BROKEN

J.L. DRAKE

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GENRE

ROMANCE CRIME DRAMA

  • Romance
  • Drama
  • Action
  • Suspense

Core Theme

KIDNAPPING, LOVE, BETRAYAL

TIME PERIOD

Contemporary

COMPARABLE TITLES

50 SHADES OF GREY, TAKEN

CHARACTER LIST

• SAVANNAH MILLER: 28. LEAD. THE MAYOR’S DAUGHTER, WHO GETS KIDNAPPED. BEAUTIFUL, FRAGILE, SOPHISTICATED, OBEDIENT.

• COLE LOGAN: 30. SPECIAL FORCES, STRONG. BECOMES SAVANNAH’S PROTECTOR AND LOVER. CONFIDENT, HEROIC, MASCULINE

Brief

When the daughter of a powerful New York politician is kidnapped, she falls in love with the elite military man who rescues her and keeps her safe.

What We Liked

- Intriguing story elements;
- Beautiful setting;
- Strong female lead;
- The kidnapping and rescue by secret and elite special forces along with the suspense pending the motive of the kidnapping make for a compelling concept;
- The heavy romance softens the plot to appeal to a largely female audience that may have been less interested in the story without it;
- Potential franchise or series opportunity;
- Military action sequences filled with human moments – not just straight violence.

Synopsis

Savannah Miller, the 28 year old daughter of New City Mayor Doug Fox, is kidnapped and held captive in a remote cabin in Mexico. After a grueling seven months, she is ready to give up, but is finally rescued by an elite group of United States military special forces.

She is taken to a secret sanctuary called Shadows that is owned and operated by the Logan family on behalf of the United States’ military. The special forces live in the large home before deployment on special missions investing the Mexican cartels. The facility is also used to rehabilitate rescued kidnap victims.

Savannah is nursed back to health by a caring mother figure called Abigail. Once she is ready to speak and work on trusting people again, Savannah meets the man who carried her out of her ordeal: Cole Logan. Cole sees himself as Savannah’s personal protector and as she works on her rehabilitation, she starts to form a romantic bond with him. As they fall in love, he carries out his military duties, but always leaves Savannah in the capable hands of those at Shadows.

As more is learned about Savannah’s kidnapping, it’s clear that her captors were blackmailing her father for an unknown reason. It’s soon revealed that a particularly nasty kidnapper called The American is in love with Savannah, spared her life and will stop at nothing to get her back. This raises the stakes for Cole and his team and they travel to Mexico in search of him.

Things go awry, several of the soldiers are wounded and Cole is kidnapped. Meanwhile, Savannah, left in the care of Cole’s mother, Sue, learns that she is pregnant. When she gets news that Cole has been taken, she leans on Sue for support--but when a video showing Cole’s presumed death arrives, it is more than she can take. She passes out and when she awakes in the hospital, she has lost her baby and feels like she has no more reason to live.

Back at Shadows, Mark, Cole’s best friend, reviews the footage of Cole’s murder. It’s implied that he survived as the book ends.

About The Author

International best seller J.L. Drake, born and raised in Nova Scotia, later relocated to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children.