The Bastard Billionaire
Billionaire Bad Boys, #3
Jessica Lemmon
On Sale: February 28, 2017
Publisher: Forever
Beauty and the Beastly
Billionaire . . .
Eli Crane is one tough
bastard. After an explosion left him injured and honorably discharged from the
Marines, all he wants is to be left alone. Yet his brothers insist he take a
greater role in the family business. They've hired him ten personal assistants—and
Eli sent each one packing as fast as possible. But when beautiful number eleven
walks through the door, Eli will do anything to make her stay.
Isabella Sawyer's
employment agency can't afford to lose Eli Crane's business. Her plan: to
personally take on the role of his PA, and secure her reputation with the
wealthy elite in Chicago. But this beauty and her hot billionaire bad boy soon
find themselves mixing business with pleasure in the most delicious ways. And
passionate, stubborn Isabella won't rest until she tames this wicked beast . .
.
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Standing,
she smoothed her hands down her pants and flipped her hair. She had planned to
quietly finish her work and leave without seeing him again. No such luck. And
no hiding that she was heading his way when her heels clicked along the
concrete floor.
Well.
The
kiss had happened. The button incident had happened. There was no taking it
back. Regardless of how either of them felt about it, she was going to continue
working here. So. She would deal with the here and now.
Since
the sun was shining, Eli’s lair was welcome instead of foreboding. No fire
cracked in the hearth today. Also unlike his usual, he wasn’t at his desk. He
was at the printer.
“This
yours?” He offered a sheet of paper.
“Yes.”
She couldn’t keep from explaining. “Pressed the Print button by accident.”
“Mi
printer es su printer.”
Isa
accepted the document and Eli sank his hands into his jeans pockets, his
forearms flexing with the movement.
“I
wasn’t—”
“I
shouldn’t—” they said at the same time.
He
pursed his lips and she looked at her shoes. “Go ahead.” She was going to say, I
wasn’t offended when you kissed me, but now that she’d had a millisecond to
think it through, maybe she should pretend the kiss hadn’t happened. Which was
. . . impossible. Standing this close to him, it’s all she could think about.
“I
shouldn’t have ruined your shirt,” he said.
“I
dared you to.”
“Why?”
His eyebrows compressed along with his lips.
“Because
you have accepted the role of beast, but I don’t believe that’s who you are.”
She let her gaze linger on his face before tracking down his body. “And because
I like a challenge.”
“Do
you?” He took a wide step toward her.
She
matched his move and took one step closer to him. “Yes. I don’t wilt easily.”
He
threaded her hair between his fingers, a look of longing and hurt mingling in
his eyes. “I was about to lie and say I shouldn’t have kissed you.”
Shivers
climbed her spine as she remembered how firm his lips felt against hers. “Maybe
. . . you shouldn’t have stopped.”
Eli is most definitely surly, trying to chase everyone away so he can be alone. He never counted on Isabella coming in and turning his world upside down. She is the perfect match for him, always pushing and challenging him, and not taking his crap. The chemistry is off the charts as soon as they meet, and even though they give in to the attraction, Eli cannot or will not offer Isabella more than a physical relationship. Unfortunately, Isabella wants more than Eli can offer, and after previously being in a loveless relationship, she knows she deserves it. I loved the slight Beauty and the Beast theme going on and that they both grew and changed throughout the book. If you love broody heroes, then Eli is perfect for you! I've really liked this series and was especially looking forward to Eli's book - I was not disappointed!
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.
TOP 5 FAVORITE “BEASTLY” HEROES
(CAN BE FROM BOOKS, MOVIES, TV, ETC)
#5 ~ Seth, George
Clooney's character from the movie From Dusk Til Dawn. He’s a bank robber who
takes a family of three hostage before leading them, unbeknownst to him, to a
den of vampires in Mexico. At the end, the body count is high, but Seth emerges
as hero in a move that surprises him as much as the audience watching.
#4 ~ Jax Teller from the
television series, Sons of Anarchy. The ultimate bad boy anti-hero, am I right?
Yet something about his sinister actions is so tempting. Charlie Hunnam’s
gorgeous face helps.
#3 ~ Tate Jackson from
Kristen Ashley’s novel Sweet Dreams. I’ve never in my life read a romance hero
who insulted the heroine quite the way Tate did Lauren. (She overheard him
calling her fat! Gasp!) In a brilliant turn of events, Tate completely falls
for Lauren during the course of the book, eating all of his early assumptions
and falling helplessly in love with her. Watching him step seamlessly into the
hero role was incredible.
#2 ~ Negan from the
television series, The Walking Dead. I know, I know… he’s not a hero. He’s the
worst of the worst, but the way Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays the baddest of them
all makes a tiny, evil part of me root for him against my better judgment.
#1 ~ Beast, from Walt
Disney’s animated cartoon, Beauty and the Beast. Not only is our hero litearlly
a beast, but he also has a heart of solid gold. Like another hero I know, Eli
Crane, Beast simply needs a strong heroine who will both stand up to him—and
stand up for him.
A former job-hopper,
Jessica Lemmon resides in Ohio with her husband and rescue dog. She holds a
degree in graphic design currently gathering dust in an impressive frame. When
she's not writing super-sexy heroes, she can be found cooking, drawing,
drinking coffee (okay, wine), and eating potato chips. She firmly believes God
gifts us with talents for a purpose, and with His help, you can create the life
you want.
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