A Boy Called Rainbow

Not sure if it was the title or the cover art or what the got me, but I was got. This one is "A Boy Called Rainbow" by Robin Knight.

["Love comes in all colors…

Art evaluator Miles Tate is finally about to start living his dream… that is if he can get the funding in place to open his own art gallery in New York. It’s something that he and his partner Damon have been planning for years, so when an unexpected turn of events finds every one of Miles’ perfectly-planned dreams turned upside-down, it’s time to escape Manhattan and reluctantly take up a well-paid job in the tiny seaside town of Hope’s Bluff, Georgia. For Miles, it’s his only chance to make some money, claw back what little dignity he has left, and figure out what the hell to do with his life.

But evaluating the art collection of a deceased estate isn’t made easy by the grandson of the dearly departed artist in question… a hot-tempered, hotter-than-hell young man whose secrets run deep and passions run raw.

Can Miles finish the job he’s been paid to do… or will two opposites find that they have more in common than they first imagined? Can the pair of them find the strength in each other to rebuild their lives… or will the traumas of their pasts drive them both away? Will Miles turn his back on the handsome, hurt, artistic genius he’s stumbled upon… or will he finally find true love in the arms of a Boy Called Rainbow?"]

This book was soooooo worth staying up late on a work night!! It was beautiful and poetic and karmic justice-y and found family and first loves and last loves and lost loves and bullies getting what they deserve.

Miles wasn’t perfect. The first chapter, he didn’t deserve a lot of that, though his bullies made a few interesting points. Points he didn’t understand until he met Rainbow. Rainbow was used to hiding his shine and his colors and himself away to save himself, until his safety was being threatened by the one thing who promised him even more.

I spent the last chapter or two giggling manically. Again, so worth the lack of sleep. ;)

Trigger Warnings: bullies, homophobia, asshole parents, asshole brothers, neglect, and more

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