Caution: Read with a box of tissues near by!

The author does an amazing job of grabbing your interest in the story from literally the first couple of pages. She keeps you hooked throughout the story, never letting you feel bored or tired of the characters.

Both Aden and Sawyer's stories are screwed up; they both are battling their own demons, one in the present and one in the past. They only meet because of Sawyer's sister's dying wish which on the surface seems entirely for herself but later you learn the true meaning of that wish.

You'll laugh, cry and even get a little angry with both characters as you read this book.

Absolutely loved it!

I loved this book. I was instantly grabbed by the plot and the characters. This was a book I didn't want to put down.

5 beautiful, emotional stars!! Wrecked is one of those romances that takes your breath away, tugs at your heart strings, but ultimately leaves you with a smile on your face.

Sawyer's twin sister, Celia, has one last dying wish to ask of her sister - go to San Diego and pack up her house and pose as her so that none of her friends there know that Celia is dying and will soon be gone from their lives. Sawyer is the opposite of her adventurous, free spirited sister. She's practical, has an itch to organize anything and everything around her, and doesn't like to step outside of her own little world. But, for Celia, Sawyer will do anything, so off to San Diego she goes. She never imagined she'd meet a man who'd change her and change the rest of her life.

Aden is a deeply disturbed, damaged man from his time spent in the Army Special Forces deployed in Iraq. On his last mission, most of his team died. He blames himself for their deaths and feels as if he should be the one who died. "Dead bodies litter the floor. Shock overtakes me. My hands shake but I feel nothing. Only one thought pumps furiously through my mind. It should have been me." So now he lives his days with severe PTSD that is only just a little lessened than when he first got out three months earlier, drinking his demons away and taking care of his Uncle Cal's rental properties and fishing with his only friend, Jenkins, an older man who has his own demons. When Sawyer, posing as Cecilia, crashes her way into his life when she comes to ask Cal for the key to get into Cecilia's cottage, he's dumbstruck by this auburn haired beauty with the gorgeous hair and freckles that he can't seem to take his eyes off of.

As Sawyer and Aden find themselves in a steamy fling, it's clear that they're good for each other. She seems to calm his demons and he brings her out of her shell, the shell Celia had asked her to shed when she was posing as her. But, how can they possibly make a relationship work when she won't be in San Diego much longer, and, MOST IMPORTANTLY, she hasn't told Aden who she really is? You see, Aden was betrayed by someone whom he thought of as a friend on his last mission, and it's thanks to that man that Aden's team is gone. So, how can Sawyer possibly tell Aden she's not who she's passed herself off to be? How can she tell him she betrayed him, as Al-Bishi betrayed him? She can't, hence her dilemma. And the reason why they really can't make a relationship work, a relationship that is obviously more than just some fun in the sheets.

I love Wrecked. It's a beautiful story that is surprisingly lighthearted at times with laugh out loud moments, and sweet, witty banter interspersed with the heavy emotional toll that Aden is going through and Sawyer, too, as her sister lies dying and knowing that she can't tell Aden who she really is. It's not too heavy, as sometimes post military romances can be. It certainly will inspire a tear or two, or three, and will get you right in the feels, but then it has the sweetest, most awwww inspiring epilogue. 5 stars certainly aren't enough for this sexy, emotional, funny story.

Such heartbreak from the start that leads to The MC's coming together, finding each other.

This story is all about Love, Loss, Healing, Grieving and try to dress something that goes against all your thoughts and your body.

Sawyer and Aden are like the saying Opposites Attract and completely compliment one another. Falling for one another could be the best thing for each other or the thing that destroys them the most considering the secrets they hold !

It was a slow and hot burn, but a great one nonetheless and as they uncover the truths what happens next is.....

I love the way JB writes with such care and attention to detail and there's so much truth and sensitivity in her words.

Parts will make your heart cry and others will make it sing !

A great read

4 Solid Stars

Donna
4TLOREADING

4.5 Stars!

JB Salsbury continues to amaze and impress me following her infamous (and once of my personal faves) Fighting series. First she released Split which was absolutely brilliant but Wrecked...different, intriguing, intense, and special. This book was so good and probably my second favorite by her to date...

He's broken, plagued with PTSD. She's on a mission for her sister..a last request. Life for them isn't the easiest but when their world's collide, nothing will ever be the same.

