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-Addicted 2 Romance
ABOUT THE BOOK
I’m from a rich family, have domineering parents that I still live with, and I went to college but can’t get taken seriously in my chosen field.
Can I be any more of a clichรฉ?
Yes, I can. I just woke up married in Vegas. But my new husband will get me the freedom I’ve been looking for. With him by my side, I won’t get married off to some well-bred rich boy of my dad’s choosing. I’ll be free to pursue my passion for environmental protection. Until my new husband Xander tells me the last name I didn’t catch before I signed the papers and said “I do.”
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My dad’s the King Oil CEO, not me. I’m the son that makes him wonder what he did wrong, spending my time roaming the world, avoiding home so I don’t have to tell my billionaire dad and accomplished brothers why I’m broke and jobless.
My environmentalist wife wants an annulment as soon as she finds out who I am, until I tell her my reason for getting married. My millions of reasons from my trust fund.
All Savvy has to do is stay married to me for a year and then she gets half. We can go our separate ways after 365 days. Except I want more than a year. Somehow, as a guy who has committed to no one and nowhere his entire adult life, I have to convince her to give me a lifetime.
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- This was from my top favorite moment in the book - Addicted 2 Romance
“Xander and I got married last night. Xander. This is my dad. Walter Abbot.”
Xander released my hand to hold his out. “Nice to meet you.” He was so steady, not at all intimidated.
Chief continued to pretend Xander didn’t exist. “I would’ve thought you were smarter than being taken by a guy who’s after your money.”
“Like you often tell me, I have no money, and I never told him that my family is wealthy.” I chanced a glance at Xander. His brows were only slightly lifted. He was surprised, but the news otherwise had no bearing on his demeanor. But he didn’t know how wealthy my family was.
“People like him know. Just like you should know better. If it’s not the money, it’s the . . .” He waved his hand, his face deepening from red to purple.
Xander stepped in. “Savvy has a lot more to offer than her wallet or her looks.” He took my hand again and it was all I could do not to hide behind him. His words probably made things worse, but I appreciated the effort. It was already more than any previous date had done.
Chief zeroed in on Xander, like my new husband was an enemy sniper hiding in the backyard. “And what is it, exactly, that you do?”
One of the men hanging out in the entry of the restaurant wandered out, his gaze drifting over me.
Gentry King. The man I’d worked so hard to impress yesterday was about to witness Chief humiliating me. I hoped he was too busy and disengaged from the daily details of his work to realize the professional Sapphire Abbot he was supposed to have met with yesterday had shown up today married to a guy her dad hated.
Mr. King wasn’t any different than his pictures, but his presence packed a punch. He was almost as tall as Xander, his shoulders just as broad, but his expression was much less hostile than Chief’s. No doubt he was putting two and two together and figuring out I was Chief’s daughter. I wouldn’t have believed the power he held over Chief if my father didn’t visibly calm down the instant Mr. King stepped closer to us. This account was extremely important to Chief. My mini-crisis was averted. He’d hold himself together through the meal, but I’d get another berating afterward.
Mr. King’s gaze left me and landed on Xander. His brows rose, his eyes filling with curiosity, but also brightening, like he was happy to see my husband. “Xander? What are you doing here?” Before I could muddle through how Gentry King knew my new husband, Xander said, “Hi, Dad.”
This is book 3 in the series and it easily stands alone as Xander has not been seen much in the other books in the series and Savvy/Sapphire is a brand new character. This book also starts in Vegas with Xander and all his King family and it is one year later from the previous book.
Savvy is in Vegas for work but while there she finds out her company has no money and so its dead. She is from a wealthy DC family and her father is the Chief and he hears that she needs a job so he hires her and has plans to meet with Gentry, Xander's dad in Vegas the next day.
In the midst of that Xander and Savvy meet and get hitched and my absolute favorite scene was where the two marry and think their parents will hate the reunion and instead they love it. But the bride and groom have no idea whose family they have married into and its one fun breakfast the next morning. This was the best scene on the book.
Xander is penniless and an aimless photographer as he travels the world, but if she stays married until he turns 30, he and Savvy will each get 50 million from his trust. This is a convenience marriage of sorts but also a instalust/love story too. Both characters are very naive and immature when this story starts and they really grow up in the story. The story takes place in Vegas, Washington DC, Montana and Sarajevo.
I wish we had seen more of the King family, though I loved Savvy's family and sisters as well. Aside from that it was an awesome story about love, family, commitment and growing up and taking responsibility for your successes and also your failure. I am loving this series and cannot wait for more in this series.
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I loved KING'S CROWN so much. Its very different than I pictured it but I loved every second of it. Its an age gap romance as he, Gentry is 49 and Kendall is 28 but she has been taking care of her siblings for years so she really was very mature and was tired of dealing with immature boys and they had a lot in common.
The story begins with Kendall who is living with her ex husband, said boy who kicks her out so his college girl friend can move in. Then she gets fired because she does not have a college degree but a fellow co-workers offers her a lead on a well paying job in Denver and thats how evil granny Emilia enters her life.
Gentry has some business in Wyoming and he is asked by Emilia to pick up Kendall and drop her off in Denver for a job interview with his son Beckett. But no one told the weather man that and so they end up snowed in and a one bedded room in a big snow storm in Wyoming.
This is very much a friends turning to lovers and work place romance story rather than an age gap story. The obstacles in their way are more about her job working for King's Oil after being snowed in together rather than their age. It was a wonderful story about two very lonely people who find a close friendship with each other while facing obstacles at work and with Gentry's own family. I loved it and can't wait to dig into book 2.
KING'S RANSOM was sooooooo good. I really fell in love with Eva and Beckett. In this story we meet Eva and her brother, Adam. They both lost their parents very young and well Eva ended up in trouble and that meant Adam was also arrested. Now years later Adam came up with an app and was in discussions with Beckett's tech company to promote it when he pulled out because he learned Adam went to jail. Now Adam is very depressed, he barely eats or showers and just spends his time on the couch. So Eva decides to give Beckett a piece of her mind.... and thats how these two meet.
Beckett sees Eva and decides to hire her as his new assistant and pay her a ridiculous amount of money and then he asks her to marry him in a few months. He wants time to show his father he is in love but he has to be married for one year by his 30th birthday. Eva is desperate for money to save her brother and so she agrees but she never tells him who her brother is and about his and her murky past
What will Beckett do when he finds out?
Why is so opposed to hiring and working with former jailbirds?
Well you will have to read this book to find out. I absolutely adored it. We see alot more of the King family in this book and I loved seeing all my favorite characters from the first book and getting to know them more.
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AUTHOR BIO
Marie Johnston writes paranormal and contemporary
romance. She also works as a medical laboratory scientist and has worked as a
public health microbiologist. Depending on the
situation, she can be oddly unconcerned about germs or weirdly
phobic. Marie’s been a volunteer EMT, a college instructor, a security
guard, a phlebotomist, a hotel clerk, and a coffee pourer in a bingo hall.
All fodder for a writer!! She has a husband, four kids, and even more cats.
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