GRR Reviews LaClaire Nights (After Hours series) by Dori Lavelle

LaClaire Nights is a different worlds novel where a woman, damaged by an uncaring husband, took a staff position on a cruise liner, only to fall for the billionaire boss. The plot is pretty much trope, but the push-pull is above average. However, the ending was rather trope and disappointing.

Grace saved her V-card for the man she wanted, and he wanted her back... and the happy marriage lasted right up to the point he took her V-card, and he told her he was disappointed. Ashamed of her "failure" in bed and ability to "keep" her man, they divorced 3 months later, but her mother kept believing they should get back together. To get away from it all, Grace took a massage therapist position on a cruise liner of LaClaire Cruises in the Carribean, hoping to lick her wounds alone... Until Bryant LeClaire came into her life. // Bryant LeClaire, heir to the cruise line fortune, is used to women hoping to seduce him, so Grace's shyness was something very different. Byrant enjoys a challenge, and when he learne of Grace's heartbreak, he vowed to put her back together, and teach her that she did not fail... It was her husband that failed. But he's not the kind of guy a plain country girl can aspire to... or is he? And what secret was he keeping from Grace despite his charm and his prowess in bed?

Not bad, but the ending was basically a fake-out, and rather disappointing. And I can't really say more without spoiling the story.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Can a broken-hearted woman working on a cruise-liner fall for the billionaire heir who vowed to help her get over her ex?

Tropes: resort, hot for boss, family secrets, scars, family pressure

Overall Rating:  4/5