Name: Hothouse Flower
ISBN: 9781950165414

Krista Ritchie

Becca Ritchie

A forbidden romance about free spirits who have always been told to stay away from one another, yet come together when the timing is right.

Hothouse Flower

Hana 

She’s straddling me, her back against the gas can, lying on the motorcycle. I touch the fucking throttle and brake easily, extending my arms over her, and her chest rises and falls in a shallow rhythm, acting like I’m about to push into her. Like this is about to go somewhere it is definitely fucking not.

“When did I become your fucking pillow?” he asks lightly.

“Shhh,” I whisper, “it’s safe here.”

Just when I anticipate Ryke drawing away from me, he surprises me and kisses the top of my head

Sophia

I have carried this girl so many times in my life.

But this time— this is the absolute worst.

There’s a long pause before Connor asks, “Is she alive?”

The question sends me to my fucking knees. I breathe heavily, no amount of training preparing me for this agony. I shake my head and I say, “I don’t… I don’t know.”

I could have been carrying a girl without a pulse for three miles. I didn’t check.

I was scared that he’d tell me to fucking leave. Because that means going back to a life I can’t see for myself anymore. Daisy has changed that for me. She made me comfortable to share my life with someone else, to live for happiness in the company of others. My solitary future looks bleak. But my future filled with my brother, my friends, 

I’m the dark. If she’s gone, I can kiss that fucking light away.

Without her, I know I’ll never see it again.

It's so typical him that he even swears while saying I love you lmao

“I love you beyond physical attraction.” He cups my smooth cheek, looking deep into my eyes. “I love you, Dais, because you’re the wildest fucking girl with the biggest fucking heart. And without you in my life”— he shakes his head like it’s an inconceivable picture—“ I’d be the unhappiest fucking guy.”

I think I’ve hit the lottery— to have him in my life.

 me, he’s worth every loud moment, every peaceful silence, the crazy and the sad, the restless and the quiet.

Lily sits up like she rose from the dead, rubbing her eyes and stretching.

The way Lo is watching her— it’s like he’s witnessing daylight for the first time.

Monique Nagel

Krista and Becca Ritchie can do no wrong. This book was amazing.

This book would've been perfect if not for the weird age gap.

I could let them be once she turned 18 even tho I still found it weird but when they mentioned the time she was 15/16? It was so 

 inappropiate and tbh a little bit disgusting...

But if you choose to forget the age gap (like me) the book was really really good. I love Daisy and it was fun to get to know her better.

This book would've been perfect if not for the weird age gap.

I could let them be once she turned 18 even tho I still found it weird but when they mentioned the time she was 15/16? It was so fucking inappropiate and tbh a little bit disgusting...

But if you choose to forget the age gap (like me) the book was really really good. I love Daisy and it was fun to get to know her better.

This my favourite book in the calloway sisters, ryke and daisy's forbidden romance trope 😼

Hothouse Flower

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