hooked, ready for the next one. I’m already a Kenner fan, but this book has me ready for more security!!
What happens when you have to work with the one that broke you heart years ago on the same case? Can they hide their feelings or will feeling flow while they work?
Absolutely loved it!
The book starts in the present with our Stark Security Hero, Quincy, on a mission (a la James Bond-style) with his partner Denise. Meanwhile, our struggling actress heroine, Eliza, happens to be in the same hotel looking for clues to find her missing older sister. When they see each other, it’s Eliza’s memories that recount how they met several years ago, experienced a romantic relationship for several months, before Quincy walked out of her life without a word, leaving her with a devastated, shattered heart. She never knew Quincy’s true profession so when she sees him after all this time, she is one pissed off cookie, trying not to blow her own charade at the high-end party. As it turns out, Eliza’s goal to find her sister overlaps with Quincy and Stark Securities mission to find a missing princess. Although “forced” into working together to hopefully achieve their respective goals, Eliza continues to chip away at Quincy’s resolve to reveal why he suddenly disappeared on her when it seemed they were mutually in love with one another.
The story is told from a dual point of view so we’re privy to Quincy’s inner turmoil and Eliza’s frustration and determination to find out what went wrong with them so she can finally move forward. In spite of their respective resolve to not get involved with one another again, each for different reasons, their yin and yang chemistry continues to draw them together.
As a wonderful aside, this book features cameos from Damien, Nikki, Jamie and Ryan!
Oh, it’s been quite some time since I’ve been in the Stark world, and it feels like coming home. Shattered with you is the start of a new series, seem to be of stand alone couples, and it doesn’t end in a cliffhanger. It focuses on Quincy and Eliza.
This is a second chance romance filled with ACTION. There’s suspense and that fast pace of trying to get to the bottom of things before time runs out! The way they left things in the past, there were so many unanswered questions, and both were broken and never moved on. Though there are steamy moments and you can feel their connection, the story is heavily centered on trying to rescue a couple people and catch the bad guys. I loved it.
J Kenner does it again! I can’t wait for more of this series!
Quinn and Eliza have a past – a past that didn’t end well. Unfortunate circumstances have brought them back in each other’s lives. Eliza’s sister is missing and it is Quinn’s mission to find her. Will this reconnect them for a second chance at love?
Two favorites…Love and Mystery!
Another great second chance romance from J Kenner! Quince and Eliza both have dark pasts that have left them damaged. After a great love affair with Eliza several years ago, Quince finds himself on an assignment that brings the two back together. While working with Quince on a case, they realize the attraction is still strong. Will Eliza be able to forgive him for the past?
A heartbreaking and suspenseful romance
I’ve always wondered about Quincy’s backstory. He is close friends with Dallas Sykes and Damien Stark and so he’s been in almost all their stories. Quincy is one skilled operative who once worked, at the same time, with MI6 British Intelligence and Deliverance, a unique security group headed by Dallas Sykes with missions intent on rescuing children. It’s one of his downtime that he meets Eliza. As they spend time together they learn that each has broken past filled with trauma and heart-rending darkness. My heart ached for these two. For three blissful months, Eliza and Quincy fall passionately in love, but the unthinkable happens to Quincy and Eliza is left wondering why he never returns. Until she sees him four years later.
J Kenner weaves an intense, and heart-stopping story that will take your breath away. It’s a story of two broken souls who get a second chance at love and soul healing. They are a perfect match for each other and I couldn’t be happier. Quince’s world of security is filled with action and danger, and the suspense is thrilling and the storyline is absolutely gripping.
You just don’t realize how much you miss an authors books until she writes another one that involves the Stark’s, and the real kicker is it’s the first one in a brand new series!!! I absolutely adore JKenner and the way she writes. This book sucked me in on the very first page with the mystery, suspense, sassy characters, hot steamy scenes, and seamless writing that you would expect from this very talented author. I loved Quincy and Eliza, loved that it’s another branch of the Stark dynasty that we can definitely sink our teeth into. Page after page kept me on the edge of my seat, and just when I thought I had it figured out, the plot takes a turn and goes into a different direction. Definitely keeps the reader entertained and on edge throughout the entire book. Absolutely loved it! Can’t wait to read Denny’s story next!!
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this book.
~~He’d loved me. He’d cherished me. At least that’s what I thought. Because once he’d truly captured me—once I was so in love with him that it felt like I’d been filled with light—he shattered me completely. He left. Just up and walked away, taking my heart and my soul with him.~~ Eliza
Lost love, second chances, hidden agendas, sex & secrets. Wow! This was an absolutely riveting rollercoaster of passion & intrigue. Years after disappearing from her life, sexy agent Quincy encounters his lost love Eliza while they are both undercover at a party. He’s trying to save a kidnapped girl while she’s trying to find her missing sister. In the blink of an eye their missions & lives become intertwined throwing them back together in a whirlwind of sexual tension & danger. Fabulous start to the Stark Security Series!
