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by Isobel Starling (Author)

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French male model Simeon Duchamp has a lot of explaining to do.
Two years after a breakdown Simeon is off drugs and booze and wants to stay that way.
On his road to reclaiming his life and modeling career, Sim first needs to apologize to the man he hurt the most -his ex-best friend and object of his unrequited affection Pieter Bayer. Pieter now has a long-term partner, artist Emily Raven, with whom he shares a baby son. Sim is amazed when Pieter accepts his apology, and invites him into his family.

Closeness to Pieter sees Simeon's longing for his friend is rekindled. But then, when Simeon meets an attractive older man, Bastian Roth at an Art Exhibition, he realizes that there is a soul more broken than his, and Simeon feels compelled to help. Simeon's connection with the troubled Bastian Roth turns his world upside down. He has to decide whether to allow himself to fall for the man who wants him or pine for the man he can never have.

***THIS BOOK CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE***
Please note: This story contains graphic descriptions of gay sex. (Yay!)

Length: 416 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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About the Author

Isobel Starling spent most of her twenty-year professional career making art in Ireland. She relocated to the UK and, faced with the dreaded artist’s creative block, Isobel started to write and found she loved writing more than making art. Isobel is currently working on her sixteenth book. The Shatterproof Bond series is an Amazon Gay Romance bestseller and is being translated into French with Juno Publications, German with Deadsoft Verlag, and Italian with Quixote Edizioni. The series is also available as audiobooks, narrated by Gary Furlong. “Fall Together” and “Sweet Thing” will be translated into French by Reines- Beaux Publishing. “Silken” is in audio, narrated by Gomez Pugh. “Silken” is also available as a German translation, and will be translated into Italian, and French in 2018.

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File Size: 947 KB
Print Length: 416 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1986838617
Publisher: Decent Fellows Press (September 8, 2017)
Publication Date: September 8, 2017
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B0753D1MDP
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Enabled
Screen Reader: Supported

Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled

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Honey Bee

Sweet Thing (Pretty Boy)

September 18, 2017

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This book was absolutely wonderful. I could not put it down! Definitely a must read, written by a wonderful Author. She really knows how to keep you turning those pages. A book full of surprises, lots of drama, and a beautiful love story. So many thanks,🍯 Honey Bee 🐝📚💙🎶

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Carole Marshall

Such a wonderful story!

October 12, 2017

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This was the first time I read anything from this author and I was very impressed! I loved these amazing damaged men!
I would highly recommend this and I will be trying out more from her!

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Loved it

September 23, 2017

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This book was a great read. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. I actually read the book in one day

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Neta_BER

This was a good book to me mostly because of its potential, and I wish it was more consistent.

September 8, 2017

Format: Kindle Edition

This is my fourth Isobel Starling book and I had high hopes for it because I adored her books Silken, As You Wish and Illuminate The Shadows.
Simeon is a model battling substance abuse that almost cost him his life. In his darkest lowest point, Simeon lashed out at his best friend and love interest, Pieter, with a rumor that threatened his modeling carrier. Two years after his breakdown he is out if rehab and looking to make amends. Pieter, who has a child now, forgives him and invites Simeon to his girlfriend's art exhibit opening, where he meets Bastian. Their encounter is explosive, charged with sexuality and goes out of hand. Now Simeon and Bastian need to find the strength to grow and lev the past behind them, together.

This book confused me, some parts were delicately handled and the characters rich with depth and uniqueness and others were almost soap opera shallow. I have to say I did not like the beginning, it was almost unedited, where some parts were overly detailed and repetitive and others flew by and appeared under developed. I am glad a pushed through and finished it but there were still many parts I felt did not balance well. I was surprised by that because as I said I loved her books, and her writing style is usually more cohesive and consistent.
WHAT I DID LIKE is the way the story unfolded, with twists and surprises along the way, like Isobel does best. Their relationship was sweet and touching, even with its rocky violent start. I loved how they both had something the other needed, the complimented each other almost Ying and Yang like. This book revolves around healing and understanding past mistakes, and I felt it was incorporated into the story very well most of the time. I like that they talked about things and did not just rush in and deal with the fallout.

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Donna

Love Bytes' Reviews of Sweet Thing

December 13, 2017

Format: Kindle Edition

3.5 STARS

The rating for this book had me torn. To be absolutely honest, I’m still not completely sure what I thought of it.

Firstly, while this is book two of the series, it’s definitely a standalone. My understanding is that book number one is the story of Simeon’s friend Pieter and Emily, the woman that Pieter falls in love with. This is when Sim’s life explodes in a rather spectacular fashion and leaves him near death locked in a rehab facility. Which is where book two begins. For those who like to stick solely with m/m, Sim’s past is covered enough in this book that you can skip Pieter’s book.

I loved the European feel to this story. Simeon is French and Bastian and Pieter are both German and I felt the atmosphere of the book reflected that. I can’t say if the author’s French or German translations were any good, but I always think it’s a brave writer who includes multiple languages in their stories, because readers fluent in them always tend to find fault.

I also really liked Simeon. I liked watching his pouty, hissy fit attitude morph into a more thoughtful and mature manner. Okay, he was still pouty, and loved being the center of attention, but he grew to consider other people rather than focus completely on his own wants. Simeon was fun and over the top, and you could see how money and fame would cause all sorts of issues for someone like him. Moderation was not a word in his vocabulary, until he was forced to use it.

Unfortunately, while I loved Simeon, Pieter and Emily, I never grew comfortable with Bastian. And it wasn’t the fact that he assaulted Sim the first time they met – be aware that there is some dub con/non con here. In one flashback Bastian’s ex-lover, Matti, finds Bastian masturbating at work over a photo in Matti’s employee file. And I just could not get past that. You know how sometimes there is one scene in a book that ruins the whole thing for you. Well, that was mine. I just found that totally ick and it coloured my perception of Bastian from that point. Then there is the fact that Bastian calls Sim a naughty boy during sex, the exact same thing he use to say to Matti and the fact that Bastian thinks courting Sim after assaulting him is a feasible plan. Nope, Simeon and Bastian just didn’t work for me as a couple, and that obviously makes enjoying the romance element a battle.

Hopefully my issues with Bastian were just a personal thing, and if you decide to give this a book a try you’ll be sold on these men together. Like I said, I enjoyed every other aspect of Sweet Thing, and I especially liked the meaning behind the title.

Original review posted at Love Bytes Reviews

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Wendy

Amazing read!

I freaking LOVED this book! I think it's one of the best that I've read all year. It has a little bit of everything in it. Some authors don't like to touch on hard subjects.Read more

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