Reviewed by Anna Lynn
TITLE: Beautiful Temptation
SERIES: So This is Christmas #2
AUTHOR: Christina Lee
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 162 Pages
RELEASE DATE: November 15, 2019
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Blair Anderson only thinks of Caden Bell as his best friend’s younger brother, a straight-laced jock still dating his high-school sweetheart. They are as different as night and day. Caden has always considered Blair an enigma, the way he lights up every room with his self-confidence and perfectly sculpted cheekbones. But since childhood they’ve drifted worlds apart.
Life as an international model isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, so when Blair escapes to his best friend’s beach house for some R&R, he’s shocked to discover Caden had the same idea. Apparently, he called it quits with his girlfriend and was looking for a little alone time too.
Instead of rock, paper, scissors to determine who gets to stay, they decide to share the house and keep out of each other’s way. Easier said than done. As they reconnect, Blair is captivated by Caden’s bald honesty. And Caden realizes that Blair isn’t a mystery—he’s genuine and funny and still utterly gorgeous.
Seeing Blair in a new light short-circuits Caden’s brain, and before he knows it, he’s confiding in Blair about his bi-curiosity. Blair couldn’t be more taken aback as advice turns to solace, then ignites into an intense spark neither man anticipated. Blair had done and seen it all, so what could it hurt to help Caden experience some new things?
After all, it’s only a holiday hookup.
Until it’s not.
REVIEW:
Coming to terms with one’s sexuality is sometimes one of the hardest things that a person can go through, especially if it comes a bit later in life. There can be a lot of different reasons why this is so. Some of them could be that you really had no clue because of family and friends who surround you. Or it can be that you are repressing it, not even allowing yourself to go there even alone in your mind. Or you have been in a heterosexual relationship since you were in high school, with the same person, not knowing there is something different. There are a lot of reasons why this could happen.
Anorexia is one of the most common food eating disorder in the world of models. In the past few decades, models had to go hungry in order to be able to have a modelling career. But nowadays, I think and I hope it’s true, models can eat regular food or be on a healthy diet and still have a lucrative career in modelling. And they have to go through a certain exercise regimen to maintain their bodies. Models make lots of sacrifices, it’s not just glamour and fame. It is a very cutthroat industry, you need to have an edge to be chosen by designers and modelling agencies. I think they are some of the most hardworking individuals in the planet, and they go through so much in order to be “up there.”
In this beautiful story by Ms. Christina Lee, these issues are tackled. We have Caden who has been with his girlfriend since high school. He is your typical jock, football player, with a longtime girlfriend. Sometimes, though, he feels like there is something missing or wrong. He has become dissatisfied, looking for something, and starts to question a lot of things.
Blair has been modelling since he was in high school. He’s been travelling the world and “living the life.” But there comes a time when you feel like you’re getting tired and want to opt for another lifestyle. But sometimes because you are so used to it, you don’t think these choices are important until your body starts to demand it.
When these two beautiful humans met at the beach house owned by Caden’s older brother and Blair’s best friend, they started to get to know each other. What happens next is sort of an awakening for them both.
I love the way Ms. Lee writes her stories, it truly engages the readers so much so that you don’t want to put it down until you finish. I love this tale, it shows the development of both main characters into something more than they even expect. I feel that the story was told in its entirety. The issues were adhered to, even family reaction and support were established. I hope we will get the chance to have more of this kind of stories.
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