Emma Hartley

The Beauty of Fragile Things Emma Hartley

Margot DeWitt had it all-a gorgeous home, a lucrative career, and the love of her sweet,
handsome husband, a renowned heart surgeon. When everything she's taken for granted as a
solid foundation in her life is destroyed in a single instant, Margot comes undone. Nearly a year
later, although her physical wounds have healed, Margot's heart is still broken. She is a ghost,
mired in grief, questioning the purpose of her life.

Chase Goodwin owns the tattoo shop next door to the bar Margot has begun to frequent.
After their volatile introduction, Chase and Margot embark on a tenuous working relationship.
Intuitively, Chase understands Margot's fragility, for he's experienced a devastating loss of his
own. As their relationship deepens, Margot slowly begins to reclaim her identity as a creative,
strong, resilient woman.

When Margot is ultimately confronted by the full extent of her loss, something she has
subconsciously buried in order to protect her own sanity, she faces her hardest test yet. Can
Margot honor her lost loved ones by embracing her own survival or will her heart remain
paralyzed, bound to her pa