Review: Honest review given
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
The erotic novel, Billionaire, was first published in seven parts. This review is of the whole series now published in one novel. My appetite was wetted from the first page. In an interview for personal assistant, Lila willingly gives up her most precious possession to a stranger. I found this scene to be unrealistic as it didn't fit in with her personality at all, nevertheless, it was well written and the sex scene, extremely explicit. Steamy, hotter than hot sex is abundant throughout, but the mere fact that the storyline was lacking a solid base, was a stumbling block.The portrayal of Lila is confusing because her metamorphose from a nave young woman who has had to fight for what she wanted under extreme circumstances in the past, to a sex fiend that can’t get enough of Alexander, the gorgeous and successful CEO billionaire of a publishing company, is on the verge of ridiculous. Alexander is not only used to controlling an empire, he also has a story to tell. A complicated past which influences the way he is, only made me want to know more about this person with such an inner strength and desire to control everything he does. His lack of worry concerning a delicate issue is brought up. He mentions it in a laid-back manner and accepts her explanation with a pinch of salt and for this reason, I couldn't understand why this sexually inexperienced woman was capable of changing someone so set in his ways so quickly. Their attraction for each other from the very beginning of this story is undeniable and well described. He is utterly smitten by this sex kitten and she abides by his rules until something goes dreadfully wrong.I just fell in love with Alexander. The author describes his protectiveness towards his younger brother Jake perfectly. Although Jake had given him more than one headache in the past, their relationship is solid. And regardless of his overbearing and obsessive attitude towards Lila, he is absolutely adorable!Lila irritated me. For someone so intelligent to act the way she did, beckoning and demanding Alexander to adhere to her every whim, riled me no end! Well, he was game so she certainly wasn't going to complain, was she? Anyway, they are deeply in love, have very similar tastes and they had both studied at the same university at different times which is highlighted later on in the story.I am absolutely sure that this book in its entirety, overridden with repetitive and raunchy erotica is simply because by publishing the sequels in short novellas, hung a carrot exactly where the author wanted. A clever tactic! I take my hat off to you! Saying that, I am delighted to see that the follow up is in one book.I really must commend Ms Jones for her descriptive writing. It was easy to ignore the few grammar mistakes I found in this book but I thought Alexander and Lila's sizzling journey should have been published as one from the very beginning and not in chapters Three stars for this reason.