num_pages: 315
description: This is not the night you die.*After years of working for a loan shark Robert is done with blood and violence. All he has to show for it is a bag of money and a lifetime of regrets. Theres no other way out of his line of work than in a body bag.So Robert decides to die.But on the night he chooses to seal his own fate destiny offers him a chance at redemption. When Robert saves a handsome young escort from a terrible death he has no idea he is setting in motion much more than one last attempt at proving that inside the hardened shell he is a decent human being. Charming quick-witted and full of smiles Nathan is all Robert could dream of. Hes also ready to fall into the arms of his gruff protector. Robert on the other hand has never been with a man and will first need to fight his own demons if he is to accept that his whole being wants to make Nathan his.With his former boss hunting them both time is ticking and Robert might just not get the chance to decide before its too late. More importantly though Robert will stop at nothing to protect the man whos made him feel alive again the man who is the only thing between him and the abyss.*I never had to think much about death before but I did yesterday. I thought I would die. In a hole. Covered with dirt. Suffocate underground. But then you saved me.POSSIBLE SPOILERS:Themes: enemies to lovers protector cruelty homophobia crime self-discovery family conflict age gap escort self-hate first time revenge on the runGenre: Dark gritty contemporary M/M romance Erotic content: Scorching hot emotional explicit scenesLength: 90000 words (Standalone novel HEA)WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence torture mentions of suicide offensive language morally ambiguous characters homophobia and homophobic language
language: English
title: Unlovable Bastard
publisher: Acerbi & Villani ltd