Sawyer and Aden...complications, connection, chemistry. These two were like a tornado and hurricane at times... but this is one storm I would endure again and again. Their journey wasn't perfect and was riddled with hurdles, bumps, and ugliness from the past but with every emotion..every moment..every decision, it was so worth it.

Once I started this book, I simply could not put it down. If you like books with all the feels and a shot to the heart right from the beginning, then try Wrecked today.

I highly recommend this book.

Get ready for a really emotional ride with this one. Obviously from the blurb, you already know some of the subject matter we're dealing with with Aden but it doesn't even scratch the surface with the overall story. Everything about the journey of Sawyer and Aden was laced with some kind of emotion. The story will tug at your heart thru its entirety ... in a very good way. I wouldn't call this book an ugly cry book, but my tears were ready to shed at all times.

Both Aden and Sawyer both have growth journeys in their road to HEA and that makes me really happy. It means that J.B. Salsbury did it right LOL Aden had to work thru his own trauma and Sawyer had to gain inner strength before they could even be what they needed for each other. JB Salsbury accomplished that perfectly and seamlessly. She developed her characters thoroughly and the story unfolded perfectly. I loved every word!

Copy provided for blog tour review

Couldn't love this story... it just didn't hold my attention enough here I truly enjoyed Split just couldn't this one

What a wonderful, emotional and sometimes dark read! The journey of two people, broken in their own ways, trying to find a way to cope in life.

Sawyer Elizabeth Forrester is granting her dying twin sister’s wish. Sawyer is fearful, methodical and cautious. Always making lists, weighing the pros & cons. Very black & white. Very predictable. Her sister Celia is quite the opposite….

My sister left home four days after she turned eighteen, never finishing high school. My parents were furious. She moved from city to city and never settled on one place for longer than a year.

When Celia’s condition worsens she asks Sawyer to go to San Diego and pack up her beach cottage while pretending to be her. Celia doesn’t want her friends to remember her as being sick or come and cry at her bedside. She also wants Sawyer to break free from her controlled methodical ways.

“Life’s too short to let fear keep you from living”

Aden Colt is barely hanging on to civilian life after leaving the Army Special Forces. His uncle Cal left him in charge of his boat and to also watch over his cottages by collecting rent and doing odd repairs.

“Aden came home and he wasn’t the same. He was dead on the inside. He couldn’t get a job, felt useless.”

Aden and Sawyer meet. While they have very hot chemistry together they also have a way of soothing each other. Aden is unaware that Sawyer is really Celia and is trying to reconcile the girl (Celia) in the pictures at her cottage from around the world – running with the bulls, petting lions in Africa –with the sensitive, hesitant woman in front of him.

Aden has his own burdens that he bears as well. Sawyer is his balm and although he seems to get better, he is far from it. This was a beautifully written story. I loved Celia’s spunk, Sawyers doubts and Aden’s emotions.

“Nothing about us makes sense except for what I feel when I’m with you.”

Sawyer was a beautiful woman trapped in a stagnant life of her own making. But life delivers her a twist when her sister makes a strange request framed as a dying wish. An obligation becomes Sawyer's wake-up call, offering her her first taste of freedom and adventure and Aden is there to experience it all with her.

Aden was an honorable soldier dealing with PTSD and survivor's guilt. He's isolated himself from his family and has very few people in his life who mean anything to him. He finds some sort of peace at the bottom of a bottle or at sea. He's definitely not looking to make a lasting impression on anyone or have any sort of meaningful relationship. He's unworthy, at least in his eyes. But Sawyer is the first person who really resonates with him. As hard as they both try to convince themselves to keep it casual, the strength of their feelings just wouldn't quit and they were pulled closer together.

"I may not need him. He may be the worst possible person for me. But I want him in a way I can't even begin to understand."

This was such a sweetly beautiful story. Wrecked gripped me from the start and by the end, I found it hard to let go. It was raw and it was deep. It was a story about life, loss, grief, hope, love, and new beginnings. Ultimately it came down to two broken souls who thankfully found healing and solace and love within one another.

Release Date: July 18, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance
POV: Dual - 1st person
Heat: 3 out of 5
Type: Standalone

2.5 Stars

I expected this book to wreck me but it didn’t really. It was good but I wasn’t gutted like I should have been. I wanted more of a hurt/healing story but Aden’s uncle summed it up pretty well when he said Aden was ‘replacing one addition with another”. It wasn’t until the epilogue that we learn of Aden finally getting help.

