Review: Sweet Romance!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2014
Griffin Verdi is a billionaire viscount. Maylee Merriweather is a "hick" from Arkansas, raised in a single-wide trailer. Griffin is scholarly, book-wormish, and a royal snob - who is socially inept. When his long time assistant Kip, develops chicken-pox, he must make do with a "borrowed" assistant from fellow billionaire and friend, Hunter. He HAS to have a personal assistant to attend him at his royal cousin Alexandra's wedding. After all, he can't even tie his own tie. She is marrying an American movie star - a first for the royal family. Maylee is excited to be earning double her salary to get to travel to parts unknown - and see new sights. Griffin is appalled when he meets Maylee on his private jet - already in flight and on the way to the wedding. Griffin considers everything about her inappropriate for his needs...her hair, her clothes, her accent - disgusting! He will send her packing when they reach their destination. What in the world was Hunter thinking?After being exposed to her kind ways and generous heart, and unwilling to admit defeat and resort to using one of his mother's staff, Griffin decides to keep her in the position for now. He hurts her feelings every time he opens his mouth. She soldiers on - intent on completing her assignment so that she can send money home to "mama and them."That's as much as I'm going to divulge of the plot. You have to read it to find out the rest of the story. It is a cute romance. I laughed out loud several times...mostly at Griffin's "stick up his arse" reactions to Maylee's antics. I will say that the southern emphasis on Maylee's character was a little overdone - but not intolerable. Maybe I'm just a little sensitive, since I'm a southern girl. We seem to get 30 points deducted from our IQ - just for the accent! I definitely recommend Once Upon a Billionaire. Jessica Clare's writing style is fresh and fun. I can't wait to read the rest of this series.ARC received from NetGALLEY and the publisher for an honest review.