Not sure WHAT I'm really in the mood to read, but I suppose crossing something off an older TBR list is better than nothing? Here is Onley James's "Intoxicating." It's the first novel in her Elite Protection Services series.
["What he really lacks is discipline.
LINCOLN HUDSON has just been handed the easiest job in the world. Babysit the spoiled son of a conservative senator, keep him out of trouble, and receive a six-figure paycheck. A paycheck he desperately needs. Wyatt’s father claims he needs Linc’s firm hand and discipline. One look at him and Linc agrees. Wyatt needs discipline.
Being the closeted gay son of a family values senator has left WYATT EDGEWORTH with a reckless streak and a love of partying that just cost him eight months of his life and might cost his father his re-election. So now, he has a babysitter. A very sexy babysitter.
When Wyatt drunkenly tells Linc he’d make an excellent Daddy, they reach an understanding. Wyatt gets a Daddy and Linc gets a paycheck, then they go their separate ways. For this to work, discretion is key, but with a reporter dogging Wyatt’s every move, that might prove impossible.
Staying together was never an option, but with each passing day, their feelings only grow. Will they risk it all for what’s supposed to be a harmless fling?"]
I'm not sure why it took my soooo long to read this book. I bought it almost two years ago. After I binged Onley's "Necessary Evil's" series, I should have gone straight here. It's the perfect balance of dark (minus the murder boyfriends--boo) and personal-demons (check the trigger warnings below, please) and obsession and devotion and fluff and love (and not knowing you're in love until you're already neck-deep in it).
Wyatt is the exact opposite of what his father describes him to be, the exact opposite of what the world sees him as. It took Linc a while to let down his own judgements and first-impressions to see the read him, but when he did? There was no going back. Not for either of them.
GAH! I can't wait for the rest of the series (or binging Onley's whole backlist instead of reading stuff on my TBR).
Trigger Warnings: suicide attempts, self-harm, past sexual abuse, past trauma, PTSD, past and present physical abuse, talk of past conversion "therapy", toxic af parents, and more.
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