Book Review: Her Grumpy Billionaire by Natalie Anderson

Her Grumpy Billionaire by Natalie Anderson was first published by Mills & Boon in 2012 as First Time Lucky. The book has been revamped and republished by Natalie Anderson as part of the Billionaire Boyfriends series.

Set in New Zealand Gabe Hollingsworth is the Doctor for Blades rugby team. He has family money and is an attractive early 30s Doctor. He has gone from playboy to a repressed one! After having his private life splashed all over local media he is looking for a quiet life after being stalked by an ex girlfriend who happened to be a dancer. He also wants to avoid dancers! 

Roxanna (Roxie) Jones is a 22 year old dancer who auditioned for and won a place on the Silver Blades team. She had cared for her ailing grandparents for the past five years and is saving money so she can put herself first and travel abroad at the end of the season.

She first meets Gabe when he enquires about renting the Treehouse her grandfather built. He goes for a year long lease on the assumption she will be moving out of the garage apartment pretty soon (not in a few months). She next meets him at her audition for Blades dance team as she is stung by a bee. The chemistry between the pair is already evident.  

The first thing Roxie purchased with the Gabe’s rent money is 5 champagne bottles which she labels with letters. Gabe helps her with the V one! Gabe falls for her first but will Roxie be willing to give up her dream of travelling for him? 

I enjoyed this book. The storyline is different from the traditional billionaire romance. Both the main characters have issues that are relatable to readers - stalking and the pressure of being a carer at a young age and how it can affect your life. 

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Book Review: Their Altar Arrangement by Natalie Anderson

 Their Altar Arrangement, written by Natalie Anderson, is the first book in the Mills & Boon/ Harlequin mini series The  Convenient Wives Club.    

Elodie Wallace is determined to prevent her little sister, Ashleigh, from marrying Ramon Fernandez at all costs, even if she has to marry him herself! After being manipulated into marriage by her domineering father she is determined not to have the same happen to her sister. It took Elodie years to rebuild her life and she manufactured a whole raunchy alternative narrative in order to do so. When she bursts in in the billionaire she doesn’t realise she has got the wrong Ramon. He is Juan Ramon Fernandez.  The man her sister is engaged to (and Juan’s cousin) is called Jose Ramon Fernandez. Juan also needs a wife as the first of the two men to get married inherits an island - he wants to preserve it whilst his cousin wants to build on it.  They agree to marry for a year and due to the chemistry between have fun. Juan will help her upgrade her escape room business and help . Elodie will be the one to break their marriage up, as she did with her first one.

I really enjoyed this novel and will reread it. I liked that Elodie was firmly in control and Juan was quite often put on the back foot and didn’t automatically get his own way. I felt that the setting way more contemporary and interesting than the formulaic teacher/ secretary etc trope as she is running her own escape room business and isn’t in desperate  need for his money. Both characters have had turbulent childhoods which has shaped who they are. It is interesting to see how they grow develop and change throughout the novel. There is humour between the main characters and the book is well thought out in terms of pacing and storyline. All the loose ends are tied up and the minor characters - Juan’s aunt and Jose also get a final mention rather than just disappearing.   

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Book Review: Boss With Benefits by Lucy King

Boss with Benefits is written by Lucy King and the second in the Mills & Boon Modern mini series Billion Dollar Bet where the heroes have taken a net to only go out with one woman from Independence to Labor Day to repair their images. . The winner of the bet will take all  accumulated shares and have the chance to take Helberg. 

Adam Courtney, the billionaire CEO, must remain celibate in order to keep hold of an acquisition that helps him lessen the guilt of his mother’s death. He is managing to remain so until he meets Ella Green, walks back in to his life to audit his firm. They have had a passionate encounter in the past and he knows how difficult it will be to prevent a repeat of this. Ella is also determined that there will not be repeat performance. She has been burnt both professionally and socially in the past and will not risk her career for mere desire. Can the pair remain aloof or will they succumb to their red hot chemistry?

I did not enjoy this book. It was only a short read so that made it slightly easier! A shame as I normally enjoy the author’s novels but this one just seemed forced. 

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