Title: Swift’s Temptation
Series: N/A
Author: J.R. Loveless
Genre: Contemporary
Length: 237 pages
Publisher: Torquere Press (February 16th, 2016)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥5 Hearts
Blurb: Small town farm boy Fagan Swift moves to New York City to escape the suffocating confines of his hometown and, after nine months of job searching, stumbles on a well-paying position at an escort agency. Once there, he meets the most arrogant, infuriating man he’s ever known, Xavier James. The sparks fly from the very moment they meet, igniting a fire between the two men that blazes out of control.
Too much champagne at the company Christmas party finds Fagan waking up in a stranger’s hotel room. Only his hangover is the least of his worries when he finds that the stranger is none other than Xavier, and a call from his best friend, Trinity, sends him winging towards home when his father ends up in the hospital. Blackmail and lust follow swiftly on Fagan’s heels and he has no choice but to give into Xavier’s demands to be his lover. His father’s life depends on it.
Can Fagan survive long enough to untangle the web of blackmail Xavier has woven around him or will it drag his soul down into the darkness threatening to consume him?
This was previously published by Silver Publishing.
ISBN: 978-1-94449-33-9
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Reviewer: Lisa
Review: When I first started reading this book I wasn’t sure if I wanted to finish it. In fact I was not only angry but in tears at how a man can treat another with such hatred. However the further on the story went and I realized there was something in the past that made him react the way he did.
This story is quite different from the ones I normally read, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I have read one other book by this author and love the world she creates. This story showed me something so different that I was caught off guard by it, but it also talks of pain so deep that you change who you are over time and how hard it is to get your true self back. There is nothing paranormal happening here. I am talking about overcoming your past.
Fagan’s mother passed away when he was twelve years old, and it seems that his father has never been happy with him ever since. Not when he told him he was gay, nor how he didn’t want to take over the farm, or that he was moving to New York to learn how to be an artist. He felt the pain of feeling like nothing he ever did was good enough for anyone.
His best friend had moved with him and things were looking up. He ended up in a job he would have never expected, by getting run over by a dog. He was now working for an escort service where you provided the dreams of people, but no sex was involved. Thank god because the man was gay. However thinks started going downhill when the owner’s cousin took an instant hate towards him.
Xavier had been hurt by a boyfriend a few years ago and it made him bitter and mean. So when he sees Fagan and is attracted to him, he started hating the man. Treating him like a common whore. However time went past and he realized he totally screwed up. He had a lot of things to fix and one of them was the heart of the man he has fallen in love with.
This story was one of the best I have ever read and I wished I could give it a higher rating than just a five. It actually made me feel something so deep that I had to take a deep breath after reading it. It shows the darkness to Xavier’s soul over time and how much pain he could give to someone. Then it shows what he will do to fix what he has done wrong. It shows how much pain Fagan goes through and what it takes to have forgiveness in one’s heart.
This is one story that I would definitely recommend it.
It was more powerful than even I could have expected. I truly loved it and can’t wait to see what other stories this amazing author has out.
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