Well…my first book in any of J. Kenner’s Stark series (or their spinoffs) and I chose this one. Holy crap- talk about an emotional whirlwind. Shattered With You was a sexy and mysterious second-chance romance that had me glued to the words.
I liked Eliza. She was spirited and determined to do the right thing. Even if she didn’t know exactly what it was. She was struggling to put the pieces surrounding her missing sister together and found herself in a sticky situation. But it did more than that, it brought the past, the man that that slayed her, into her present. Quincy. The man that swept her off her feet. Their romance was sweet and fast and promising- until it wasn’t.
I wanted to dislike Quincy for what he did but for some reason I couldn’t. As I learned more about his story and what he suffered I just wanted to wrap him up and take that pain away. Both what had happened to him and the guilt and the torment he put himself through. But it was how he stepped up and in to help Eliza that made me really like him. He was smart and cunning and don’t even get me started on the accent.
With the bad guys seemingly always a step ahead and tension and lust rising, Quincy and Eliza had to put their feelings aside to get the job done. There were a lot of other players involved (from the other Stark books I’m guessing) and they all helped get to the bottom of things. But it was the final showdown that had my heart racing. I don’t think anybody saw that twist coming. And that ending- just the right amount of sweet that both Eliza and Quincy deserved.
Shattered With You by J. Kenner is book 1 of a new series in the Stark world, with some familiar faces and new ones added in. Eliza Tucker is looking for her missing sister and might just be in a bit over her head. After all she may have played a spy on screen, but unlike her sister Emma, she isn’t actually one in real life. Quincy Radcliffe on the other hand is, or was, or both. When their missions intersect things get more complicated. Quincy and Eliza have a history. For 3 months they were in love and then Quincy was gone. What they had hangs between them, as well as secrets that are hidden deep.
This book has a nice blend of flashbacks, which get you a glimpse of the passion they shared, while you wait for them to rebuild in the present, and that passion is intoxicating. The connection they shared is so deep that not even the years that have past, and the trust that was broken, can keep it from breaking. Both Eliza and Quincy are a blend of confident capable people and completely broken ones who really need each other. *I will mention that there are themes of abuse and assault that appear in Shattered With You, and while J. Kenner has touched on this in other books, it bears repeating here as a forewarning.
Overall I enjoyed Shattered With You and how J. Kenner approaches these complex characters. The balance of resentment for the past and understanding for the future as well as how we are given a somewhat different relationship for them in the present because of experiences in between, but we do get to see what they were and could be again. This gave a degree of realism for how they are now and gives us flawed characters to fall in love with. *I almost put 4 instead of 5 stars because of the content, but it was so integral to how they characters are that I left it 5 stars.
(I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book I received for free from the publisher in exchange for my open and honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.)
What an amazing start to a new series in the Stark world. I LOVE everything Stark and this book was no exception. It was a well writen second chance romance with plenty of drama, action, suspense and smoking hot chemistry. Along with a sexy as hell Britt this book is a must read for all J kenner/ Stark fans. I could not book the book down once I started it was that damn addicting. Can’t wait until the next book!!
It was kind of a slow start for me but once it picked up it was full of action and adventure that was amazing. The couple is a second chance romance that worked for them. This was not one of my favorite JK book but it was still good.
Shattered With You by J. Kenner is the first book in her new Stark Security series and I loved it. Quincy Radcliffe now works for Stark Security and the last person he expects to need his help is the woman whose heart he broke years ago. Eliza needs help and though she will never trust Quincy again, he may be the only person to help her find her sister.
This story was full of suspense, chemistry and was a second chance romance. We see our heroes both in the present as they work to solve a mystery and see how they met and fell for each other years ago and what drove them apart. Shattered With You was full of suspense and steamy chemistry and will keep you engaged until the very end!
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Happy reading.
This is a second chance romance filled with danger, angst, steam, mystery, secrets, betrayal, and heartbreak. It is Book #1 in a spin-off series in the Stark World. This is Quincy Radcliffe and Eliza Tucker’s story. They have both suffered emotional trauma as children and adults. They have a history together that didn’t end well. They are reunited in an unusual yet dangerous way. Can they get past their past and survive the danger lurking around them? Can Eliza move on from the past? Can she trust Quincy again? Can Quincy get beyond his past to allow a future with Eliza?
This book was such a page-turner! The chemistry was off the charts between Quincy and Eliza. The plot was engaging. I highly recommend reading it. I can’t wait to read the next book in this series!
