Review – Priceless (A Rentboy Tale) by Cat Grant

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When love’s for sale, who really pays?

Connor Morrison is a 3-D optics pioneer, the star of the UC Berkeley physics department, and a socially inept workaholic. And with his dear friend and business partner, Steve Campbell, handling their investors, he’s content to remain in the shadows. That is, until he meets the gorgeous and starry-eyed physics student Wes Martin.

Wes is brilliant but broke. Ever since his scholarship fell victim to the financial crisis, he’s had no choice but to sell his body to stay in school. Already half in love with Connor, Wes initially resists Steve’s offer to be Connor’s thirty-fifth birthday present. But in the end, Wes is too broke—and too smitten—to say no.

Connor has no idea Steve bought Wes’s attentions, and he quickly falls under the young man’s spell. Yet after one night together, Wes disappears. He can’t bear to hook with a man he could so easily grow to love, but he also can’t bear to tell him the truth. Besides, if he sleeps with Connor again, there’d be no way to hide the bruises one of his regular johns loves to inflict. Only one thing to do: let Connor go. Walking away is painful, but not nearly as much as building a relationship on lies.

Priceless is my first book by Cat Grant, and I have to say I am now a big fan!! This is a beautiful story about two really great people!! Connor is the star of UC Berkley’s physics department, and Wes is a brilliant student that has had to make a tough choice in order to stay in school.

Connor is a loner. He is more comfortable with his research then with large groups of people. He is downright cute in his shyness. His best friend Steve has decided he needs a big thirty-fifth birthday surprise party, which he is none too happy about. He hides out on the balcony of Steve’s apartment, which is where he meets the gorgeous physics student Wes. They don’t quite hit it off until the next weekend at a lecture. Wes is standing in as Connor’s assistant, and Connor gets to see how truly brilliant he is. He also can’t fight the physical attraction anymore. Only problem is the next morning he wakes to find Wes gone.

Wes lost his scholarship last year due to the bad economy, and he is doing the only thing he things he can to pay for school… hooking via a website. He fell for Connor his freshman year when he first heard him lecture. Never did he think that he would be paid by Connor’s best friend to sleep with him. He tries to tell him no, but obviously Steve can be very convincing. Unfortunately when things are said and done, he has to get out of there while Connor is still sleeping, because he hates lying to him. The last thing he wants is for Connor to find out the truth. Only problem is that Connor lives three doors down from his new apartment, and he does find out because he has to rescue him from a very sadistic John.

I absolutely LOVED this book!!! It is a very quick read, but it is wonderfully written. The story progresses beautifully!! You never fill like it has been rushed to keep it short. I loved reading about Wes’s feelings and about how Connor comes to terms with the truth about why they hooked up in the first place. I hope y’all love this book as much as I do!!!

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