GRR Reviews Fallacy (Apprehensive Series Book 1) by K.A. Berg

I hate it when the author failed to think through their plot and left a HUGE f***ing hole to drive a space shuttle through...

Quinn's life had been railroaded by her father, a financial mogul in one of the biggest venture cap companies. She didn't really even want to be in this business initially and had the VP position dangled in front of her for months... years, but she can never do something right. She encountered Alex, a physical trainer in the NFL, who's actually sweet and did not want more than she can give. What was supposed to be a one-night-stand turned into two years. But when threatened by her father that she's "slacking", Quinn ran, just as Alex got a great offer... thousands of miles away. Two years later, Alex is now head trainer of a premier NFL team, and Quinn STILL hasn't made VP. Now her father, after losing several bets on startups (often due to NOT following Quinn's advice), intends to force Quinn to marry a rival's single son to "unite" the two empires... And he'll do ANYTHING to force Quinn, including blackball her so she'll never work in this town again by manufacturing evidence of embezzlement against her...

At this point, I stopped reading. Evil father's reason for doing this is "to secure my legacy". But you can't threaten the only piece on the board. Blackballing her and/or putting her in prison will destroy that legacy. It made NO SENSE. Yet she falls for the gambit and starts to plot with the other family's son, who's supposed to be a platonic friend (who also do one-night-stands only, kinda like a male version of her) to plan a marriage of convenience, merge the company, then force her father out, when she should be yelling "F*** YOU. Go ahead, do your worst. It's YOUR legacy you're f***ing with. Remember, anything happens to me reflects on you!"

I'm sure the rest of the book is Alex going back to the city, and trying to win Quinn back, only to find her engaged. But sorry, this is supposed to be a woman who handle huge venture cap funds, yet she can't even do a cost/benefit analysis... Tsk, tsk.

The cliffhanger leading to two additional volumes did not help at all.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman found a guy who doesn't want her for sex or money, but her controlling father forced her to abandon him...

Overall Rating: 1/5

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