Review: Loved the Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2013
This is the second book in the Billionaire Boys Club series. I loved this one as much as the first one.We first met our scarred billionaire, Hunter Buchanan, in the first book of the series, Stranded with a Billionaire. Hunter is a real estate tycoon. Unlike the other five members of their club, Hunter's money is family money. His father was also into real estate, and had amassed a small fortune by the time Hunter was born. Hunter inherited most of his father's holdings. And added to them.Hunter is a man who has lived in the shadows most of his life. An incident when he was a young child, has left one side of his face and upper body badly scarred. His only friends are the members of his club, he only has one close employee, and does most of his work from home on the telephone. When he must venture out into the real world, Hunter is very aware of the lighting and shadows. He has learned to live apart from the rest of the world. Until he first sees and hears Gretchen.Gretchen Petty is a ghost writer and a coffee barrista. She hates the books she is forced to write, but they are after all a paycheck. So she trudges forth. Until an offer comes in that has her rethinking her writing career. The opportunity to work in the famous Buchanan Manor. Old letters have been discovered by the owner of the Manor, and he has approached Gretchen's agent to have her come to the manor, transcribe the letters and put them into book format. The downside, she would have to live in the Manor. The letters cannot leave the residence.Hunter thinks he's cooked up the perfect plan to bring Gretchen to him. Offer up a contract she can't refuse. It brings her to him and he can observe from afar. Hoping that what he's overheard Gretchen say could be true. She doesn't care what a man looks like, it's what's inside that counts. That's what makes a man who he really is.As Gretchen works on the letters, she discovers she really likes Hunter and wants to get to know him better. As the two grow closer, Hunter can't believe he's found someone who does not see his scars, only sees him.And as with any love story, here is where the misunderstanding comes into play. Hunter overhears Gretchen speaking with her agent, and assumes the worst. It's soon after that, that Gretchen leaves the Manor and the small fortune Hunter has thrown at her to stay and be his "companion".I liked the story and the characters were great. It was a quick read, and had the usual twists and turns of a romance book. I look forward to the next Billionaire's story.