Fragile Lives (Little Hope Series #4) by Ariana Cane - Used Carol Windley and Elend Venture

and Elend Venture

she wants nothing more than to escape from her own troubled marriage and start anew

and about what she’s willing to do to truly make a difference

The rules are no feelings and no one ever finds out

Many thought it was preposterous: Alexandrina — Drina to her family — had always been tightly controlled by her mother and her household

Fragile Lives (Little Hope Series #4) by Ariana Cane - Used Carol Windley and Elend VentureYoure the only thing holding me together. And they all know that. Leila I was born in this small town, and I knew one day, no matter what I did to prevent it, Id die here, alone. What I didnt account for was my brothers mysterious, dark, damaged friend coming to town and making his way into everyones hearts. But his years serving in the Navy seem to cause him a different level of damage that no one else sees: one that hides on the inside and scars