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A Love That Broke Us by Erin Cornia—brought to life through a powerful, emotionally charged duet audio performance by Lucy Rivers and Corvin King—is a raw, devastatingly beautiful contemporary romance that serves as the gripping first installment in The Broken & Bound Duet.
Book Description
Alley Evans has never met anyone like Jensen Adams. He’s confident, funny, and makes her feel like a million bucks. She falls fast, and hard. In no time, he becomes her favorite person. Her safe place. The man she wants forever with.
Their love story is easy. Effortless.
Until one day, it’s not.
Now, five years later, they’re fighting for the love that once held them together, and now threatens to break them apart.
A Love That Broke Us is a raw, emotional story about addiction, resilience, and what it means to fight for a love that once came easy—and what it takes to let go. Because sometimes, you have to lose the thing you love most to save yourself.
This is Book One of a duet and ends on a cliffhanger.
A Love That Broke Us is Book One in The Broken & Bound Duet. The conclusion, A Love That Saved Us, is Book Two of this duet.
This duet is interconnected with the Chicago Series (ALTBU is Book Three).
The Chicago books are complete standalones and do not need to be read to enjoy A Love That Broke Us, though the crossover characters may enrich the reading experience.
Recommended reading orders can be found on my website.
Content and Trigger warnings: strong language, Explicit romance scenes, on page drug and alcohol use, on page anxiety and withdrawal symptoms.
About Erin Cornia
Erin is a contemporary romance author who thrives on crafting love stories that are as complex and nuanced as real life. She’s passionate about building deep connections between her characters, creating stories that make readers feel every heartbeat, every laugh, and every tear. Her novels are designed to stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page, reminding you of the magic and messiness of love.
When she's not writing, you’ll find her exploring new destinations, hitting the pickleball courts, diving into a great book, or spending time with her family. A coffee enthusiast to the core, she also lives for quiet mornings with a fresh cup and a new idea brewing. Erin lives in Austin, Texas, with her incredibly supportive husband, their two children, and two adorable mini goldendoodles. She’s on a mission to bring unforgettable romance to her readers, one story at a time.
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My Thoughts
A Love That Broke Us by Erin Cornia—brought to life through a powerful, emotionally charged duet audio performance by Lucy Rivers and Corvin King—is a raw, devastatingly beautiful contemporary romance that serves as the gripping first installment in The Broken & Bound Duet.
The story introduces Alley Evans, a woman who has known profound loss and trauma, having lost her mother to cancer and watched her father battle alcoholism. Because of her past, Alley made a vow to never entangle her life with addiction. That unwavering boundary is tested when she meets Jensen Adams under the most unusual of circumstances—coming out of anesthesia. Confident, funny, and instantly magnetic, Jensen becomes Alley’s safe place, her favorite person, and the man she wants a forever with, while Jensen finds himself completely captivated by her. Their initial romance is easy, effortless, and all-consuming, making them feel utterly unbreakable. However, life takes a heartbreaking turn when addiction creeps in without warning. Five years later, the once-effortless love story has turned into an agonizing battle. As addiction slowly shatters Jensen and tests every fiber of Alley’s deeply rooted fears and boundaries, the narrative unflinchingly explores the devastating reality of loving someone through an illness that distorts everything in its path. Dealing with visceral pain, high-stakes emotional turbulence, and the terrifying question of whether love and connection are enough to pull someone back from the dark, the novel does not shy away from the harsh truths of grief, resilience, and knowing when letting go is necessary to save oneself. Serving as Book One of an interconnected series that links to the author's Chicago books, the novel concludes on a powerful, tear-inducing cliffhanger that leaves readers desperate for the emotional resolution promised in the duet's conclusion, A Love That Saved Us.
Cornia delivers an unforgettable masterpiece that handles heavy, sensitive themes with profound honesty, compassion, and intense psychological realism. The narrative pulls no punches in depicting how addiction shatters not just the individual, but everyone who loves them, capturing raw scenes of unraveling and heartbreak that linger in the mind long after the final page. Alley is a brilliantly resilient and sympathetic heroine, while Jensen's magnetic charm and tragic descent make their bond both breathtaking to witness and excruciating to watch fracture.
Lucy Rivers and Corvin King elevate the entire audiobook experience with a phenomenal, deeply affecting duet performance. Rivers captures Alley’s vulnerability, strength, and visceral fear with shattering precision, while King brings magnetic warmth, charm, and raw emotional depth to Jensen. Heart-wrenching, beautifully written, and profoundly moving, A Love That Broke Us is a five-star triumph that wrecks you in the best possible way and demands to be experienced.
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