Series & Title: The Sin City Tycoons, Book 4: A Tycoon's Bargain
Author: Avery Laval
Publisher: Blue Crow Books
Release Date: September 2, 2018
Genre: Contemporary, Explicit, Romance
Book Version: eBook
At a society bachelorette auction, a hedge fund king gets more than he bargained for…
When Cassie Harris squeezes herself into a too-small neon designer dress for a bachelorette charity auction, she realizes there’s nothing she won’t do for her landscape design business. Her biggest client is hosting the New York society event solely to show off her own filthy-rich, dead-sexy Australian boyfriend. And she’s using Cassie to make herself look good. Cassie steps on stage, humiliated. But an unexpected bidder spends an enormous sum on her, causing gasps throughout the gala. The winner? Thom King, her biggest client’s boyfriend. Cassie can kiss that account goodbye—and her fledgling business along with it.
Thom King has no interest in society girls with grand designs on his wallet. But he has a huge interest in getting that ridiculous gown off of the hourglass figure of Cassie Harris. And once he gets to know her, his interest only grows. She’s as hardworking as he is, as focused, and as smart. Before he met Cassie, women were mere distractions from his hedge fund. Now, Cassie’s the only thing Thom can think about.
But Cassie doesn’t believe a man like Thom can love at all, let alone love a woman like her. And that means Thom will have to use all of the charm and seduction at his disposal to prove her wrong.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway is the realization, understanding, and acceptance that both Thom and Cassie were at fault for the abrupt halt to their fledgling relationship. That they both owned up to it, first to themselves then to each other, underlined and emphasized one of the building blocks for a solid foundation for any relationship: communication.
This reminds me of Cinderella with its prince-meets-poor-girl story line. However, unlike that classic fairy tale, Cinderella is more a working class girl with incredible goals for herself and the drive to see them come true. Prince is a rags-to-riches man who remembers where he came from and is well-rounded because of that. They didn’t meet under particularly spectacular circumstances and that beginning left a slightly bitter taste in Cassie’s mouth.
Her disbelief hung on throughout the story while Thom tried his best to figure out how to prove her wrong. It wasn’t until their slight slip from bliss that Cassie realized she needed to believe in what Thom claimed he felt for her because she felt it too, and that Thom needed to approach her differently so she could see and feel his genuineness.
Ms. Laval is a new to me author. I enjoyed her style of writing, especially the banter between Thom and Cassie. The story isn’t angsty, dark, or complicated. It’s a straight love story. I haven’t read one of these, a really good one of these from a new author, in quite some time. I’m glad I did.
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