Nineteen-year-old Tempest Jackson wants a baby.
No, her biological clock isn’t ticking, but she’s desperate for unconditional love. Rejected by all except her brother and soon to be married off by her father for financial gain, she aches for someone to hold close and call hers.
Enter Ledger Thorne. Soccer god, devastatingly handsome and her brother’s rival.
Once upon a time they had a thing. A beautiful thing. But while Tempest thought she was madly in love, Ledger was only using her for petty revenge.
So Tempest has a plan: seduce the sexy jerk who broke her heart, use him to get pregnant and then leave him in the dust like he left her, to marry a stranger.
Only the problem with making babies is that it doesn’t feel like revenge. It feels a lot like that thing they used to have: Hot and stormy, and intense and intimate.
But Tempest isn’t a fool. She’ll stick to the plan.
Because wasn’t it Ledger who turned their beautiful thing into something ugly?
Now it’s her turn…
NOTE: This is a STANDALONE set in the world of Bardstown, a St. Mary’s Rebels spin-off.
You Beautiful Thing, You is filled those super high-highs and super low-lows. It also has beyond spicy and alpha male written all over it. I love the falling for your brother’s rival trope and honestly ate it up. Our FMC, Tempest, knows what she wants and is not afraid to do what she needs to get it.
“You feel more like a” — a curious frown emerges from between his brows — “Firefly.”
I go still then. Because his tone has changed, become something akin to… reverence. Which I’m sure is wrong but I don’t know what else to call it.
“Fragile and bright. Glowing in the dark.”
Ledger, the MMC, is an angry elf. I mean that in the best way though… most of the time. Ledger may be a hot-head jock, but most of the time his anger is warranted and only used for things he truly cares about. Watching Tempest help him calm his alpha male personality, I was all here for.
There were some parts that I thought were a little too wordy, or the rant went on a little too long and I think those could have been cut down to keep the story moving. Otherwise, I really liked the story and rollercoaster of emotions Saffron takes you on. This is my first Saffron A. Kent book and I’m excited to see more from her!
Jotted by Jena 