I understand Sawyer’s sister’s reasoning for asking what she did – she wanted Sawyer to learn to live…I just didn’t like the way she asked her to do it. I wasn’t a fan of the deception. And honestly, I should have felt more remorse for Celia but she wasn’t a totally likable character.

Aden was such a mess, he’s shut everyone out. I thought for sure what happened with Jenks would start him on the road to recovery but it didn’t. And the scene on July 4th was a bit much…it was completely unbelievable that he would expose himself to fireworks knowing that sound is a huge trigger.

Needless to say, I was pretty disappointed at the potential for hurt/healing that we didn’t get and I didn’t really connect with the characters.

4.5 Stars

I was pulled right into this story. This story has laughs, fun, secrets, pain, and heartbreak.

This is Sawyer and Aden's story. Sawyer was on a mission to fulfill a request from her sister. She needs to go pack up her place and live life to the fullest. Aden has been to hell and survived. He now keeps to himself and that keeps a little peace in his life. But when he meets Sawyer all bets are off. She draws him in while he tries to resist. When the past horrors come back will he be able to deal or will his hell rollover into Sawyer’s life? These two will pull out emotions in you throughout the story.

I connected with these characters and the secondary ones right from the start.

I recommend this book and can't wait to see what this author had in store for us next.

This is my first book by this author and I have mixed feelings. Spoilers in review.

Aden Colt was honorably discharged from the Army several months ago after multiple tours in Afghanistan. He suffers from severe PTSD. He’s drowning it in booze and casual sex. When he first came home, he tried to live close to his sister and parents. When the PTSD hits hard, he decides it would be better if he moves away so he doesn‘t destroy his relationship with them. His uncle owns beach cottages 4 hours away in Dan Diego and offers him a job maintaining them.

Sawyer and Celia Forrester are identical twins. Celia is a grab life by the balls kind of girl. She left home the minute she turned 18 and never looked back. She’s traveled the world and lived life on her terms. Sawyer is OCD, a germaphobe, highly organized, lives life cautiously and became an accountant.

At 24, Celia is dying from brain cancer and she’s come home. She convinces Sawyer to go to San Diego, pretending to be her, to pack up her things and bring them home.

When she arrives, she meets Aden when she can’t find the key Celia told her was hidden on the porch. Both are attracted, both are leery.

Aden is a wounded, broken, lost soul trying to find his place in the world again. My heart broke for him. You could feel his pain and anguish when he woke up from a PTSD episode.

I had trouble with the whole Celia/Sawyer trading places thing. I get Celia wanted to loosen up Sawyer a bit and get her to live a little, but I didn’t find her character very likeable, just selfish and self-centered. How superficial Celia must have been that none of her “friends” knew much about her sister or that she was an identical twin and what she did share was not kind.

Sawyer had to become someone she wasn’t, get past so many fears. She quickly became Aden’s anchor in the storm and Aden pushed her limits.

This story is told in dual POV. We get a lot of talk in their heads. I wanted more between them and to actually see Aden’s healing process and transformation. In the end, love conquers all. Not a bad read, I just wanted more.

I voluntarily read an ARC provided by the publisher and Netgalley.

Wrecked by JB Salsbury was such an incredible read!

JB is an amazing author, whose novels are each unique, detailed and descriptive. Wrecked is absolutely no exception. In fact, Wrecked has quickly become my favourite read from this author.

Aden and Sawyer have a connection that is powerful and real. It is challenging and hard. They must work for their relationship if they want to have one. It is because of these elements, that the novel became so realistic to me. Nothing came easy to them.

I urge everyone to go and pick up this emotional novel today. It is one of the best books I have read this year!

5/5 Stars!

Sawyer, another name I love for a female!! Plus I have an addiction to JB Salsbury books and this one was just as addicting as the rest of them! Whether it’s loss, grief, pain, JB Salsbury writes it so well that you are sucked into the story and are feeling it just as the characters are.

Both Aden and Sawyer have had some sad things in their lives. They meet while both are suffering. But something changes and they’re able to heal each other, or potentially. They both have some very deep issues and hidden truths that they haven’t shared with each other that could break them.

Another JB Salsbury book that sucks you in and leaves you with a total book hangover!

Amazing, gripping tale JB has spun. Definite must read. Wrecked will knock you for a loop.

Wrecked isn't only the title of this book, but it's what it did to my insides. Anyone who's been touched by the spoils of war understands that loving someone who has been personally touched by the dangers of war knows that sometimes this means loving them in a different way. A way that's unique to them and them only.

