Book Reviews

Book Blurb

Randall Morgan, youngest son of one of Seattle’s wealthiest families, rejected his family’s money to live free of their control and pursue his career as a photographer. To make ends meet, Randall does erotic photography and massage—a secret he keeps from his family so he can remain a part of his young niece’s life. But the price of that relationship is high, and Randall is once more slipping under his family’s thumb.

Noah Carroll is the spokesperson for the Seattle Humane Society, and the city holds a special place in his heart. When fate intervenes during a pet adoption, Noah finds himself face-to-face with his first love—Randall.

While Noah and Randall are not the teenagers they once were, the flame of a first kiss long ago draws them together. Their romance is beginning to grow, but someone is out to destroy Randall and expose all he keeps hidden.

When secrets and rumors thrust Randall into the public eye, his relationship with Noah isn’t the only thing that comes under threat.

 

 

First edition published by Dreamspinner Press, July 2016.

 

Book Review

I'm embarrassed to admit that 'Son of Money' is the first book of Brandon Witt's that I have read. I know. I should hang my head in shame. There was something about the description for this novel, however, that pulled at me and insisted I read it. It didn't hurt that it's set in and around Seattle, Washington, where I lived for a number of years, and featured a pug/chihuahua mix named Harper with horrible teeth and a loving heart.

I pretty much fell for Randall immediately. My heart went out to him and the way he was raised by nannies and staff members with little love or affection from his parents. The über-rich of Seattle is what he was born into and it's their way or the highway. He loves his niece, Bailey, who is seven and already being forced to learn the rules of comportment according to her grandparents. In fact if it weren't for Bailey he would have removed himself from the family flytrap long ago. His sister-in-law, Kayla, is his best friend and she's just as miserable fulfilling her role of Barbie for his brother. Randall decides to get a dog to make Bailey happy since she isn't allowed to have one - and who should he meet at the Humane Society but Noah, his first kiss as a teenager, and someone Randall has thought of often, but hasn't seen since he was thirteen. Of course, he does get Harper that day, so it turns out to be the best day ever.

After four days of Harper invading my space, I couldn’t picture any other way to live..... She was the least feminine girl I’d ever met; she never stopped farting and snorting. And I was completely in love.

Randall is more than a little disconcerted when Noah, very bluntly, tells him that Randall has always been the "one" and Noah was just waiting for them to meet again. Randall isn't quite sure what to make of that other than to give dating and getting to know each other as adults a chance. Getting to know each other as adults means sharing secrets and things they've done in the past. Randall is positive he's the worst of the worst when it comes to bad things he's done, but it turns out that Noah hasn't always been a good Christian boy, either.

I wasn’t a superhero. I wasn’t all that smart. And while I could defy my father all day long, for the sake of my own happiness and not just to be rebellious, the thought of rising against him scared the shit out of me.

The revelation of Randall's extra-curricular activities came as no surprise and, in fact, was fairly predictable. How he handled it and the ultimatum from his father is where the strength of the author's story shines through. 'Son of Money' truly shows how invasive the news and social media can be, and how lives can be destroyed based on one person's hatred and betrayal of another. However, it also very plainly depicts how love really can fix all, just like a very smart man told me. Many, many times over.

I greatly enjoyed my first novel by Brandon Witt. The romance was realistic, the drama was not too over the top, the dogs were freaking adorable, and the writing was very well done! 'Son of Money' was suspenseful and addictive.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 345 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date	11-August-2020
Price	$4.99 ebook, $14.99 paperback
Buy Link	https://www.amazon.com/Son-Money-Brandon-Witt-ebook/dp/B086R779P6