Thrown (The Art of Love #1)

Here's Merry Farmer's "Thrown." It's the first novel in her new series, The Art of Love.

["The art of love is falling for your enemy without ruining everything…

Ceramic artist Robbie Hawthorne is dedicated not only to his art, but to keeping the arts center and school housed at his family’s ancestral estate vibrant and flourishing. But when the family runs into financial trouble and a heartless corporation offers to buy the estate to turn it into an amusement park, Robbie has to get creative to try to stop them.

That includes working together with a man he has nothing in common with and who instantly irritates him…

Toby Tillman has fought to overcome his working-class roots and to make a name for himself in the financial world. Now he finds himself pitted against his old mentor in the quest to save the Hawthorne House Arts Center, which is run by exactly the kind of entitled nobs he’s always hated. Worse still, he finds himself constantly hot for Robbie, a man he should utterly despise.

And then comes the road trip and a stay at a hotel with only one bed…

Can two men from opposite sides of the tracks find enough common ground to rescue a family’s heritage? And can enemies end up becoming each other’s salvation?"]

To be honest (which I try to almost always be), I didn't like Toby much in the beginning. He was too stuck on past grievances to see the world in front of him clearly. He was completely biased, and it mucked up his first impressions of the Hawthorne family...and Robbie's first impression of Toby was also ruined.

But like all good novels, our MCs grew and learned and became better people. And a few of the people in their lives ended up not being quite as good and pure as originally believed. 

These two fell pretty damn fast..after they let go of their hostility. It was explosive, even before they let go of their imagined hate. Their chemistry was an almost physical element when they were in the same room together. 

And this family!?!!? I want soooo much more of them. Right now. Like right now.

BUT, I also need to eventually go and read the original Brotherhood series, because the club and members made a few appearances in here. 

Trigger Warnings: feelings of inadequacy, imposter syndrome, anxiety, homophobia, homophobic language, and more.

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