From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan comes a new story in her Fractured Connections series… It all started at a wedding. Beckham didn’t mean to dance with Meadow. And he really didn’t mean to kiss her. But now, she’s the only thing on his mind. And when it all comes down to it, she’s the only person he can’t have. He’ll just have to stay away from her, no matter … from her, no matter how hard they’re pulled together.
Running away from her friend’s wedding isn’t the best way to keep the gossip at bay. But falling for the mysterious and gorgeous bartender at her friends’ bar will only make it worse. Beckham has his secrets, and she refuses to pry.
Once burned, twice kicked down, and never allowed to get up again. Yet taking a chance with him might be the only choice she has. And the only one she wants.
For fans of Carrie Ann’s Fractured Connections series, Taken With You is book four in that series.
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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. Beckham finally finds his one true love, only things are so easy. Finding Meadow was like finding his light. Only she had a past she was hiding from, and he pretty much was too. When they finally come together, they find out things from their pasts are somewhat intertwined, and they have to face off to fall together. I love this series of finding your true love, finding your home again, and finding your family. Carrie Ann Ryan, really knows how to tug at the heart strings.
Beckham and Meadow have always had an attraction towards one another although they didn’t let anyone know about it, they are also both hiding secret pasts. Pasts that come to light in this story and have you understanding why Meadow is the way she is. What threw me was Beckham’s past, and I won’t spoil anything about saying anymore about it.
I really liked the way things played out and I loved the way Dillon shared his knowledge with Beckham when needed. Dillon need to hurry up and get older so he can get his own HEA!!!!
Beckham and Meadow’s FRACTURED CONNECTIONS story is one that I am so glad we were able to get. I love the 1,001 Dark Nights Series for that reason, we get stories we probably wouldn’t have gotten otherwise. It gives lovers of the series a book they most likely would never have gotten and it gives new readers a look into the author’s series without having to have read any of the previous books because it can be read as a standalone.
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I say this often, but it remains true. This book is so good. It is real, it makes sense, it is beautiful in its honest emotions. I truly love the relationship between Meadow and Beckham. I really love that every book she writes is different. Everyone’s path to love is different.
Beckham is the bartender at Connoly’s. Meadow is friends with the girls, Violet, Harmony and Sienna. They kissed before, but she stopped it, and stayed away from him
They dance at Brendon and Harmony’s wedding, where he kisses her again. They go on some dates, but she keeps her past closed up. What Beckham doesn’t tell her is that he knows all about her past, because He was alongside it. She was dating a leader of an MC, and he was a member before she started dating Coby. She was a battered woman who got out, and put Coby in jail. They spend some time apart, but soon realize their pasts are in the past and they will look to the future together.
I received a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Meadow and Beckham have both not had an easy life and both have the MC life as a background.
These two so deserve each other and a happy ever after but they both are so determined that they don’t deserve it.
5 Stars
Intense is a word easily used to describe Beckham from the beginning of this series. Therefore, it’s no surprise that this novella about Beckham and Meadow is intense from start to finish. We find out what makes Beckham the man he has become and what has been causing Meadow to hold back truly becoming a part of the Connolly family. This novella will have you falling in love with this couple while your heart breaks a little to know the roads they traveled to wind up together.
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Action packed, heart racing emotional roller-coaster that I could not put down, was a very quick yet highly entertaining and engaging adventure. Really enjoyed this witty and very real romance!
So good I couldn’t put it down. Finished in just a few hours. Ms. Ryan has outdone herself with this one.
Beckham and Meadow both have secrets and a past that’s better left buried.
No past was needed. Only a future paved with their own choices.
5 TAKEN WITH YOU STARS!! Another great book by this amazing author. I loved Beckham and Meadow, they sucked me into their world. This book had all the feels and a great ride. Looking for a great read…here you go.
This one was quick and flowed like magic as you read it. It centers around Beckham and Meadow with us if Beckham can follow his own advice. Trust is also a biggie in this with us getting a picture on how it can form and develop. Being this is a MC made it so delicious with taking in every bit. It will be so delightful to see the simmer but you want it to work. This author knows how to give us the best a relationship has to offer regardless the dark parts.
