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Sour Candy
Guarded college student Benji Caulfield has just been fired from yet another job.
He’d like to say good riddance. But he has rent to pay and a little brother to look after, which means he has to come up with a way to get money fast. Out of options, he applies to be a sugar baby - as if anyone would want a surly twenty year old with trust issues who keeps getting fired for not playing nice with customers.
Enter thirty-five year old Noah Stern, the youngest CFO in Stern Appliances history. After a lifetime of being told he’s too intense in relationships, he’s looking for someone he can dominate, overwhelm and spoil the hell out of. To everyone’s surprise, a surly twenty year old with trust issues might be just what he needs.
Sparks fly, and Benji finds himself flung into a world of luxury he’d never expected. Even more unexpected is how easily Noah takes down the walls he’s carefully constructed to keep people out.
Will Benji let him in completely, or will this sugar baby situation be too much to handle?
Sour Candy is the first book in a high-heat MM romance trilogy featuring a closed off sugar baby and the billionaire sugar daddy who takes down his emotional walls. Swoony romance and hot, heartwarming spice guaranteed.
He’d like to say good riddance. But he has rent to pay and a little brother to look after, which means he has to come up with a way to get money fast. Out of options, he applies to be a sugar baby - as if anyone would want a surly twenty year old with trust issues who keeps getting fired for not playing nice with customers.
Enter thirty-five year old Noah Stern, the youngest CFO in Stern Appliances history. After a lifetime of being told he’s too intense in relationships, he’s looking for someone he can dominate, overwhelm and spoil the hell out of. To everyone’s surprise, a surly twenty year old with trust issues might be just what he needs.
Sparks fly, and Benji finds himself flung into a world of luxury he’d never expected. Even more unexpected is how easily Noah takes down the walls he’s carefully constructed to keep people out.
Will Benji let him in completely, or will this sugar baby situation be too much to handle?
Sour Candy is the first book in a high-heat MM romance trilogy featuring a closed off sugar baby and the billionaire sugar daddy who takes down his emotional walls. Swoony romance and hot, heartwarming spice guaranteed.
228 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 31, 2025
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September 13, 2025
I need to start paying attention before I start reading because I was sure this was a standalone and the ending nearly broke me. I ADORE THIS ONE AND I NEED BOOK 2 ASAP.
It's cute and heady, spicy and heartwarming, with everything I love in romances.
Benji is lovely and Noah---honestly, that man is perfection.
I can't wait for book 2, seriously, I need it!
It's cute and heady, spicy and heartwarming, with everything I love in romances.
Benji is lovely and Noah---honestly, that man is perfection.
I can't wait for book 2, seriously, I need it!
September 22, 2025
Absolutely loved this! Black cat sugar baby whose life is hard enough that he has stopped believing in good things + cinnamon roll sugar daddy that is the only person who can break through his baby's walls.
PLENTY of heat, subspace and needy whimpering.
I can't really sum up their relationship better than Noah himself: "I want to spoil, dominate, and overwhelm you until you can’t take it anymore."
Damn this was good. Immediately backed the Kickstarter for book two.
PLENTY of heat, subspace and needy whimpering.
I can't really sum up their relationship better than Noah himself: "I want to spoil, dominate, and overwhelm you until you can’t take it anymore."
Damn this was good. Immediately backed the Kickstarter for book two.
October 21, 2025
DNF @ 42%.
I love sugar daddy stories, but I do fear the at Ao3 has spoiled me. I hoped this wouldn’t disappoint, but alas! it did.
For the most part, it’s little things.
Like, during the first sex scene, Noah plays with Elijah’s butt plug for a minute and then grabs some lube and slides in 3 fingers. There was no mention of removing the large plug, so it just magically disappeared, I guess.
Or Benji showing up to class the next day and a classmate says he must have gotten laid, as he is wearing the same shirt as the day before. Yet Benji had gone home to shower and change before going to see Noah, and didn’t go home before classes, so how is he wearing the same shirt? Did he shower and put on the same shirt he has been wearing all day as part of his “nicest outfit” for his date with Noah?
Also, I wouldn’t eat pasta that sat out all night.
Plus, Benj’s hair is mentioned as being brown on p10, but for the rest of the boo, his hair is described as black.
But the big thing that has been bothering me is Benji’s 12 year old brother that he is the guardian of.
Almost halfway into the book, and this 12 year old sibling he is raising as a 20 year old himself is scarcely seen or heard. In fact, Benji meets Noah and then stays at his place two nights in a row, presumably leaving his 12 year old brother home all alone, and on a school night at that.
Why not make Max in his late teens, so leaving him home alone night after night to get dicked down doesn’t seem so irresponsible? Why not have no younger sibling at all? At this point, he hasn’t really served a purpose, and if he is only going to exist as a plot gremlin later on, I’d rather him not exist at all.
The characters are also falling a little flat for me. I feel like there’s more telling than showing.
Oh well, my hunt for sb/SB romance continues!
