***** 5 stars!
Let me just start off by saying th at this book was sexy and I flew thr o ugh the book fast and speedy to see what the next escap a de was going to happen. Just look at the cover – it has me humming Justin Timberlake and Jay Z’s ” Suit and Tie” in my head while reading this book . You will see this is on e of my recommendations of a book to read if you are looking for something to read after Fifty Shades. Th is first book was about Cloe and B ennett ‘s st ory of a brilliant MBA grad student and the Beautiful Bastard’s boss . If you have not read the first b ook, I highly recommend that you do.
This book is about is about Max (the Beautiful Stranger) and Sara and the ir um well I guess you would say love story. Sara is Cleo’s best friend from C hicago and takes a job offer from her friend’s place of work . She’s leaving a hor rible relationship and needs a new fresh start and r uns in to our Bri tish friend, Max. Come to find out Max is on P age S ix magazine because of his playboy behavior in the gossip magazines and is f ollowed by the Paparazzi, so not what Sara is looking for coming from a highly publicized relationship herself . Max started off very guarded with his feelings and towards the end he show s his emotion . I love it when the male lead shows his emo tions in the end and de clares his l ove when he ha s never done an ything like it before – here are some of the of his words :
“I’m scared , too Sa ra. I’m scared I’m your rebound. I’m scared we’ll cock it up somehow . I ;m scared you will be tired of me. But the thing is ” he said , smiling “I don’t want anyone else. You rather ruined me for other women”
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“When I say I love you’ I don’t mean that I love what being with you does for my career, or I love how often your’re willing to shag . I mean I love you. I love who I am with you, and I ‘m trusting you not to hurt me.”
A wwwwww 🙂
Another great thi ng is that Cleo and Bennett are stil l in this story, so you get to see how the ir relations hip progress e s and just like Beautiful Ba stard, this book has very steamy scenes that even top Cl eo and Be nnett ‘ s e sc apades.
I mentioned in my last blog post I went to the release party for the book and had the pleasure of meeting La uren , one of the authors of this book. I a sked her how could she write a book with a nother author and it work so smoothly for them. La uren informed me tha t they assign each other c haract e rs to write and then they come together organically in how t ospeak in the language of the charact e r . While reading this book I can see how they split the charact e rs . One chapter would be Saratalking and the next chapter Ma x may be talking , which made the ir writing stream lined; i t made it very easy to understand what each person was thinking and feeling during each situation and not just a one side d con versation.
F rom what I understand, you can get this 5 star book at Target and get an exclusive added page for Ta rget readers, or enter my give away and get a signed copy !