Taken With You is a novella in the Fractured Connection series but could be read as a stand alone. I absolutely loved it. I was so excited to read Beckham’s story, but will the past cost him his happily ever after?
I haven’t read a book by Carrie that I didn’t like. This one does not disappoint. We meet Beckham and Meadow in the Fractured series and it was nice to read their story. Beckham is the bartender for the Connolly brothers and gets along with everyone but it seems like him and Meadow have this strange flirting going on. Meadow is one of the girls and would be lost without them. She tends to stick to herself and we find out that it is due to her past that she is trying to keep hidden. Beckham also has a past he is trying to keep anyone from finding out about. After a wedding and a dance, these two can’t keep their feelings hidden so much. They decide to give dating a chance even though Meadow is scared of being hurt. Beckham knows a thing or two about Meadow but he leaves that to her to tell him. Things are finally going good for these two until someone from their past comes back to haunt them.
Meadow and Beckham have a shared history, but only one of them knows that. Beckham has tried to stay away from Meadow because he thinks he’s not good for her as a result of his shady past, but one day he breaks and kisses her. Their road to love isn’t completely smooth, but it also isn’t filled with a ton of angst. This book was a quick read for me and a great addition to the fractured connections series. I recommend reading this book and the entire series.
OMG! Meadow and Beckham’s story was everything I was hoping it would be and so much more! They are both friends that feel like they are on the outside of the “group”, but Beckham knows better…he knows Meadow from “before”. They know the attraction is there, but for their own reasons they think it is best to stay away from each other, until the dance at the wedding. What happens when real feelings are at stake, and there are secrets that could drive both of them away from the life they have made? No spoilers!!! All the intrigue, drama and passion is waiting for you, just click it now!!
This novella inhabits the Fractured Connections world but isn’t about the Connelly brothers. That means that if you haven’t read any of their stories, don’t worry, those characters are in this, but this isn’t about them. This is about Beckham & Meadow. Bartender & Neighbour. They’ve been noticing each other & skirting around each other for a while but this is their time. Unfortunately, they both have secrets in their past that they are trying to leave behind. Unfortunately, secrets always come out at the most inconvenient time. This story, while shorter than the normal Carrie Ann Ryan book, had a lot of emotion which made this a very satisfying read.
Loved this beautiful book of overcoming a terrible past. Two people who found each other, finally.
This was the best novella ever! Finally finding out who Beckham and Meadow were was amazing! These two characters have been such a part of the Fractured Connections series that I need to know more about them. This novella was the perfect way to give them their voice.
Wow. Talk about having tears and your heartbroken. I sobbed a little through this. This is the fourth book that tells the story of Meadow and Beckham. He a bartender at the Connolly’s pub and she an editor for books. They bother seem to start at the same point in their past………an MC. Although Beckham didn’t know what she was subjected to, he was there when she was. Hoping she isn’t found she lives her life behind closed doors until a wedding and she kisses Beckham. I really felt for the fear meadow had in remembering what happened and how she got away. Can they both get past their past and live for the future. Loved this book. You could feel the emotions between the two characters and what had happened to them.
Very well written. Can Meahow and Beckham find love running from their pasts? It’s a must read. Can’t wait for the next one and see if Dillion will find love. Now the couples needs to have babies.
If you have read the Fractured Connections series you have been waiting to find out Meadow and Beckham’s backgrounds. Taken with you is a really good read about over coming your past and making life better.
Meadow is a self professed loner, its easier to be by herself than with others. Luckily she has a job writing textbooks and she works at home. Growing up in a biker MC was rough, she was a commodity not a person, everything was for the good of the MC including her life. Her father was the president and her mother was always on meadow to look her best, be skinny, etc. Meadow left that life and is not going back.
Beckham, was a vice president of an MC but left when they started going to far outside the law. Its true you can never leave so he has more or less been on the run ever since. Trying to make up for his past mistakes he lives a very quiet life, always trying to do the right thing. When he first saw Meadow he knew who she was and thought his past had come back to haunt him. Meadow however didn’t seem to know who he was.
This is a new beginning for both Meadow and Beckham, secrets are revealed, will they still be welcome with their friends when their past comes to light