Torn Canvas
Written by Donna K. Weaver
Narrated by Tristan Hunt
4/5
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About this audiobook
Even a hero needs rescuing sometimes …
Modern-day pirates took more than Jori Virtanen’s friends; they stole his face. Not only does the twenty-four-year-old former model have to confront months of reconstructive surgery, he discovers his previous life was as superficial as his looks. Up-and-coming talk show host Olivia Howard wants an interview. She, like the rest of the press, expects a hero, but Jori knows the truth. His beauty masks a beast.
In seclusion and evading the press, Jori struggles to make a new life as an artist. But he can’t hide from himself; more than his face is damaged. How can Jori possibly make amends for all that he’s broken? When Olivia finally tracks him down, he must decide if he can trust her. Could this unlikely woman be a key to freeing his heart and healing the beast?
Books in the Safe Harbors Series
- A Change of Plans (#1)
- Torn Canvas (#2)
- Swing Vote (#3)
- The Widow and the Professor (#4)
- Whispers of Forever (#5)
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Reviews for Torn Canvas
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a fascinating look at a man with a painful past--both recent past and further past.
Jori Virtanen, twenty-four-year-old model, has had a life-changing experience: While on a cruise with new friends, he and those friends are captured by pirates. Jori, used to being the handsome, superficial model making no commitments, is a leader in overcoming the pirates.
In the process, his perfect face is slashed open, and he faces months of reconstructive surgery with no expectation that he can ever return to modeling. He needs to set a new course in life. What he decides to do is pursue the art that has been relegated to hobby status in the interest of making money from his own looks.
Jori has set out on a journey of self-discovery and reinvention. In the process, he has to confront both the painful experiences that led him to live his home in Finland at eighteen, and his own shallow, manipulative behavior since then.
Weaver makes it easy for us to connect with Jori and root for him, as well as many of the people around him--his friends and fellow survivors from the cruise; Anna Knosp, who rents him an apartment and lets him study art created by her famous late father; Olivia Howard, the talk show host who is fascinated by Jori not just because of his recent heroism, but also because of an old incident Jori thinks no one knows about.
I got to really know and care about these characters.
Recommended.
I received a free electronic copy of this book, and am reviewing it voluntarily. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really enjoyed both the story and the narrator (I listened to it). He added a lot of personality to Jori by just the tone of his voice. I might have a little bit of a crush. ;)
Aside from loving the voice, I was constantly interested in how this story would unfold. It held my attention throughout. I love redemption stories, and particularly those of the beauty and the beast type. My only complaint is that I wish the cover better portrayed how good of a story it is!