Review: Just okay for me...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 21, 2014
The Billion Dollar Bachelor is the first book in author Jackie Ashenden’s The Billionaire’s Club. This is a novella length story (100 pages) told from alternating POV’s of the two main characters, Jax and Pandora. Pandora’s father is a powerful and dangerous criminal and has kept her on a tight rope, a virtual prisoner, with no friends and no family. One night she seizes on the opportunity to just walk away, at least for the night…and she happens to walk into the bar where billionaire Jax is working on drinking his bad mood away."…the moment his gaze locked with hers, all his cool, calm logic vanished. The company ceased to exist. The scandal currently rocking it utterly forgotten, his family gone along with it. The only thing he was aware of was the fact that for the first time in his life, he wanted.And what he wanted was her."After the intial meeting and some sexy time together, Jax and Pandora are discovered by her father and are forced into a pretend public relationship. Their strong chemistry poses an issue as they try to work together to prevent her father from blackmailing them into getting married.This was a short, sexy read. There wasn't much room for development because of the shorter length but the writing was okay and it seemed to flow pretty well. The steam level was medium. I was rolling my eyes on a few different occasions. This book rates high on the unbelieveable scale, everything from Pandora's computer skills to Jax and Pandora's first sexual encounter were just hard to believe. The characters also ran hot then cold, especially towards the end. Either you're in or you're out. The back and forth and then extreme changes took away from my overall enjoyment.In the end, this was a three star read for me. I'd recommend for fans that enjoy novella length contemporary romances, billionaire hero's, or coerced relationships/marriages. I don't think this is book is a great fit for me and most likely won't continue on with the series.Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review.