Blue Steel Chain
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4.1 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
At sixteen, Aidan Swift was swept off his feet by a rich older man who promised to take care of him for the rest of his life. But eight years later, his sugar daddy has turned from a prince into a beast. Trapped and terrified, Aidan snatches an hour’s respite at the Trowchester Museum.
Local archaeologist James Summers is in a failing long distance relationship with a rock star, and Aidan—nervous, bruised, and clearly in need of a champion—brings out all his white knight tendencies. When everything falls apart for Aidan, James saves him from certain death . . . and discovers a skeleton of another boy who wasn’t so lucky.
As Aidan recovers, James falls desperately in love. But though Aidan acts like an adoring boyfriend, he doesn’t seem to feel any sexual attraction at all. Meanwhile there are two angry exes on the horizon, one coming after them with the press and the other with a butcher’s knife. To be together, Aidan and James must conquer death, sex, and everyone’s preconceptions about the right way to love—even their own.
Customer Reviews
Made for Each Other.
I love all of Ms Beecroft’s characters, they’re not perfect, flawed in some small way but still genuinely good and brave. And so are the characters in this story. Aiden who has been in an abusive relationship for a number of years and James, an archeologist who, in some way, is also in an abusive relationship with the frontman of a rock/folk group.
One relationship is violent and scary and the other, more psychological than physical. Both Aiden and James are drawn to each other, eventually having to fight, literally, to gain their freedom so that they can be together.
Both characters are real, showing their strengths and bravery, and the connection that they share feels right and beautiful.