Shattered [Paperback]

Ryan Steel is known in Snow Creek as the handsomest Steel brother with the most jovial personality. Now that his busy grape harvest and winemaking season is over, he's happy to spend time with his family and help his brothers, Talon and Jonah, celebrate their impending nuptials. The Steels are taking a well-deserved break from the conspiracy surrounding them...until an unlikely woman and a long-buried secret shatter Ryan's world.

Detective Ruby Lee has been on her own since she was fifteen. When her past collides with the Steel family's mysteries, she's determined to find the truth. She has her own issues, and she's not looking for a relationship, despite her all-consuming attraction to Ryan Steel. The gorgeous dark-haired man gets under her skin anyway...and he needs her.

Together they explore both of their histories, but those pasts could cost them a future.Steel Brothers Saga featured in the 2/27/17 Publishers Weekly issueShattered eARC was available on NetGalley starting as of 7/5/17. Ms. Hardt weaves magic with her keyboard and what remains is a beautifully written first installment about two people who are broken but not destroyed... How Hardt weaves the past with the present, while keeping the reader guessing about the secrets the brothers barricade from others, is flawless. Made my heart stop in my chest. Helen has given us such a heartbreakingly beautiful series.Steel Brothers Saga featured in the Ingram BEA AdvanceShattered and the Steel Brothers Saga was featured in a Library Journal Sweepstakes promotion during Summer 2017.Shattered release featured in a series of email blasts that went out to targeted 75k opt-in subscribers on release day.