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Dear Agony: A Friends-to-Lovers Standalone Novel Kindle Edition
Dear Agony,
You've been my shadow, following me through childhood—filling my days and nights with terror and uncertainty. You cleverly disguised yourself as some form of pain or suffering as I grew into a young woman. We were unwavering companions … until I severed our ties.
I traded homelessness on the streets of New Orleans for a luxurious bed covered by the finest linens.
I traded dumpster diving for dinner in the finest restaurants.
I traded myself to a stranger—Bastien Pascal.
I have a good life within my platonic and mutually beneficial companionship with Bash.
He’s my friend. My mentor. My roommate.
Until everything changes.
I’m not supposed to get goosebumps when his hand brushes my skin.
I’m not supposed to be eager for his soothing touch following one of my nightmares.
I’m not supposed to think about what might happen if I reached out to him in the darkness.
Falling in love with him? Preposterous… unavoidable.
Agony, why are you back with a vengeance to rob me of this life I’ve come to love so dearly?
I’m finally happy. Don’t ruin this for me.
Always yours,
Rose
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About Dear Agony––
Heat level: 3/5
Cheating: No
Tropes and Themes:
- Arranged Relationship
- Billionaire
- One’s Rich, One’s Poor
- Age Gap
- Friends-to-Lovers
- Tortured Hero
- Damaged Heroine
- Surprise Baby
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMarch 1, 2017
- File size1716 KB
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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.
Product details
- ASIN : B01MZ4GFZC
- Publisher : Georgia Cates Books, LLC (March 1, 2017)
- Publication date : March 1, 2017
- Language : English
- File size : 1716 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 298 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #703,423 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #6,049 in Action & Adventure Romance (Kindle Store)
- #19,077 in Contemporary Romance Fiction
- #57,400 in Romance (Kindle Store)
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About the author
Georgia Cates is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Author of The Beauty Series. She resides in Mississippi with her husband and two daughters. Please visit georgiacates.com for additional information.
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I have been left speechless after reading this book. I don’t know how to put my thoughts into words that could possibly do this book justice. I think it is safe to say this in my favorite Georgia Cates book to date. She knocked this book out of the park.
I won’t be talking about the storyline much, because this one of those books you can’t truly appreciate it if you know stuff before reading the book. You need to feel all the emotions that flow off the pages of this story.
Dear Agony is a standalone novel that is told in Dual POV. I have to say I am really happy Georgia decided to write this book that way, because I think the reader really needs both sides of the story while reading it. This story was such a tragic an epic love story all rolled into one. Bastien and Rose’s story is told over the course of a few years and I loved how Georgia wrote this book. She moved everything right along by fast forwarding some time here and there, but nothing feel rushed and I don’t feel we missed anything either. The flow of this story was effortless!!!
I loved the storyline of this book. I will say that this book does cover a kind of heavy subject and one that hit kind of close to home for me. This story is kind of my own personal fear and makes you think about what you would do in this situation. As hard as it may seem while reading this book, I was happy with the ending of the book and it left me feeling good and my heart was full.
Rose and Bastien’s journey is not an easy one and it has it’s ups and downs, but what it just shows, is that love can really prevail in the end.
I enjoyed getting to know Vale as well in this story. I am hoping that she might get a story of her own. I think there are some serious secrets she’s keeping and I love to uncover them.
Now don’t take my word for it, when it comes to this book….You need to just READ this book for yourself. I don’t think anyone will be sorry they read this story!!! It is just that good.
Dear Agony pulled me in from the first page, I was desperate to know what Rose’s story was, what had happened to leave her performing on the streets in hopes of affording her next meal. Vale and the secrecy surrounding her only added to the intrigue of Rose’s story. There were so many layers of questions and secrets, I was dying to know everything. One we started learning more about what had brought Rose and Bastien to the point where they entered their contractual relationship my heart was broken for both of them. It was easy to see why they’d sought an agreement where the boundaries and rules were spelled out in precise language.
The plot of Dear Agony moved quickly, there were no moments where the story lagged or that I felt were boring. I literally never wanted to put it down because I was so riveted to what was next for Rose and Bastien. Sometimes, however, I did feel the pace of the book was detrimental, I would have loved to have seen more exploration of Rose becoming a more confident version of herself, more of her healing from her past. There were a lot of situations and events that could have used more than the quick telling they had, I would have loved more of this story. Particularly the end of the book, I felt like it wrapped up so quickly not all the things I wanted answers to got the answers they needed.
Dear Agony was a beautiful story, told with beautiful words and it will resonate with readers across the spectrum of romance readers. It was sweet and sad and it touched on primal fears we all have, even if we refuse to admit them. One of the things I most appreciated about Dear Agony was how the love between Rose and Bastien was a slow and steady build, not something that burned fast and bright, it was built on a firm base of mutual trust and respect. I also loved that this story wasn’t built around the next sexual encounter, Georgia Cates did a wonderful job of building their relationship on the things that make a true love story actually last for the long haul and it was exactly what I would ask for when telling a love story.
I desperately hope that we are able to visit this world again. I would love to see more of the Duets and Vale’s story seems so interesting, I have a deep desire to know what it is. Another glance into the lives of Bastien and Rose wouldn’t hurt my feelings either.
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Made me cry and smile which always represents a great book in my world. The storyline kept you gripped and I didn't want to put it down even to sleep! Good strong characters and I love dual points of view which I got in this story. A must read for your book loving bucket list