
Goodreads reviewers love†Cruel and Beautiful:
“a romance that will break your heart and melt it at the same time”
“heart-breakingly good”
“This book is about love, the truest and purest kind there is.”
“heartwarming and gut wrenching”
“I haven’t cried so hard over a book in a good while.”
“Beautiful. Simply beautiful.”
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Cate Forbes, a dedicated college student with a carefully plotted future, doesnít know the first thing about love. When she accepts a blind date with a rumored tasty piece of eye candy, she thinks she can get by with a night of fun. Cateís plans quickly unravel when she gets one look at the sexyÖ
Drew McKnight.
The relentless hockey-playing medical resident knows what he wantsóa career in Oncology and Cate. Although heís heard the gorgeous brunette is a little relationship skittish, a single night out isnít what he has in mind. Determined to have heróin every way possibleóhe shows her just what a future with him would hold.
Only life has other plans. The unthinkable happens and everything begins to shatter. Both in too deep, they will have to fight the cruel and hang onto the beautiful.†
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Tracey’s Review
When Cate Forbes meets Drew McKnight, it doesn’t take long for the fairy tale to begin. Attraction quickly turns to love, to a perfect life shared between lovers. Life is beautiful. But when the unthinkable happens, with loss so great that Cate isn’t sure how to go on, the face of her life becomes more cruel than she can bear. Second chances, though, have a way of showing up when least expected.
When I received the synopsis for this book I was not sure that I could read it, because it looked like I would be ugly crying for sure, and, while I like some angst in my books, I really am all about the happily ever after. After hearing that it was an absolute must-read, and would not disappoint, in I went, and am I ever happy that I did. A.M. Hargrove and Terri E. Laine have written a book that is, by turn, joyous, devastating, and life-affirming, and I enjoyed it very much.
Written from Cate’s point of view, CRUEL AND BEAUTIFUL alternates between past and present, from the early days of her burgeoning and passionate relationship with Drew to her current life. Filled with characters that are intelligent, realistic, passionate, and humorous, this is a difficult but very fulfilling book. I was hooked immediately and entirely, and couldn’t stop reading until I got to the end, because I just HAD to see how everything tied together.
There are twists that I cannot give away for fear of ruining the reading experience for anyone, but I will absolutely say that this book should be on your list of books to read this year. 4.5 heartbreaking, uplifting, second-chance stars for CRUEL AND BEAUTIFUL; do yourself a favor and don’t miss this one.
ABOUT A. M. HARGROVE
One day, on her way home from work as a sales manager A. M. Hargrove realized her life was on fast forward and if she didn’t do something soon, it would be too late to write that work of fiction she had been dreaming of her whole life. So she rolled down the passenger window of her fabulous (not) company car and tossed out her leather briefcase. Luckily, the pedestrian in the direct line of fire was a dodge ball pro and had ¸ber quick reflexes enabling him to avoid getting bashed in the head. Feeling a tad guilty about the near miss, A. M. made a speedy turn down a deserted side street before tossing her crummy, outdated piece-of-you-know-what laptop out the window. She breathed a liberating sigh of relief, picked up her cell phone, called her boss, and quit her job. Grinning, she made another call to her hubs and told him of her new adventure (after making sure his heart was beating properly again).
So began A. M. Hargrove’s career as a Naughty and Nice Romance Author.
Her books include Adult, New Adult and Young Adult Romances, including, The Guardians of Vesturon Series (Survival, Resurrection, Determinant, reEmergent, and the novella Beginnings); Dark Waltz and Death Waltz (The Praestani Novels); The Edge Series (Edge of Disaster, Shattered Edge, and Kissing Fire); The Tragic Series (Tragically Flawed and Tragic Desires); Exquisite Betrayal; Dirty Nights: The Novel; and The Hart Brothers Novels (Freeing Her, Freeing Him, and Kestrel).
Please find her at www.amhargrove.com.
ABOUT TERRI E. LAINE
Wife and mother of three, I’ve always been an avid reader. In my early years, my best friend and I would tell each other stories over the phone when we were bored. We called them our “soap operas” and generally revolved around whatever boy we liked at the time.
Over five years ago, I got this crazy idea to write a novel and try to publish it. And the rest is history. This journey has been a blessing, and a dream realized. I look forward to many more memories to come.
Find more about me and social media links at www.terrielaine.com.



Rebecca Rogers Maher writes gritty, realistic stories that push the boundaries of typical contemporary romance — uniting the genre’s explicit sex scenes and happy endings with the crisp, layered prose of literary fiction.



USA Today Bestseller Julie A. Richman is the author of the highly acclaimed NEEDING MOORE SERIES trilogy (SEARCHING FOR MOORE, MOORE TO LOSE & MOORE THAN FOREVER), BAD SON RISING & HENRY’S END. Saddled with the affliction of serious wanderlust, Julie can often be found behind a camera lens in locales from Paris to Alaska.












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