Pretty Mess

Here's Lily Morton's latest: "Pretty Mess." 

["Kiss him, sleep with him, but don’t ever fall in love with him.

The first time Wes Archer steps into Jack of Clubs, an exclusive London pleasure club, he’s completely confident he can heed the tried-and-true advice about becoming an escort. Wes gives himself away for free with casual hookups all the time. Why not make some cash doing what he already loves? And cash is something he desperately needs. His brother’s gambling addiction has taken their family’s home, saddled Wes with insurmountable debts, and compromised his chances for finishing his degree.

Accepting an offer to spend a few hours of fun with a rich bloke will be a simple business transaction, right?

Wrong.

Wes’s first client is Cormac Reilly. The handsome billionaire is grumpy, funny, and commanding in a way that unlocks desires Wes never knew he had. Cormac is icily determined to keep their arrangement strictly business, but that doesn’t stop Wes from finding him fascinating.

As their one-night contract becomes something much more, Wes can’t deny he’s falling for his client. He knows he’s flouting all the rules, but breaking down Cormac’s barriers is an irresistible challenge, and his reward might be the best prize of all — love."]

Wes somehow manages to be adorable as hell, totally endearing in every chaotic way aaannnddd a disastrous foot-in-mouth, second-hand-embarrassment-filled hot mess. We're all wondering what Cormac saw in him initially, including Cormac (especially Julian--speaking of Julian, he (and Fox?) better fucking get his own book). 

Lily Morton is so fucking good at the "falling in love but not talking about it" trope. Add in all of the hurt-comfort, the sweetness, the spiciness, the secrets coming to light and almost ruining everything? God, I cried a lot in this book. But I knew I would; at 20% in, I knew this book was wreck me.

And it was a glorious and beautiful wreck. A pretty mess.

Trigger Warnings: on-page sexual assault, violence, discussion of childhood trauma, side-character with gambling addiction, and more.

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