Breaking Perfect

Blurb:
Dr. and Mrs. Mason Davis appear to have the perfect life, but looks can be deceiving. Liberty isn’t perfect, far from it, yet everyday she strives to be the ideal wife. It was love at first sight for Mason, despite all the challenges living with someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder might face. And from the moment Liberty gave him her heart, he knew he was meant to keep her safe. Mason accepts that Liberty is flawed, even when she does not. He endeavors to keep life as orchestrated as possible for his wife, but when his ex-lover, Sean, shows up unannounced, Mason loses a bit of his ever present control and cracks begin to show in his perfect life.

Liberty’s just right, carefully ordered world begins to unravel when she falls for the man who is in love with her husband. When what she wants is the antithesis of perfect, she struggles with her desires, and fears she may break. But breaking may be the only thing that can set Liberty free.

A beautifully told, psychological tale that redefines the meaning of perfect and breaks all the rules of love.

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Beverly’s Review:
Wow. This is the second of Lydia Michaels’ books I have read and I sure wish I’d found her sooner.

This is a riveting tale of a woman and her husband that have found peace and love despite her background of child abuse and her sinking into a world that she’s needs to have perfect in order to cope. Mason cherishes her love and the pampering she gives him. Mason rejoices in the love they share as he has known heartbreak, when the man he gave his heart to, turned around and left him because he was ashamed to love another man. OCD defines Liberty’s world and the love and understanding from Mason makes her world perfect as all she wants is to be perfect for him. The brilliance of detailing the love and the way Mason and Liberty deal with her OCD is riveting.

Little things can make Liberty’s world start to crumble. A surgeon, Mason always worries when he has to leave Liberty alone. While at work the man Mason loved, shows up at his door to be greeted by Liberty. While Liberty knows she has a problem and the only way to relieve it is to hurt herself, Sean brings another dynamic into their lives. In Sean, Liberty finds another man who is willing to live with her ‘quirks’. As Sean and Mason admit their love is still there, Mason makes no excuses and lets Sean know that Liberty will always come first. He saved her, but she also saved him when he was drowning in heartbreak.

Sean’s feelings for Mason are still hard for him to admit. When Liberty and Mason invite him into their lives, Sean can’t deal with it. But Mason and Liberty need Sean and they know it. They just need him to realize that he needs them too.

The dynamics between the characters are mind blowing. The feelings for each character are well written and not overdone. Breaking Perfect is a perfect blend of a subject I never thought could be made into a romance, and a hot steamy one at that! From the first paragraph I was like what the hell? and I couldn’t put it down. I know from now on any books by Lydia Michaels won’t get opened until the weekend, when I don’t have to worry about getting up!