Beautiful Ever After: Beautiful Illusions Duet Book 2

Georgia Cates

May 2019 · Beautiful Illusions Duet Book 2 · Georgia Cates Books, LLC

About this ebook

Everything in my life has changed.

This woman, my paid companion, has turned my world upside down

… while making it right for the first time ever.

 

We were brought together by need.

Hers was money.

Mine was companionship. And sex.

 

Caitriona Louden gave me the girlfriend experience.

All of it.

And now she’s gone.

 

I’m not supposed to miss her.

I’m not supposed to love her.

But I do. Both.

 

Our contract expired, and she walked away.

Now my world is falling apart without her in it.

Because she is my everything.

 

A fairy-tale romance.

It’s ours to have.

And this woman I’ve come to love so dearly is my beautiful ever after.

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About Beautiful Ever After––

Heat level: 5/5

Cheating: No

 

Tropes and Themes:

·      Alpha

·      Arranged Relationship

·      Hero with an Accent (Scottish)

·      Billionaire

·      Single Dad

·      Widower

·      Age Gap (10 years)

·      Damaged Hero

·      Damaged Heroine

 

 

*** While the characters from Eighty-One Nights are entirely new, their storyline is a combination of fresh material and carefully selected themes, scenes, and settings from The Beauty Series, The Sin Trilogy, Dear Agony, and Indulge. This is intentional. I chose some of my favorite elements from previous releases and interjected them into Hutch and Lou’s story. Let’s call it a “story fusion” between our old favorites and new material. ***

Ratings and reviews

4.25 stars--BEAUTIFUL EVER AFTER is the second and final instalment in Georgia Cates’ contemporary, adult BEAUTIFUL ILLUSIONS erotic, romance duet focusing on thirty-three year old, Scottish businessman and widower Maxwell ‘Hutch’ Hutcheson, and twenty-two year old, American student Caitriona ‘Lou’ Louden. BEAUTIFUL EVER AFTER should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book one EIGHTY-ONE NIGHTS. There is a slight cross-over with the author’s SIN TRILOGY series with the inclusion of the Breckenridge family from the aforementioned series. SOME BACKGROUND: Desperate for money Caitriona Louden becomes an Inomorata woman, a ‘for-hire’ girlfriend for the rich and powerful. Never expecting more than a temporary arrangement, Cait is matched with a man named Hutch, the man with whom she will fall in love. Told from dual first person points of view (Lou and Hutch) BEAUTIFUL EVER AFTER follows the continuing story of thirty-three year old, Scottish businessman and widower Maxwell ‘Hutch’ Hutcheson, and twenty-two year old, American student Caitriona ‘Lou’ Louden. At the end of book one EIGHTY-ONE NIGHTS, our heroine Caitriona Louden walks away from the man that she loves in order to protect our story line hero. Devastated and heart broken Lou falls into a depression, a depression matched by Maxwell Hutcheson. Unable to accept the loss of his love Max desperately searches for Caitriona Louden, a woman he knows only as Lou. Threats from the past pushed Lou out of his life but Max isn’t willing to let go without a fight. What ensues is the rekindling relationship and romance between Hutch and Lou, and the potential fall-out as Max’s past threatens everyone he loves. BEAUTIFUL EVER AFTER is an emotional story of heart break and loss; betrayal and vengeance; acceptance, love, and moving forward. Once again, if you are a fan of the author’s BEAUTY series you will see a familiar outline and parallel correlations the author calls a ‘fusion of old and new material’. Georgia Cates pulls the reader into a sexy, spicy and sensitive story; a stunning and wonderful look at life, fate, romance and love.

Beautiful story stars Beautiful Ever After is the second part of the ‘Beautiful Illusions’ duet by Georgia Cates and this title truly does live up to its name. An epic, heart-pounding love story that will leave you breathless and utterly fulfilled. This is a story where two people meant to be together who have been forced apart while others work in the background for their own devious ends. Book 1 ended with Lou leaving Hutch when their contract concluded but neither was happy with how things finished. Hutch hadn’t realized how much Lou would impact on his life, or how much he would come to care for her. Knowing that he’s in love with her hurts when he can’t have her by his side or in his life. Even though Lou feels the same, she knows she has to leave him behind and move on alone. It’s the hardest thing she’s ever had to do. But, she’ll try. Hutch is determined to get Lou back. He’ll do anything to show her how he feels. Nothing and no one, not even his evil relative will stand in his way. Their reconnection is likely to bring you to tears, it certainly did for me. But, their enduring love takes away the sting and makes it all so worthwhile in the end. I loved how Hutch never gave up. He and Lou are the perfect partnership and deserve their Beautiful Ever After.

This was the second book in the Beautiful Illusions Duet which was filled with intrigue, suspense and passion that captivated from the beginning and never let up until the very end! Hutch and Lou were meant to be and neither would let anything stand in there way, especially a sister-in-law who THOUGHT she had a right to Hutch. Lou was sassy, fiesty and fearless, she was fighting for the love's of her life, which made me love her even more. Hutch was fighting for what he wanted, a woman that brought him back to life and showed him what love truly meant. This conclusion was a beautiful fairytale kinda love that had me devouring this captivating unconventional love story!

About the author

Georgia resides in rural Mississippi with her wonderful husband, Jeff, and their two beautiful daughters. She spent fourteen years as a labor and delivery nurse before she decided to pursue her dream of becoming an author and hasn’t looked back yet.

When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing.

When she’s being domestic, she’s listening to her music and visualizing scenes for her current work in progress. Every story coming from her always has a song to inspire it.