Blog Tour & Review: Eighty-One Nights by Georgia Cates

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Eighty-One Nights (Beautiful Illusions Duet #1) by Georgia Cates is

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Blurb:

Beautiful, penniless American girl meets handsome, wealthy Scotsman.

Sounds like the beginning of a fairy-tale romance?

It’s not.

This story begins with a contract.

And an exchange of money.

A lot of money.

An angel perches nervously on one shoulder.

A devil lounges smugly on my other.

And even that dark little bastard is leery of what I’m doing.

Maxwell Hutcheson wants the girlfriend experience.

All of it.

And I’m going to give it to him.

I’m not supposed to enjoy being his whore.

I’m also not supposed to fall in love with him.

But I do. Both.

When our contract expires, I will walk away.

Because I have to.

But he’ll always have a piece of me.

I’ll mask my sorrow with a smile.

I’ll hide my love with indifference

… all while it’s killing me softly.

A fairy-tale romance.

It isn’t mine to have.

And this man I’ve come to love so dearly isn’t my happily ever after.

About Eighty-One Nights

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. This work was briefly released under a pen name and was titled The Girlfriend Experience.

Excerpt:

“No one gets to call you a whore.”

“You can.”

He stops eating and looks at me. “I’d never degrade you by calling you a whore.”

“Not a whore. Your whore. There’s a difference.”

I can almost see the wheels turning in Hutch’s head. “You’re my whore?”

“Yes. Only yours.”

“My whore.” He grins. “I don’t think that I’m supposed to like that, but I do.”

“And I don’t think I’m supposed to like being your whore, but I do. Very much.”

He reaches out for my hand and brings it to his mouth, kissing it. “You never cease to amaze me.”

“Dirty talk. Never underestimate the power of it.”

4.5 stars

I was so excited when I saw Georgia Cates was going to have a new release, as I have really enjoyed all her past stories and have missed reading her. And Eighty-One Nights was no exception!

I was hooked by the plot - young American girl in Scotland gets a new job through her roommate and is "hired" by a wealthy man, looking for a "girlfriend" to keep him company - oh yes please! These types of stories are always intriguing to me, as I am always so curious as to why a good looking man would have the need to pay for companionship (and whatever that may or may not entail). And Maxwell definitely had some legitimate reasons as to what brought him to Inamorata.....and into Catriona's life.

Catriona was very adamant that their contract would not be one of a physical nature, but sparks really did fly between her and Maxwell when they were together......so I wasn't surprised that things took a turn in that direction, but I was a little surprised at how quickly it did. I really enjoyed watching their relationship turn into an actual relationship, as I thought Catriona fit so seamlessly into Maxwell's life. They both were so happy together and in such a good place coming to the end of their original agreement…..and then that ending?? I could feel both Maxwell and Caitriona's hearts breaking. I’m definitely anxious to read book two in this duet to see how it all plays out! Highly recommend picking this one up!

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.