Wrecked isn't just a story of love. It's a story of sacrifice, learning to live, and taking chances that lead us to those moments that change our lives... especially when we are fearful of every step we take while getting to that moment.

Gut wrenching.
Heartbreaking.
Emotional.
Soul Reaching.

Wrecked left me wrecked to the core... and better for every word I experienced. I don't want to spoil anything about this book, but I do want to tell you, it's different. It's different in the way it made me feel, it's different in the way it made me look at life in a new life.

Aden Colt and Sawyer Forrester are as different as two people could be. But yet, they are drawn to each other. Sawyer is in San Diego for a short amount of time taking care of some personal things. She has plans to get in and out until she meets Aden Colt.

"Because life is beautiful and terrifying," she whispers. "And we deserve to feel it down to our bones."

I think this was the moment I fell in love with this book. The moment my soul was stolen and sucked into the pages of this story where my breaths were shallow and my heart beat fast. The process continued throughout the rest of the book.

'Life can change so quickly and in such abrupt ways that we never get a chance to see it until it's over.' <---- The truth in this hit me right in the heart. I can't even explain this and how it hit me. Life really is full of a million small moments that add up to a lot of larger things. Just like Wrecked, those moments take us from one thing to another and allow us to float like wreckage on a sea.

Oh my goodness, this book was unbelievably incredible. There was so much intensity, so much emotion, I felt it on every page. Sawyer heads to San Diego to pack up her sister's house, when she meets Aden. After losing most of his team in a mission gone bad, Aden keeps to himself on his boat. As the fill-in manager/repairman for his uncle's townhouses, Aden and Sawyer cross paths. They have an instant connection that grows stronger every day they're together. Wrecked had me on the edge of my seat, and also shedding tears. It's definitely a five-star read, and highly recommended.

WOW!!! This book was beautiful!!! I've read a few of JB Salsbury's books, and loved the all, but this one surpasses anything else I've read! It has the perfect blend of hot, sexy guy and a sweet, heart-wrenching story! The characters are well-developed, the story-line was different from anything I've read, and there were numerous times I was either in tears or quite literally laughing out loud. If this was the first book I had ever read by this author, I would definitely be coming back for more!

WRECKED by J.B. Salsbury is a stand alone, contemporary adult, romance story line focusing on twenty four year old Sawyer Forrester , and former US soldier /fisherman Aden Colt.

Told from dual first person points of view (Sawyer and Aden) WRECKED focuses on the building relationship between Sawyer Forrester and Aden Colt. Sawyer’s twin sister Celia is dying-a brain tumor is destroying her life-and she asks one thing of her sister before she dies. Sawyer must return to Celia’s home in San Diego to box up her life but in doing so must pretend to be Celia so as not to worry her neighbors and friends. Enter Aden Colt, the property’s new landlord, and the man with whom Sawyer will fall in love. What ensues is the building love between Sawyer and Aden, and Sawyer’s struggle to keep secret her sister’s dying wish in the face of too many secrets and lies.

WRECKED is a story of secrets, lies, heartbreak and betrayal. Pretending to be her sister Celia, Sawyer finds herself struggling with the truth, and falling in love with a man who believes she is someone else, goes against everything Sawyer believes and observes. Sawyer is the quiet, uptight twin; the one who is afraid to try something new, and lying about her true identity is a struggle for our story line heroine. Aden Colt is a broken man; a soldier who lost everything on his last deployment overseas, and in the ensuing months battles the demons that continue to destroy his mind. Meeting Sawyer (aka Celia) finds our hero accepting what was and what will never be but his PTSD, inability to trust, and growing anxiety threaten his relationship with the woman with whom he is falling in love- a relationship with an end date as Sawyer prepares to pack up and move back home. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Sawyer’s twin sister Celia, their parents Tom and Darlene Forrester, Colt’s uncle Calvin Hurtado, and neighbor/ Vietnam war veteran Jenkins, as well as an assortment of friends and acquaintances of Celia Forrester.

WRECKED is an emotional and heartbreaking story line about one woman’s struggle to step out of her comfort zone as she embarks on her sister’s journey one last time, and one’s man battle with the ghosts from the past. The premise is energetic and moving; the characters are colorful, tragic and animated; the romance is fated and passionate. WRECKED is an intense and tearful story from the pen of author JB Salsbury.

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