Review by Danielle

Title: The Price

Author: Andrew Grey

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Length: 200 pages

Blurb:

Hunter Wolf is a highly paid Las Vegas escort with a face and body that have men salivating and paying a great deal for him to fulfill their fantasies. He keeps his own fantasies to himself, not that they matter.

Grant is an elementary-school teacher who works miracles with his summer school students. He discovered his gift while in high school, tutoring Hunter, a fellow student. They meet again when Hunter rescues Grant in a club. Grant doesn’t know Hunter is an escort or that they share similarly painful pasts involving family members’ substance abuse.

After the meeting, Hunter invites Grant to one of the finest restaurants in Las Vegas. Hunter is charming, sexy, and gracious, and Grant is intrigued. With more in common than they realized, the two men decide to give a relationship a try. At first, Grant believes he can deal with Hunter’s profession and accepts that Hunter will be faithful with his heart if not his body. Both men find their feelings run deeper than either imagined. For Grant, it’s harder than he thought to accept Hunter’s occupation, and Hunter’s feelings for Grant now make work nearly impossible. But Hunter’s choice of profession comes with a price, which could involve Grant’s job and their hearts—a price that might be too high for either of them to pay.

REVIEW:

A new story from Andrew Grey and you know you want to go sit and have time because you will want to finish it. That was the case for me. I was very excited to see this new title and to read the blurb as the subject fascinates me so it was a must read for me from the beginning.

The Prize is new territory for Mister Grey, branching a subject that as far as I know, he hasn’t before, that of the life of an male escort (Hunter). This story has you reading with interest for the way both main characters are portrayed is different and very thoughtful.

On one hand we have Hunter, the high priced escort and on the other side Grant, a teacher who’s a fascinating man inside and out. He’s faced struggles in his life, just like Hunter did but came out as a sure winner. The he uses the gift of teaching to give children a part of his spirit and enthusiasm to learn.

Hunter is top of the bill in his profession, excellent in what he does with a loyal clientele and a genuine interest in the people he services, trying to make them feel good even if it means that they will move on. Personally I loved that part as it shows the wonderful inner strength of the man.

Both men struggled in their childhood, making totally opposite choices in life yet they find their way towards each other, having shared high school together.

The title of the book is very well chosen and is appropriate for so many things in this story. There are prices to be paid and prices that have already been paid. When is a price too high or not high enough? All those things you will find out while reading this excellent. Mister Grey adds a good dose of drama, that in a way you can feel coming but it still rips you apart when it hits.

Besides the relationship between Grant and Hunter, we also see pieces of how both their childhoods were. As we read about that, we see Grant interact with his father and with his sister, his caring and nursing nature showing through despite everything is a treat to experience as a reader. Just like you can sense the sexiness coming from Hunter.

One of the best things in this book besides the things I pointed out already (obviously), is the friendship Hunter has with the men he is working “with“. I love their characters, their interaction, knowing and sensing they all have a story to tell.

I am really grateful that in the epilogue you see that even with the choices that were made the friendship is solid and will stay that way. I hope that it means that Mister Grey will write the stories of these other men as well.

For now while I will wait (not so patiently) for the next story, I can only highly recommend “The Price” as it is a very complete, sensual and real story.

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Buy links:

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