How is it that you can absolutely love a book that broke your heart? That had you ugly sobbing, reaching for tissues as you just wanted to reach in and comfort the characters as much as you wanted the comfort for yourself. Well, Nikki Ash did, and I was. She broke my heart, I loved the book, and I sobbed. Then I was comforted, and I felt so much love for the characters, and still so much love for the book. Unbroken Promises, what a winning formula Nikki Ash has put together between these pages. You will see it labelled as MFM/MF and MM, but, do not mistake this for erotica in any form. Yes it’s H O T, *fanning myself, seriously*, but, there are emotions on so many levels. Emotions literally soak the virtual pages of this book! This is an amazing story of Cole, Delilah and Xander. They became the very best of friends at 12, and have stuck pretty much together since then, and I hesitate to talk too much about the plot for fear of giving away spoilers, but, I can tell you what I loved about it, and say that these three characters are nothing short of beautiful in their own right. Xander and Cole came to be foster brothers after tragic childhood circumstances, and live locally to Delilah. She’s living through a sombre and challenging childhood of her own, something neither a child nor their parents should ever have to deal with, and the two boys become the stalwarts of support that she needs them to be. I especially loved Cole and his heavy sense of accepting fate and that things happen for a reason, that sometimes there are sh!t things happening in life that could still lead to a promise of something better. He is really an optimist. Trouble is, he also continually looks back to a childhood promise he made, and almost risks their entire futures when he can’t seem to move forward. So many times we read of parents who will stop at nothing to control their children. Not so Delilah’s parents, John and Joanne. They are the heroes in this book. Their unconditional love is beautiful, inspiring, and amazing. There was so much adversity facing them as parents in this book, and they shone like stars. I loved them. I did receive an early copy of this book, but, I loved it so much that I had to buy my own. I don’t believe that I can write words well enough to convince readers that Unbroken Promises is a story that is anabsolute MUST-READ. It’s quite a big read, and deserves every one of it’s 5 Stars. Seriously.