I love sugar daddy stories, but I do fear the at Ao3 has spoiled me. I hoped this wouldn’t disappoint, but alas! it did.
For the most part, it’s little things.
Like, during the first sex scene, Noah plays with Elijah’s butt plug for a minute and then grabs some lube and slides in 3 fingers. There was no mention of removing the large plug, so it just magically disappeared, I guess.
Or Benji showing up to class the next day and a classmate says he must have gotten laid, as he is wearing the same shirt as the day before. Yet Benji had gone home to shower and change before going to see Noah, and didn’t go home before classes, so how is he wearing the same shirt? Did he shower and put on the same shirt he has been wearing all day as part of his “nicest outfit” for his date with Noah?
Also, I wouldn’t eat pasta that sat out all night.
Plus, Benj’s hair is mentioned as being brown on p10, but for the rest of the boo, his hair is described as black.
But the big thing that has been bothering me is Benji’s 12 year old brother that he is the guardian of.
Almost halfway into the book, and this 12 year old sibling he is raising as a 20 year old himself is scarcely seen or heard. In fact, Benji meets Noah and then stays at his place two nights in a row, presumably leaving his 12 year old brother home all alone, and on a school night at that.
Why not make Max in his late teens, so leaving him home alone night after night to get dicked down doesn’t seem so irresponsible? Why not have no younger sibling at all? At this point, he hasn’t really served a purpose, and if he is only going to exist as a plot gremlin later on, I’d rather him not exist at all.
The characters are also falling a little flat for me. I feel like there’s more telling than showing.
Oh well, my hunt for sb/SB romance continues!
October 3, 2025
I finished this book in one day and I loved every moment. I loved that Benji and Noah were similar in their own way- the world kept telling them they were 'too much' and 'not enough' yet they found each other and they were perfect. They were each other's missing pieces and it was just so lovely.
Benji is the most adorable creature I've ever seen with REAL insecurities and fears. He wants to make sure he's contributing to the relationship, he knows life is hard and all of the good things could go away at any moment, he's scared and he thinks he's doesn't deserve nice things and it's all just so relatable and real, I connected with him so deeply.
Noah is a devastating sexy darling and an absolute dream. He's willing to show Benji how beautiful he is and how much good he deserves and ugh wrap him up for me please, real men could never.
Michael is an asshole projecting his failed relationship onto his brother. Maybe even a possible embezzler and I care about him the LEAST.
I am just so glad the cliffhanger came after the comfort, if it had ended like a chapter earlier I would've had to cry myself to sleep. It was perfectly placed in that it left me wanting more while still reassuring me things would/ might be okay and I THANK you.
I've already pre-ordered book 2 and I'm so so so so looking forward to the rest of it (3 books of this is going to kill me but I'm along for the ride).
I'll be making a note to read all of your works from now on❤️
Great job❤️
Benji is the most adorable creature I've ever seen with REAL insecurities and fears. He wants to make sure he's contributing to the relationship, he knows life is hard and all of the good things could go away at any moment, he's scared and he thinks he's doesn't deserve nice things and it's all just so relatable and real, I connected with him so deeply.
Noah is a devastating sexy darling and an absolute dream. He's willing to show Benji how beautiful he is and how much good he deserves and ugh wrap him up for me please, real men could never.
Michael is an asshole projecting his failed relationship onto his brother. Maybe even a possible embezzler and I care about him the LEAST.
I am just so glad the cliffhanger came after the comfort, if it had ended like a chapter earlier I would've had to cry myself to sleep. It was perfectly placed in that it left me wanting more while still reassuring me things would/ might be okay and I THANK you.
I've already pre-ordered book 2 and I'm so so so so looking forward to the rest of it (3 books of this is going to kill me but I'm along for the ride).
I'll be making a note to read all of your works from now on❤️
Great job❤️
September 8, 2025
I saw this book on this up on TikTok and picked it up immediately. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy it this much.
Benjamin is only 20, struggling to keep the lights on while raising his little brother. Desperate, he applies to be a sugar baby. Enter Noah, CFO of a massive company, rich, intense, and alone for way too long because he’s “too much” for most people.
Somehow these two just click. Noah softens Benji’s edges, and Benji gives Noah exactly what he’s been missing. Their dynamic felt natural, equal parts sweet and commanding, and I adored it.
I devoured it in one day, and then wanted to scream when I realized this is book 1 of a trilogy… and book 2 isn’t even out yet. The audacity 😭
Tags:
• Sugar baby x Sugar daddy
• BDSM
• Age gap
September 8, 2025
Interesting storyline, and fun read but sadly at times boring and did not feel real at all. Figures that people want to show they can hold a job but its ok to find a sugar daddy to pay for there lives, lets get real this is fantasy of life. there was no real growth in the characters and a lot felt off putting. Its sad people believe this is the way to take care of some one getting a sugar daddy is a way of fantasy, sadly I don't see the appeal, especially the author did not show real strength in the relationship or the so called sugar baby, (horrible names in these terms sugar baby/ daddy) The way this story flowed this just looks like stereotype writing of what they believe gay life is or maybe wish it was.
