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Emma  Hartley

The Beauty of Fragile Things

Romance

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 past?

Book Bubbles from The Beauty of Fragile Things

The Choice

In this scene, Margot is going to see what kind of design Chase has made for her tattoo. When she walks into the shop, however, she realizes how far from her comfort level this is. She watches him work on another man's tattoo and it brings her back to a moment with her husband Kevin. Margot's tenuous hold on the present in this scene is meant to reflect how strong the pull of her old life is. It's a current that keeps threatening to drag her under, even as she desperately seeks to move on.

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