Broken

#1 Essence bestselling author Patricia Haley takes sibling rivalry to a shocking new level as one man tries to heal his broken family in this compelling series based on popular biblical stories.

Don Mitchell is certain the Lord has a plan for him to reconcile his family, when his younger half brother, Joel, suddenly resigns as CEO of their father’s company. The gesture comes after Joel has nearly sent the enterprise into bankruptcy. Don’s first order of business as newly appointed head of DMI is to bring his estranged older sister home. It isn’t easy. Tamara has been running from the past for years. But once she is home, she plans to claim her rightful place in the multimillion-dollar family ministry—no matter what it takes or who gets hurt. Joel, meanwhile, is regretting his decision to step down and is doing everything in his power to resume his path to greatness. As Don finds himself waist-deep in the corporate mess Joel left behind, his love life is also in flux. He must balance a complicated friendship with Abigail, his right-hand woman at DMI, with a budding romance involving his beautiful business partner in South Africa. Just as Don begins to realize that forgiving and forgetting may be his greatest weapon, a terrifying ordeal rocks the family to its core, and they must turn to God and to one another for the answers.

**

Review

“Haley showcases how God’s word can be misinterpreted with greed, lust, and selfishness.” —RAWSISTAZ™ on Chosen

“A stunning accomplishment! Lisa Jones captures the wild beauty of the Wind River Reservation, the pathos and joy of the Arapahos who live there, and the remarkable life of a modern-day medicine man. All of this while on a healing journey into the broken places of her own heart.”

– Margaret Coel, author of Blood Memory

“A beautifully written, heart wrenching journey into the depths of the soul. A tale of mystery, courage, and love between men, women and horses.”

-- Jim Fergus, author of One Thousand White Women and The Wild Girl

“Arapaho elder Stanford Addison is the most wonderful of heroes - and Jones is exactly the guide to bring him to us."

--Alexandra Fuller, author of The Legend of Colton H. Bryant and Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

"Intrepid only begins to describe Lisa Jones, who goes to admirable and adventuresome lengths to take the measure of a singular American spirit.”

—Ted Conover, author of The Routes of Man and Newjack

“[Lisa Jones] has a knack for describing events, people, and scenery so well that the reader can almost taste the weak, sugary coffee and feel the oppressive heat of the ceremonial sweat lodge.”

-- Library Journal (starred review).

“It is the rare non-Native writer who can gain access to the hearts of Native people to share their stories; rarer still is the non-Native writer who tells those stories with both a clear eye and a compassionate heart. Lisa Jones has not only succeeded on both counts, she has offered us a story of a man, a people, and the bond between human and animal that will touch the heart of any reader...What a fine book.”

--Kent Nerburn, author of Neither Wolf nor Dog and The Wolf at Twilight

"BROKEN is about life loving us all equally and connecting us to spiritual responsibility. If you don’t read BROKEN, you are missing out!"

Tiokasin Ghosthorse – Host of First Voices Indigenous Radio, WBAI NY.

“I love this book... a harrowing and ecstatic journey of mind, body and soul—so beautifully told that the reader is not just transfixed but transformed.”

--Abigail Thomas, author of A Three Dog Life

“Jones locates herself beautifully in a story that is hers and not hers. This is her first book. We look forward to the next.” – Los Angeles Times

“A great endeavor; a beautiful and powerful tale. I would treat myself to BROKEN, relishing the language, and like a woman with the best dark chocolate red chile fudge, I would savor its pages.”

-- Winona LaDuke, Anishinaabe activist and author of All our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life and Recovering the Sacred: the Power of Naming and Claiming

"BROKEN makes me proud to be who I am, a Northern Arapaho from the Wind River Reservation."

-- Sterling Charles Blindman, Northern Arapaho, 10th Grade, Wyoming Indian High School

"An incredible and soul-moving account of a Northern Arapaho’s own healing journey, and his impact on others. Nowhere else will you find such an inspirational and uplifting book that reveals the power of the unlimited healing force that is present, and the startling results it will produce when used to serve and help others.”

--Angeles Arrien, author of The Four-Fold Way

About the Author

PATRICIA HALEY is the award-winning, Essence bestselling author of Nobody’s Perfect, Blind Faith, Still Waters, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, and No Regrets. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Chicago.  She lives is in Pennsylvania with her husband and daughter.