***ARC generously provided in exchange for an honest review.***
Bestselling Author J.Kenner never fails to give her romance books a dark ,edgy and thrilling feel. Shattered with You, the first book in Stark Security series proves that again. A dominant, protective, intense and mysterious secret agent. A broken yet resilient and enticing model who craves to be controlled and cherished. An adrenaline filled cat and mouse game running parallel with games of heart. And I had a book that I could not put down!
Quincy Radcliffe broke all the walls in Eliza’s heart to claim her and consume her. And he had to leave due to reasons he could not tell her. Now years later they meet under extenuating circumstances. Quince is deep in an investigation to catch the sex trader who kidnapped princess of a prominent European country. And Eliza is trying to find her missing sister who is a PI. They have anger and regret inside. But their intense attraction and bonding is greater than that. And we have a tale full of danger, passion and emotions.
J.Kenner’s men are always something out of this world. She created another delicious perfection in Quince. This man gave me chills and goosebumps with his arrogant cocky attitude, super sexy spy skill and hidden aching vulnerability. He is well balanced with his blunt smartness and emotional softness. Eliza is his soulmate but he pushed her away because he doesn’t feel worthy. Eliza is another heroine J.Kenner is so expert in writing. A little broken, a little sad, a lot strength and the biggest heart. Their chemistry is sensual, heartbreaking and sizzling hot. The clear cut BDSM flavour was so amazing! They both had issues to work out. And the ending was epic.The author created mindblowing puzzle pieces and put them together expertly. I was constantly sitting at the edge of my seat. And you will get to meet all your fav men from Stark Universe shortly.
I was completely won over by Shattered with You by J.Kenner. I was shocked with the drama and adventure. I swooned over the overwhelming, erotic and larger than life love story. I was all in from the first chapter and it claimed my heart.
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The first in a new series and I was thrilled to read this steamy romantic suspense with two strong characters.
Quincy Radcliffe is a sexy hero with a James Bond vibe. A damaged British ex-spy working for Stark Security, he has a unique, enigmatic quality that really piqued my interest. His new mission is pivotal to take down a sex trafficking ring.
Eliza Tucker is an actress looking for her sister. Eliza’s sister is a private investigator, helping runaways and endangered kids, and she has gone missing. Eliza is willing to put herself in a potentially dangerous situation to obtain information about her sister’s disappearance. I loved that Eliza was a strong heroine.
Quincy and Eliza have history. Their chance encounter in London morphed into a beautiful story, until Quincy suddenly disappeared without an explanation. Eliza can’t wrap her head around Quincy’s brutal betrayal and she can’t trust him anymore.
Quincy was a great combination of strength and vulnerability. He would do everything in his power to ensure Eliza’s safety and the success of his mission, but there was so much more weighing down on him.
So many things made this such a riveting story of second chance, one I just couldn’t help but want to finish because I needed to know what would happen next. What really drove this story were the intense, compelling characters.
We have been waiting for Quincy’s story and getting glimpses of him in many books and now we FINALLY get to find out what he is all about. Let me tell you we are not disappointed. We knew he was a complicated fellow but we were really in the dark on just how complicated. Deliverance has closed their doors (so to speak) and he has left MI6 and now works for Stark Industries newest endeavor SSA and while out on assignment to acquire a hard drive, he runs into Eliza, the one he left in London years ago but still loves, the only one he has ever loved. Eliza is posing as her sister, Emma, and she is at a party as a “sex slave” for the night and Quince, who is undercover, stakes a claim and slips her his key. Now they are attached and we are taken for a ride through the present looking for Emma, a princess, and sex trafficers and back through the past and what happened. Oh, what a tangled web it is and heart breaking what happened but questions are answered and hearts mended and through twists and turns and, yes, Damien and Nikki make an appearance too, we are treated to so much goodness! Definitely a good start to this trilogy.
3.5 STARS
And all I can do is pray that I don’t shatter like glass under the weight of my regrets.
Enthralling, semi-captivating, new spark addition to the Stark series. I am so so happy that we are adding on to the so-called Stark team of books through the Stark Security section. This makes my heart so happy. Quincy and Eliza were great to start this series off with, as I for one am a sucker for second chance romances. Shattered With You defiantly took a turn with the suspense ride throughout the novel, leading the reader on a “what is going to happen next” avenue. I was happy to see past characters come into play, which as a reader is always a pleasant surprise and I hope throughout the series we will keep seeing them appear.
However, I had a hard time getting into the book with all the description and wordage. I felt like there was too much filler words throughout the novel that I skimmed a lot to just get to the dialogue and to the action parts. As per past Stark books, I never had this issue, so I find this a little odd for Julie and her writing as I have always loved her style. Maybe it’s a fluke, who knows…