Alyssa had to leave her last TV show when she fainted, suffering from bulimia as a result of binge-eating and purging cycles. Her boyfriend Ryan, who had taken care of her before, got her to rehab, and she is now okay... But Ryan refuses to let her act again, claiming she has no self-control. Alyssa also met Luke, Ryan's wilder, more passionate law partner, who doesn't like the way Ryan treats Alyssa (more like a pet than a girlfriend). But Alyssa already accepted the engagement ring from Ryan, and he did save her... right? But Luke refused to sit back, even as Alyssa grew a spine and got back into acting... and Ryan retreated into 80-hour work weeks...
While a part of a three-book series, this novel can be read alone. I like the overall feel, but I didn't like the way Ryan or Luke were set up. Ryan basically has NO redeeming qualities other than he got Alyssa to rehab, but that's a one-time event, which he used as a hammer to beat her down again and again while using her as his show-piece (on his arm at social events), as if he owned her for life "for her own good". In the meanwhile, Luke (or Lucas) is the white knight who will save her from her dreary existence under Ryan's thumb with great sex and more. If there were more nuances in the two MMC I'd give this a higher score. 3.5/5
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GRR Reviews Accidental Husband by Crystal Kaswell
Griffin "Griff" and Juliette "Jules" have been friends since elementary school, when he protected her from a bully. Twelve years later, Jules had to call off her own wedding. Griff consoled her by taking her to Vegas. However, after one drunken night, they woke up married to each other. Jules started to panic as she just got away from one betrayer, but Griff had been protecting her. Can she trust Griff with her heart, despite all of their respective issues they brought into the relationship?
Accidental spouse mixed with friends to lovers is a pretty good mix, but this book is really about personal demons and how to exorcise them so the person can love. 4/5
Accidental spouse mixed with friends to lovers is a pretty good mix, but this book is really about personal demons and how to exorcise them so the person can love. 4/5
GRR Reviews Dirty Deal by Crystal Kaswell
NOTE: The Book was originally Titled "Billionaire's Deal", then re-released under the current name. The review will refer to it by the originally reviewed name.
Billionaire's Deal is a formulaic "billionaire hired a woman to play girlfriend, who fell for him" book. It reads like a "written by formula" book too.
Kat Wilder has only one purpose in life... Get her sister to college. She's the only provider in the family after the death of their parents, and she had to drop out of school, wasting the athletic scholarship, and she's barely making ends meet juggling multiple jobs waiting tables and more. Her lack of college degree limited her job prospects... Until she met Blake, a billionaire tech CEO with his own agenda... Blake needs Kat to play his girlfriend, pretending to be in love with him for 6-12 months... and she'll be generously compensated... several HUNDRED thousand dollars. There will even be a scholarship for her sister. And there may even be sex... But Blake is the kind of kinky alpha male that requires Kat to submit to his desires... even the kinky ones... and Kat slowly fell in love with Blake, not the money or privilege or material things... but Blake himself.
Basically a fairy tale... the idea that Blake would pick Kat, the down-and-almost-out waitress to be his pretend girlfriend was almost ludicrous. The rest of the book is so formulaic and the girl so... passive (not doormat, merely... passive) there's no drama in this book at all.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Kinky billionaire needing a pretend girlfriend makes the most indecent proposal to an orphan waitress raising her sister alone
Tropes: orphan, different worlds, indecent proposal, BDSM, fake engagement
Overall Rating: 2/5
Billionaire's Deal is a formulaic "billionaire hired a woman to play girlfriend, who fell for him" book. It reads like a "written by formula" book too.
Kat Wilder has only one purpose in life... Get her sister to college. She's the only provider in the family after the death of their parents, and she had to drop out of school, wasting the athletic scholarship, and she's barely making ends meet juggling multiple jobs waiting tables and more. Her lack of college degree limited her job prospects... Until she met Blake, a billionaire tech CEO with his own agenda... Blake needs Kat to play his girlfriend, pretending to be in love with him for 6-12 months... and she'll be generously compensated... several HUNDRED thousand dollars. There will even be a scholarship for her sister. And there may even be sex... But Blake is the kind of kinky alpha male that requires Kat to submit to his desires... even the kinky ones... and Kat slowly fell in love with Blake, not the money or privilege or material things... but Blake himself.
Basically a fairy tale... the idea that Blake would pick Kat, the down-and-almost-out waitress to be his pretend girlfriend was almost ludicrous. The rest of the book is so formulaic and the girl so... passive (not doormat, merely... passive) there's no drama in this book at all.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Kinky billionaire needing a pretend girlfriend makes the most indecent proposal to an orphan waitress raising her sister alone
Tropes: orphan, different worlds, indecent proposal, BDSM, fake engagement
Overall Rating: 2/5
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