RELEASE TOUR- Pretty Mess by Lily Morton
Length: 123,000 words
Series: standalone
Prior Reading: n/a
Genre: contemporary
Tropes: Escort and first client, hurt/comfort, grumpy/sunshine, taciturn billionaire
Trigger/Content Warnings: On page sexual assault, discussion of childhood trauma
Designer: Natasha Snow
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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.
From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a passionate love story set in London and Paris about two astonishingly different men and one very pretty mess.
Please see the disclaimer at the beginning of the book for content some readers may find triggering.
EXCERPT:
His voice is so soft when he speaks that I almost don’t hear him. “Can I tell you something?”
I force my eyes open. He’s watching me, his face set and eyes busy with calculation.
“You can tell me anything,” I say with honesty.
“Promise me you won’t tell anyone else,” he says, and something about both the fierceness and vulnerability in his voice touches me.
“I promise,” I say, meaning it. “You can trust me.”
He relaxes at what he sees in my face. “Aren’t you wondering how I can afford to live here?”
I raise an eyebrow. “Not really. Wondering about you has been a bit low on my list compared to homelessness and a credit score that’s now lower than a fucking aardvark’s.” I sit up. “But now you mention it, I am a bit curious. Do your parents own it?”
“Hardly.” His lips twist into a naughty smirk. “I’m a whore.”
The silence is absolute in the room for a few seconds. I’d feel less shocked if he’d brained me with a brick. I shift on the sofa. “Sorry? What did you just say?”
Maybe I misheard him.
He shrugs. “I’m a whore.”
Nope. No mishearing.
I hesitate. “Should you be saying that?” I finally say tentatively. “It’s a bit of a derogatory word.”
He stares at me. “Are you actually sitting there telling a whore that he can’t call himself that?”
I shrug. “Well, yeah. It’s not very nice. What about sex worker?”
“What has niceness got to do with me taking dick for money?” I snort, and he adopts a thoughtful look. “I don’t like sex worker. It makes me sound like I have a clocking-in card.” His eyes twinkle. “Maybe I have a cocking-in card.”
about the author:
Lily lives in sunny England with her husband and two children, all of whom claim that they haven’t had a proper conversation with her since she bought her first Kindle.
She has spent her life with her head full of daydreams and decided one day to just sit down and start writing about them. In the process she discovered that she actually loved writing, because how else could she get to spend her time with hot, funny men!
She loves chocolate and Baileys and the best of all creations – chocolate Baileys! Her lifetime’s ambition is to have a bath in peace without being shouted by one of her family.
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