October 11, 2025
Noah has a caring but kinky attitude towards sex, while Benji is practically a virgin. This story is sweet and touching but it also has a heck of a lot of kinky sex, more than I expected, I did skim through some scenes a little bit. Don't get me wrong I'm not a prude, but this was kink overload, after a while I just had to skim through more their intense escapades, I had to think of my heart and blood pressure. I was more interested in Benji's living struggles and how desperate life has made him. Anyway all that aside this is a lovely tale, a kind of Cinderella story but with the most frustrating ending ever!!!
September 22, 2025
Poor editing AND a cliffhanger!
Great concept. Terrible editing. Not even talking about grammar just getting the names right when stating who's talking. How do you mix it up when there's really only 6 characters in the whole book. Also, getting the timeline messed up from one paragraph to the next. Don't get me started on the cliffhanger with no warning. Really?! I'll live bc I won't be finishing the series if I can't keep things straight on what's happening if the author cannot be bothered.
Great concept. Terrible editing. Not even talking about grammar just getting the names right when stating who's talking. How do you mix it up when there's really only 6 characters in the whole book. Also, getting the timeline messed up from one paragraph to the next. Don't get me started on the cliffhanger with no warning. Really?! I'll live bc I won't be finishing the series if I can't keep things straight on what's happening if the author cannot be bothered.
August 31, 2025
I enjoyed the characters and their relationship, though they were a little too perfect together. I didn't buy how they met - sign up and immediately find the perfect person who solves all problems? (And sex for pay makes me so uncomfortable, though that's more a "me" problem.)
The ending was really abrupt. Even if you want , this isn't the way to go about it.
The ending was really abrupt. Even if you want , this isn't the way to go about it.
September 1, 2025
3.75 - i really liked that book, i had a really good read. the characters was great (Noah is just a little too perfect but i love him dearly) and they was cute together. it was an easy and fun read.
that said, i think there are a little too much sex scenes (yes, it was the purpose but...) and the end was too rushed.
that said, i think there are a little too much sex scenes (yes, it was the purpose but...) and the end was too rushed.
September 3, 2025
great spicy start to series
A new author for me. I enjoyed this sugar baby romance between a billionaire and a young man struggling to work, study and support his 12 year old brother. The secondary characters are great and it’s very spicy. I can’t wait for the next book to see where their romance goes.
A new author for me. I enjoyed this sugar baby romance between a billionaire and a young man struggling to work, study and support his 12 year old brother. The secondary characters are great and it’s very spicy. I can’t wait for the next book to see where their romance goes.
October 15, 2025
3 as it was good as i would relate to how Benji finds it hard to except things from people with not strings attached but the only thing is the some part i d cringe and skip some part another reason is that it was good at the start but 74% of the way in went down hill. overall a good story, might read the second book when it comes out.ㄟ(●—●)ㄏ
September 3, 2025
Where's the rest!!!!
I need book 2 ASAP!!!!
Really enjoyed this. But I need to know what happens.
My only complaint is their connection was too perfect too quick. Overall it was good though. But a cliffhanger gah!!!
I need book 2 ASAP!!!!
Really enjoyed this. But I need to know what happens.
My only complaint is their connection was too perfect too quick. Overall it was good though. But a cliffhanger gah!!!
November 5, 2025
Sooo good 🥺💚
I've been looking for a book like this ever since I finished “Bratva's Undoing” duology from Gianni Holmes and “Vanilla Baby” trilogy from Jett Masterson.
I'm going to start reading the second book right now.
I've been looking for a book like this ever since I finished “Bratva's Undoing” duology from Gianni Holmes and “Vanilla Baby” trilogy from Jett Masterson.
I'm going to start reading the second book right now.
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September 3, 2025Okay, wow. So heads-up for folks, this ends on a massive cliffhanger that doesn't even feel like a HFN.
September 16, 2025
Oh god!! This was abosolutely delcious! I loved the story, the growth between the characters! And the spice! My God!! So freaking good! But the cliffhanger!! Spare my poor heart!
September 22, 2025
I hate books that leave you on a cliffhanger.
Good story as far as it goes but then it ends as it's getting to the interesting point. Don't bother.
Good story as far as it goes but then it ends as it's getting to the interesting point. Don't bother.
October 1, 2025
So good. Noah broke down benjis walls and made him so happy. Mikey is a dick. I need book 2 now.
October 8, 2025
Urg autistic mc who can’t keep a job
October 23, 2025
where is the next release. what a cliffhanger
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 8, 2026
devoured!!!
October 4, 2025
Ok. I liked this a whole lot. Hot.
Also, there’s an A/B/O trilogy that’s similar to this concept and it has a million and one good reviews but I fucking hate it. This book 1 is what I wish that book 1 was.
Also, there’s an A/B/O trilogy that’s similar to this concept and it has a million and one good reviews but I fucking hate it. This book 1 is what I wish that book 1 was.
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