ARC read 2025
Beastly Boss love book 1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239804522-blushing-for-mr-stone
I am newer to this genre but saw this recommended for me on Book Sirens and wanted to grab it to ARC read before all the spots filled up... I'm happy I got this one it was a cute quick read.
Chelsea and Badak grew up as neighbors in a poor part of town Badak was a protector even at a young age and felt a pull towards Chelsea (a human) from the first time he saw her they would play together outside and he allowed her to get close enough to see the real him... what he kept hidden from many others knowing that they might not accept him for himself (since he was a gargoyle) but Chelsea didn't see that she saw through his armor and that scared him... letting someone in, letting his walls down.
Many years later Badak is the CEO for SFG Industries and Chelsea is a new employee working in the HR department even though they haven't seen each other in years she has always remembered him he was her first crush... could it have been love even back then?
Meeting again for the first time in years Badak at first doesn't acknowledge their past which gets to Chelsea... maybe she wasn't as important to him as he was to her. But Badak remembers her she has been under his skin, in his soul, in his heart for years and even with time and distance he feels like he is coming to life again seeing her... but she is an employee and he shouldn't have these feelings for her he wants to protect her from himself she can't get close he is a "monster" after all.
Chelsea gets upset with Badak due to him constantly want to "protect" her from everything when she wants him to let her in she wants to know him now as Badak the man, she was already in love with him as Badak the boy and she knows he is still in there under his professional armor.
I really enjoyed this story Chelsea and Badak were so cute together and you could see that the love they had for each other was still there... but now in adult form. I loved that Chelsea was fierce, loyal and a protector in her own way she wanted equal rights for everyone and she wanted Badak to let down his guard to let her in she knew that if he did their love could soar just as high as him when he lets his wings out.
I would have liked more back story on the monsters in this world how many different species are present? Have they always been out in the open or were they hidden until recently? Why is there such conflict between the humans and the other species? There really isn't enough world building to learn much about any of this, maybe the other books in the series explain a bit more.
The book is fairly long for the amount of repetition in the book in the back half which kind of had me skimming through some of these sections. But over all I loved the story of true love crossing over boundaries and of wanting to create an equal world for all to live in, working together peacefully, and choosing who to love.
*Book Sirens *Childhood friends *Friends to more *boss/employee *slow burn
*MMC Gargoyle *Human FMC *Grumpy/Sunshine *Brooding MMC *Possessive/protective MMC
*fated mates *some spice *can't stay away from each other even when they try
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