Again, who needs to read ARCs that are due soon (or even things on my (always growing) TBR piles) when you can read an ARC that you were just approved for? Because, when I read Fifer Rose's blurb on her new novel "Textual Confusion," I knew it was an immediate read.
["I need you tomorrow.
Same time and place as last week. Who dis?
Did I f*ck you stupid last time? You know.
Between barely scrapping by financially and dealing with a stalker ex-boyfriend, Asher’s life was already problematic enough before randomly receiving a string of texts from an unknown number in the middle night.
He should have just done what a normal person would do and ignore them.
But since when had Asher ever been normal? Besides, based on the not-quite-nudes the guy sent, he was clearly hot.
Against his better judgment, Asher responds – which doesn’t take long to devolve into depraved sexting.
He wasn’t expecting the man to Venmo him an eye-popping amount of cash for his trouble. (Not that he ever got the money. The guy didn’t know who he was – or that he was even another man, for that matter.)
That should have been the end of it. Except they keep texting. And, like the utter moron he is, it doesn’t take long for Asher to catch feelings.
Honestly, he ought to know better than to fall for rich assholes by now.
(Otherwise known as how Asher Kodet, twenty-three-year-old baker extraordinaire, becomes the accidental sugar baby of Markus Kingston, richest, meanest – but actually the frickin’ sweetest – billionaire CEO in all of Seattle.)"]
I looooove the format in here, so much texting. There's also a series of imbedded pictures, though those aren't available on the ARC (which I getttttt, but it also kinda sucks (I want to see those thirst traps, too)).
These two. My fucking god. These two. I can't. I loved them sooooo much!!! D:
The only person who didn't realize that Markus was GONE for Asher the moment they met (possibly sooner) was Asher. And no matter how many times his friends (or Markus) reassured him, Asher still let his insecurities get to him. Granted, Markus wasn't the best at verbal communication either, so..
These two were adorable as hell. Yes, the entire novel was trope-y, but it was beautiful and steamy and utterly perfect. Like Pretty Women had a baby with Cinderella and then you ruled it in sugar. That was this book.
Trigger Warnings: MC recently out of a controlling relationship, stalking and physical aggression an ex, past drug addiction, past child neglect, feelings of inadequacy, and more.
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