Sugar Daddy

No actual Sugar Daddies. Zero stars.

Nah, I'm just kidding. Though this is like no romance I've ever read. It's slow to build up to it, but Liberty starts out so young that this is just fine by me. Instead, the background of friendships (Miss Marva, Churchill, the people at the salon) and familial obligations (Liberty cares for her much younger sister Carrington after their mother dies) propel the story along until the real romance comes along, between Liberty and Churchill's son Gage.

There are so many good side characters. Texas is a character too, and that makes up for no sugar daddies. (Though there's a lot of rich oil dudes, and Liberty is po' but gets hired by one of them, so I get what the title is going for.)

There's a Love Triangle (isn't Hardy Cates kind of the best romance name?!), and long-held secrets, and it's sexy but not smutty. I really really enjoyed this.