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Connecting on millionairesugardaddy.com is reserved for a certain kind of woman. But some men make you yearn to be that kind of woman . . . Marissa Roy never thought she would do it. Until she finds herself overwhelmed by debt, college costs—and a vengeful ex-boyfriend determined to ruin her financially. But once she meets multi-millionaire Vince Taylor, the thought of sleeping with her hot benefactor is a major turn-on. Except Vince has one condition to their dating contract: he wants her by his side, but not in his bed. Finding sex was easy, he said, finding someone he could trust was not. Still, his hungry gaze tells Marissa otherwise . . . She’s the perfect escort—a natural beauty with the kind of savvy discretion that will keep his personal life out of the tabloids. Only Vince doesn’t expect his body to pulse every time Marissa steps into the room, every time she stands close. Too close. He doesn’t expect to find himself pulling her into his arms, night after night after night. Suddenly he can’t get enough of her intoxicating body. And once he’s broken that rule, it’s only a matter of time until he violates his vow to never, ever fall in love . . .
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3.5 stars
I enjoyed the concept of this story, and I assume the series as a whole will run with the idea. Instead of a regular dating site, the characters use a sugar daddy site. NOT an escort site, although there is some fears and stigma that go along with the idea of getting a lot of money to be arm candy for a rich person.
Marissa is a super-likable character. She tries so hard to take care of her own problems…even with the problems shouldn’t even be hers but were thrust upon her by bad people in her life. She may have had her moments of weakness in her life, especially when it comes to her ex-boyfriend, but she’s learned her lesson and is not the shrinking violet she first appears to be. She’s going to do what needs to be done to take care of her problems while also going to school to better her life.
Of course, the multimillionaire Vince is not quite as likable at first. But once he confronted by someone who doesn’t bow down at his feet we get to see his true heart. Marissa truly brings out the best in him, against his own better judgement even. It was fun to see such a strong and in charge business man get bossed around by Marissa occasionally. He had his alpha moments, but he really tried so hard to pull back those instincts in most matters.
There are things I didn’t quite understand about Vince, his father, and their companies. At first I really wanted to understand and thought I needed to understand the whys and hows. And, in fact, I couldn’t understand why Vince didn’t more deeply question his father’s insistence on how they were dealing with their mutual investment. Then, I relaxed and decided to just go with the flow. They whys and hows were not really that important to the overall story. Just the fact that Vince’s dad is a real jerk is enough for the reader to know.
What did continue to irk me throughout the story was the awkward language at some points. And some totally mis-used words. Now, this story takes place in Canada so there are some slight differences in what we, in the United States, call things. That is not what I’m talking about. My hope is, since I read an ARC of this story, there is still some editing that will be done before publication. Even if these things are not caught, this is still a great story.
Christine d’Abo is a new-to-me author and I’m looking forward to reading more by her. Especially the next book in this series.
**I received an ARC of this book courtesy of Net Galley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely**
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