Author: ⟫ Rue Whitney
Blurb: ⟫ What are you supposed to say when the guy who shattered your world asks to pick up the pieces and gently put it back together?
It’s a tale as old as time: Closeted bully picks on openly gay kid. Then the bully grows up to be a hot, confident, out-and-proud man while his punching bag grows up to be a hot mess.
I’m Drew, the hot mess, and now my former bully, Beau, is on his knees, begging for me to let him make amends.
Most people would be thrilled to get that kind of apology. I just want him to leave me alone so I can pretend high school never happened. But Beau is on a mission to make up for his past and I’m the last box he needs to check off.
I decide one day of debauchery will be a good enough peace offering. But the next morning—and the next week, and the next month—he’s still there. In my life and in my bed.
Is a guilty conscience keeping Beau around, or is there more than one reason I’ve been on this bully’s mind all these years?
This is a stand-alone MM romance, with a HEA and no cliffhangers. It is loosely connected to the Giving In series.
Review: ⟫ I must admit, I think the blurb for Bully in my Bed is misleading.
I expected a hot, semi-revenge falling in hate/love story but that wasn’t what this was. I learned quite a bit about what goes on behind the scenes for influencers, and there were some intriguing ideas in the story.
I didn’t like Beau or Drew.
To be honest, I thought Drew was insipid, with a tendency to be swayed by whoever he was with. I also didn’t find it even slightly believable. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that I didn’t like any of the characters – they were all kinda one-dimensional and irritating.
The idea of a secret club where gay influencers and business people could get together and mingle without fear of being outed sounded really interesting – instead, it came across as very sleazy and I found it uncomfortable.
The relationship between Drew and Beau was also a bit blah and by the end of it, I still found myself unsure if Drew was with Beau because he actually loved him or because he couldn’t figure out what else to do.
More than likely, the issue is mine – I went into the story expecting one thing and didn’t like what I got instead. YMMV.
I received an ARC from GRR.
