The Billionaire Wins the Game is a slow-burn "hot for boss" romance that unfortunately relied on "run away to sort my feelings" trope for the ending. The characters are actually quite decent. That, with the background machinations of the parents, made it an enjoyable read with a fizzled ending.
Joseph and Catherine have lived a good life, but their sons are in their thirties, and none of them even have a steady girlfriend. Joseph's first target: oldest son Luke. Luke is wealthy, sexy, but he puts work first and only does NSA sex, and even he's getting tired of that, esp. ones who turned out to be golddiggers. Until he ran into Amy Harper. Amy Harper grew up under tragic circumstances. She barely put herself through school and live practically in the ghetto. She knew she can't rely on anyone, even as she yearned for a family to call her own. When the elder Anderson screened her and deemed her acceptable as Luke's new executive assistant, she was elated, even as she found her new boss Luke incredibly sexy, but irritably arrogant, and it was clear they both have chemistry, but both deny each other. When they finally succumbed to their temptations... and Amy got pregnant, she was scared he'll just take the baby, but Luke has every intention of marrying Amy. Luke is used to getting his way, but Amy has the right spark to challenge him in every way. But how can Luke convince Amy to dream a life happily ever after with him?
As I mentioned, one of the parties decided to "run away to sort my feelings". That is... extremely annoying. As it basically did not resolve ANYTHING, but merely let the passage of time IMPLY a change of heart, rather than one party convince the other to change. I also find Luke a bit on the bland side.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Independent woman fell for her hot sexy billionaire boss, but she doesn't want to be dependent on any one... then she got pregnant...
Tropes: hot for boss, matchmaker, family pressure, different worlds, pregnancy
Overall Rating: 4/5
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