Thorn

by Liv Hayes

This is a dark, Contemporary Adult romance. The novel contains mature elements, including but not limited infidelity, death/bereavement involving the loss of a child, and an explicit sexual affair between a student and teacher. It is intended for readers 18+ only.


They say that bad news comes in threes – and for Emilia Tóibín, this is an understatement.

The anniversary of her son's death, her husband's affair, and a scathing separation. All on her 30th birthday.

In sorrow's wake, she leaves her editorial job behind, packs a single suitcase, and exchanges Manhattan – and the past twelve years - for her long-abandoned and deceivingly idyllic hometown of Montauk.

There, on the beachfront, she meets a boy. They share a single night together. And she believes, like everything else, that she'll never see him again.

When she takes accepts an impromptu position as a Creative Writing teacher at the local high-school, she sees a way to begin picking up the pieces. A new life chapter. A chance to heal.

But when a familiar face appears in her classroom – the boy from the beach, Bryan Thorn – everything changes.

She is broken. He is troubled. And despite the whispers, pain, and the shared pasts that threaten to destroy them both – neither can keep themselves away.


One thing is some affairs prick like thorns.

193 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 14, 2017

About the author

L. Hayes is voracious reader and lover of words. When not immersed in pages, she's usually writing them.


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Reviews

[Aղցela W. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty good read dark sad read. On the anniversary of her son's death and her husband's affair and a scathing separation all on her 30th birthday. Emilia Tóibín decides that she needs a break and a change so she heads back to her hometown of Montauk. Where she takes a job as a Creative Writing teacher at the local high-school. When she meets a Bryan Thorn at the beach she has a one night stand and when her first class starts she gets a shook he is her student. This was a good student/teacher read. Although I didn't like Bryan that much. This book was well written with no errors in grammar or spelling this was my first time reading this author but not my last.