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    The Scars Between Us
    The Scars Between Us
    The Scars Between Us
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Scars Between Us

    Written by MK Schiller

    Narrated by Alexander Cendese and Elizabeth Hart

    4.5/5

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    Emma Cooper is determined to fulfill her mother's dying wish to scatter her ashes with Aiden Sheffield in Linx, Texas. Just one problem. Why Texas and who the hell is Aiden Sheffield? The only clue is a faded piece of her mother's stationary. Emma imagines Aiden is a former love of her mother's, but when she meets the beautiful, damaged stranger, she realizes her assumptions couldn't be more wrong. He's hot and young. And Emma is as confused as ever.

    Aiden Sheffield would rather go to hell than Linx. Who does Emma think she is disrupting his carefully built life? The last thing the Marine needs is to slice open the sealed wounds of his painful past. Yet, as he gets to know the lovely Emma, a woman who manages to smile even though she's lost everything, he changes his mind. He will not let her go to hell alone.

    But neither is prepared for the devastating evil waiting for them at the end of the road. It might just destroy them.

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 19, 2017
    ISBN9781541488397

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    • 4/5
      ARC provided via Netgalley

      M.K. Schillers latest release is about forgiveness, the kind that changes everything and shapes you into someone new. It's heartbreaking, but hopeful, a book that will put a smile on your face right after you wipe the tears away. Told from the perspective of main characters Emma and Aiden, The Scars Between Us is a complex story that features a well-developed story line and engaging dialogue. It does focuses heavily on some serious subject matter, including emotional and physical abuse, and some readers might find that Schiller's descriptive writing could be a trigger. I found myself aching alongside the characters as their past hurts weighed heavily on them, as they pushed through a sad trip that took them into a life one never wanted to revisit and one never could have imagined.

      "His smile is sad. 'You've been carrying it for a long time, Emma. Let someone else carry it for a while.'"

      The Scars Between Us was such a fantastic read, it was character driven, and Emma and Aiden have some significant development as the novel progresses. I really enjoyed that the events of the book didn't carry the story, but rather how the character reacted to those events did. Oftentimes a book has just too much going on, but each time a bit of Aiden's past was revealed Schiller focused on how he overcame it, how he used it moving forward, and how Emma had to process it to truly understand how the events affected her life without her even knowing it. Emma's attitude about her mom's true past felt so accurate, though I have never been in a similar situation the writing gave me a sense of what it might have been like. Aiden, on the other hand, is so kind and giving, despite his prior struggles. His wisdom about life is based on a life no child should ever have, yet he makes it through and fights each day to be better. Emma and Aiden's connection is unusual, he's so much more than just the guy her mom asked her to take along when she scattered her ashes. The twists this novel takes, the ugly truths it reveals, only make the book that much more beautiful. As the two face the past they find comfort in each other and they find that trusting another with their story can open the door to love.

      "What I want is him. He knows it. I hate him for it."

      The events that unfold in the novel are hard to read, they're ugly and raw, things we don't want to imagine, and M.K. Schiller makes these overwhelming scenes come to life. I loved being in the moment, even though it broke my heart to read it. I did find, however, that some of the overly descriptive writing was also a negative. Some of the adult nature of the book was a detriment to the overall story. While the characters are adult, the story feels more coming-of-age than adult, contemporary romance and the smut scenes did feel like a bit too much. Overall though, it is a read that won't leave me anytime soon, I felt like it lived it too.

      "It's time to forget the broken roads of the past, and look toward the bright horizon line.
      I should know better.
      i learned a long time ago, you can't outrun darkness."

