I recently read Beauty and the Billionaire by Lauren Landish. I always like to read how other authors work with the billionaire romance genre. What I found out was a few things.
- It’s filthy to the point I thought, “Wow, I never thought about describing that piece of anatomy or all the intricacies around it.”
- If you like Fifty Shades, you’ll love this book.
- But lastly, I loved the psychological aspect of Thomas Goldstone and how incredibly messed up he was.
I frankly love the psychologically damaged man. In books only, of course. After dating my fair share of them, I was lucky enough to meet my soulmate, who I refer to as my Gibraltar.
But in books there is nothing more interesting than a Christian Grey type. Although, I love the steamy parts, after a while I find myself more drawn to the character with one question. “Why? Why are you like this? Why do you torment yourself? Others? Keep your mother in the basement? Whatever…”
It’s like the train wreck you can’t look away from. And in a strange way, I feel very fortunate for the life I have. I think there is a time in all our lives when we feel we got dealt a bad hand. But what I discovered is, the longer I live, the more I realize it’s all relative. There is always someone else who had a worse experience than you. And you discover at some point, however bad you thought you had it in your early years, each of those experiences have made you the person you are right now. You walked through fire and came out the other side…Good job! Own that – You are a powerful person!
