Review: The Bastard and the Heir by Eden Finley & Saxon James
SYNOPSIS:
DARCY
The death of my father not only rips out my heart but tears open my entire life.
His funeral brings the appearance of his bastard son, the byproduct of my father’s apparent misadventures. Wren Porter is a prickly, untrusting beef cake in an ill-fitting suit, and he looks so much more the part of a Ritcherson than I do.
Now it’s on me to teach him the family business while ignoring my attraction to the man the world thinks is my brother.
All it would take is one misstep for him to find out the secret my father literally took to his grave.
He’s not the bastard son.
I am.
Wren’s the true heir to the Ritcherson fortune, but I’ve fought my whole life for my place at the table. If anyone discovers the truth, I’ll lose everything.
I used to think the worst thing that could happen would be losing the company, but the closer I get to Wren, I realize the biggest thing on the line is my heart.
REVIEW:
*Book Received in Exchange for Honest Opinion/Review*
It’s been a while since I truly devoured a story like I did this one. I have been waiting forever for Darcy to get his HEA and wow, I was not expecting this. I could not get enough of the sexual tension, drama, plot twists, and more. Not to mention that sticky sweet epilogue that had my Grinchy heart growing three sizes.
I loved the initial meeting and friendship that forms between Darcy and Wren. The flow of their friendship and relationship felt natural. They both catch the feels and are both disgusted because they are ‘brothers’ except surprise! they aren’t related and now they can blissfully try to work each other out of their systems. Except….that doesn’t work and they end up catching more feels. I could not get enough of this dynamic. I loved the complex feelings they had, the delicious slow-burn build up till that first kiss.
The story had so much heart and when drama starts to hit and things go to crap, I loved how that played out too. Wren and Darcy both grew as characters and we got to see another side of them. Their passion and determination to fight for their love was endearing and I swear they even had me tearing up a time or two. The secondary characters, aka their siblings Tobias and Junior, were a delightful layer to the story that I grew to love. Just another stellar read from Eden Finley and Saxon James.
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