I canNOT get enough of fairytales and retellings and princes. Here's Hayden Hall's latest: "Beauty and the Billionaire." Its the third novel in his new series: The Boys of Hudson Burrow.
["My life was just fine until he came down from his ivory tower.
Sure, I lived my days hiding deep in the closet, but I got to see all the beautiful guys in Neon Nights whenever I delivered fresh produce from my father’s store. And maybe I didn’t have enough time to read all the books in the world the way I would have liked. And maybe sharing one small room with three siblings wasn’t ideal. But that was the best we could do.
Until a man with wolfish eyes and a sinful smirk came to our little home and demanded that my father settle an old debt. He was going to ruin what little happiness we built for ourselves in Hudson Burrow.
The only thing I could do was offer my work in exchange for my father’s mounting debts. I would go with Dominic Blackthorn to his secluded mansion, and I would work off the debt no matter how long it took.
But real life is never so simple.
Dominic is a cruel and emotionless man with nothing but disdain for those around him. And the longer I am there, the clearer it Dominic’s appetites extend beyond amassing his wealth. He wants the one thing he can never have. He wants me. And to be wanted like that stirs something new in me.
How long can I live with this heartless man before I start seeing something good in him? How long before he lets himself act on this impulse?
I want to resist him, even if I see disarming warmth in his handsome smile."]
This book was beautiful and devastating. And soooo poetic in the way it continued to break my heart, repair it with some sweet words and swoony thoughts, and then break my heart again.
Like the other books in this series, Hayden took the original fairy tale and turned it on its head. There was boring life, threats, guilt, sacrifices, trust, broken trust, taking chances, falling in love..and breaking y heart (did I mention that already--because both of them were torturous in their feelings and standing by what they believe). But there wasn't any dramatic storm of the castle or wolves lurking in the forest or a hot-headed rival for the MC love-interest (or talking furniture or dancing dish ware).
I'm not sure if this is the end of the Boy of Hudson Burrow, of if we have more HEAs to look forward to, but this series was beautiful.
Trigger Warnings: mentions of past abusive parenting, mentions of homophobia, and more.
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