      The Scars Between Us is my first M.K. Schiller novel, but it won't be my last. It was well-developed and held my interest from start to finish. Contemporary romance fans will love this thought-provoking release about love, loss, and life.
    • 5/5
      "She is the girl who lost everything. I am the boy who never had anything"

      Emma Cooper is the girl who lost everything. Six months ago, Emma Cooper's mother passed away. Since then, she has been having conversations with her mother's urn. Call it a coping mechanism, but it was the only way she felt that she could be close to her mother. She knew what she had to do though. She had to follow her mother's last dying wish and scatter her ashes in Linx, a tiny town in Texas. That wasn't all, she was to ask Aiden Sheffield, whom she never heard of and thought was her mother's fling, to accompany her. Her mother was no cheater. Deep down inside she knew that. Her parents were happy and in love. Aiden obviously meant something to her mother or her mother would not have made such a strange request. Packing up the last of her belongings, she slid inside the old battered truck and headed to Butte Falls, Oregon and to Aiden.

      Aiden is the boy who never had anything. To say he had a rough childhood is an understatement. His childhood was hell and he had a father to thank for that. In reality, he never really had a childhood. His mother died during birth and he was left in the abusive hands of his father. The system, which should have protected him as a young boy, failed him. He had no one in his corner, no one there to protect him. When he finally got out from under his father's control and home, he vowed never to set foot in Linx, TX ever again. All that is about to change though once he meets Emma Cooper.

      Together they take a journey that has the potential to change both of their lives.

      THE SCARS BETWEEN US is an emotional and heart wrenching story of two people who have the weight of the world on their shoulders. Emma carries the guilt of losing their family home after her mother passes. She already lost her father a year before in an heroic act, now she feels like she has nothing. She has a boyfriend, Kenneth, in Los Angeles, who really is never there for her. He rather talk about his next DJing gig than give her the emotional support and comfort that she needs. Aiden, on the other hand, thinks he is not good enough for anyone to ever love. He considers himself weak and scarred. He holds himself at a distance from other people, especially women. He never lets anyone in fully and he is guarded all of the time. The only time he can let himself be free is with the abused dogs he rescues. He shows them love and compassion. Something he, nor the dogs, has never had before. Aiden is the definition of a true tortured hero.

      I'll be honest, I am a sucker for a tortured hero and M.K Schiller, through her writing, really hits you right in the heart with Aiden's backstory. Little by little she lets you in to the dark recesses of his mind. She brings to life his pain and heartache. The same goes for Emma. You really get to know her and the emotional roller coaster that her life has become. I can't express how much both of these characters came to life. M.K. Schiller's writing style can be summed up in one word - amazing.

      I normally do not read a lot of New Adult romances. Even though, the backstory is intense, M.K Schiller, through her writing, still reminds us that are hero and heroin are both still in their early 20's by using some of the lingo that the younger generation would say today. I really enjoyed this aspect because even though the hero and heroin have been through so much in such a short period of their lives, they still stay true to their age group. They didn't appear to be older than what they really were.

      I can not praise this book enough. THE SCARS BETWEEN US is very much a character driven book. There are some twists and turns that I was definitely not expecting. I am so glad that I took a chance with this book as M.K. Schiller is a new author for me. She has quickly gained status on my auto buy list. Who needs a back blurb when you can be assured that anything published by M.K Schiller will go directly to your keeper shelf. Don't wait, run and pick up this book. You will not regret it.

      *I received a copy of this book from the author for an honest review.*
    • 5/5
      The story starts with Emma Cooper losing her family home after the death of her mother. Her mother's dying wish is to have her remains scattered on a Texas river by herself and an acquaintance of her mother's, Emma has yet to meet, and that leads her to a real adventure of a road trip and learns a truth she hadn't expected.Aiden Sheffield has had a difficult past, he was a marine, he's now a MMA fighter and he works with dogs, rescuing them. When Emma shows up with her request, his past comes back with a rush, and Emma is part and parcel to his sad tale.Written in duel POV, the story unfolds with emotional drama's that had me misty eyed right from the start, moving, fun times as their friendship grew and developed into passionate love scenes and gruesome encounters as tense suspenseful horrors unfolded. I loved this book, extremely entertaining. I highly recommend it!