Saxon James kicks off her new grittier series with WILDE"S END. This is an enemies to lovers romance with hate sex to boot. Wilde, Hudson, and his three brothers kick off Saxon's new small-town series with a.. fiery start.
From the blurb:
Hudson
Give me the smallest reason to make a bad decision, and I’ll jump in with both feet. Case in point: thinking that drunkenly buying an abandoned town with my brothers is a good idea.
As builders, we plan to renovate and flip the town, maybe turn it into something worth seeing, but the longer we’re here, the more things feel … off.
It’s not until a bearded mountain man breaks into my room in the middle of the night and threatens for us to get out of his town that I realize Wilde’s End isn’t as abandoned as we were told.
But there’s nothing waiting for me in the life I left behind, and in making his demands, Wilde has accidentally tapped into my competitive side.
Terrible decisions? Me?
Wilde can bring it on.
Wilde
I escaped to Wilde’s End twenty years ago, and since then I’ve dedicated my life to the town and the people who live there. Because if I focus on others, I don't have the time or energy to face everything I’ve been running from.
The Bellamy brothers coming to town is like three horsemen of the goddamn apocalypse. They leave destruction in their wake, and when the eldest, Hudson, ignores my very kind request to leave, it’s time to take things into my own hands. Protecting this town is all I know how to do.
But I’ve never faced someone like Hudson.
His stubbornness matches mine, and his attitude has an irritating way of worming under my skin. The more I push him, the harder he pushes back, until we’re locked in a game neither of us will walk away from.
With his smart mouth, bullheaded recklessness and those damn eyelashes I’m starting to question whether I can win this one.
But if I lose, this town isn’t the only thing on the line.
Molly Otto's review:
When Hudson and his brothers’ lives have reached the downward spiral of destruction, they see an ad for Wilde’s End property, and Hudson sees that as fate calling for him and his brothers to have the fresh start they need. Moving to Wilde’s End may not be the safest or smartest decision but it is one that will forever change all the brothers’ lives. Wilde is the unofficial official leader of Wilde’s End and when he sees the brothers moving in, he sets his goal to drive them out and maintain the peace they have had. What neither is expecting is the person that was made to balance them. Both these men are damaged from their pasts to the point neither understands what love is, and really for that matter what a good relationship is. With many hiccups along the way, they learn what it is to start fresh and maybe just maybe find their place.
This one is unlike any of the previous books that I have read by Saxon, and for me that was a breath of fresh air. She goes for her gritter side in showing these broken men find what works for them, that may not work for her traditional characters. She kept with the found family aspect that she is known and loved for, just by making it grittier. I am looking forward to seeing more from this universe.
Angel's review:
""Promises are stupid anyway. All you're looking for right now is where you two begin. The rest can happen when it happens.""
I'll be honest, enemies to lovers isn't my favorite trope to read, I feel like sometimes it's overdone, you know? That wasn't the case here though, which I'm really happy about. Yes, Wilde and Hudson are very clearly enemies for a good duration of their story, however, you could also feel the affection that started to build towards one another the longer the story went on.
There was more than just anger, destruction, and violence, it eventually calmed into something a bit softer. Even though they figured out they actually like each other, their romance isn't a sweet fluffy one, their relationship dynamic thrives on their back and forth banter and taunts... It's just what once started out as taunts to get under each other's skin, is now full of fondness and warmth.
The side characters are fantastic!! I'm so glad that the side characters have such strong personalities themselves, the part each of them played has made me so excited to continue reading this story. I'm beyond curious to see what the brothers decide to do with the town, if Ziggy and Kenny can find a way to make a relationship work, and if something or someone will make Hart feel something.
This does end off with a slight cliffhanger, Wilde and Hudson does her their HEA, but the fate of the town doesn't get decided in this book. We have to keep reading the series to find out what is in store for the townies of Wilde's End. ((P.S. I adore Gracie, she's fierce and kind, I love her!)
Wilde's End is currently available as an e-book and paperback and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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