For Real
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Laurence Dalziel is worn down and washed up, and for him, the BDSM scene is all played out. Six years on from his last relationship, he’s pushing forty and tired of going through the motions of submission.
Then he meets Toby Finch. Nineteen years old. Fearless, fierce, and vulnerable. Everything Laurie can’t remember being.
Toby doesn’t know who he wants to be or what he wants to do. But he knows, with all the certainty of youth, that he wants Laurie. He wants him on his knees. He wants to make him hurt, he wants to make him beg, he wants to make him fall in love.
The problem is, while Laurie will surrender his body, he won’t surrender his heart. Because Toby is too young, too intense, too easy to hurt. And what they have—no matter how right it feels—can’t last. It can’t mean anything.
It can’t be real.
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4 primary books6 released booksSpires Universe
Spires Universe is a 6-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Alexis Hall.
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Laurence and Toby are just so damn sweet together. To be honest, I don't like age gaps because there's always risk of manipulation and abuse by the older person, but ... well, this is fiction and not real life and since we can see exactly what's going on in everyone's heads, things are all good. This is a sweet love story and I'm glad I went along for the ride. I've read 3 books by Alexis Hall now and I'm going to get every other thing he's written because he's fast becoming one of my favorite “comfort read” authors.
Oh my god, so good and so incredibly hot. Completely different from [b:Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake 55533831 Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake (Winner Bakes All, #1) Alexis Hall https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1610495934l/55533831.SY75.jpg 86199564] and [b:Boyfriend Material 50225678 Boyfriend Material (Boyfriend Material, #1) Alexis Hall https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1575987260l/50225678.SX50.jpg 73590298], in heat level and overall tone, but I just love Alexis Hall's writing. If there's a writing equivalent of “I'd listen to them read the phone book,” that's how I feel about him.
Wow... I really liked it!!! It is the perfect combination of a love story and bdsm. I am fairly new to the bdsm world, so I really liked the uncertainty of Toby. I definitely recommend it!
