When You Come Back to Me (Lost Boys #2)
Emma Scott
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
4.44
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 49 ratings · 386 pages · Published: 27 Sep 2020
Holden Parish survived his parents' horrific attempts to make him "the perfect son." After a year's stint in a Swiss sanitarium to recover, he has vowed to never let anything--or anyone--trap him again. Brilliant but broken, he seeks refuge behind alcohol, meaningless sex, and uses his wicked sense of humor to keep people away. He only has to ride out one year in the coastal town of Santa Cruz with his aunt and uncle before he inherits his billions and can make his escape. Disappear.
Falling in love is not in the plans.
River Whitmore. Star quarterback of the Central High football team, Prom King, Mr. Popular, ladies' man. He leads the perfect life...except it's all a lie. His father has River's future in the NFL all planned out, while River's dream is to run the family business in the town that he loves. But his mother's illness is tearing the family apart and River is becoming the glue that holds them together. How can he break his father's heart when it's already shattering?
River's carefully-crafted façade explodes when he meets Holden Parish. A guy who dresses in coats and scarves year-round, drinks expensive vodka, and spends his free time breaking into houses for the fun of it. They're complete opposites. River seeks a quiet life, away from the spotlight. Holden would rather have dental surgery than settle down.
Holden's demons and River's responsibilities threaten to keep them apart, while their undeniable attraction crashes them together again and again, growing into something deep and real no matter how they resist.
Until one terrible night changes everything.
#MMromance
Please note, this book contains spoilers for The Girl in the Love Song
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Tagged as:
- gay romance 6
- contemporary 5
- rich hero 4
- angst 4
- sports 4
- dark romance 4
- athlete hero 4
- friends to lovers 4
- enemies to lovers 4
- tortured hero 4
- new adult 3
- virgin hero 3
- secret relationship 3
- young adult 2
- second chances 2
- queer romance 2
- hurt/comfort 1
- dual pov 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 3
- third party abuse 2
- past abuse 2
- mental illness 2
- death / grief 2
- terminal illness 1
- mental trauma 1
- suicide / ideation 1
- past child abuse 1
- substance abuse 1
- alcoholism 1
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The 'Lost Boys' series
4.33 · 121 ratings
dual-pov · new adult · abuse · young adult · tortured hero · contemporary · friends to lovers · m-f · dark · angst · length-medium · explicit-open-door · virgin hero · strong heroine
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