Review: sort but intense novella about a second chance romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
3.5 starsThe first novella in the Billionaire's Club: New Orleans is a second chance romance between Renata, a female boxer training for a championship fight, and Sebastian, a former Heavy weight champion and now a billionaire businessman. Both were lovers 5 years ago but that all ended when Sebastian walked away leaving Renata devastated.Sebastian has moved his business operations back to his home town and Renata has also moved back to train for her next big fight. When their paths cross, sparks fly, but Renata remembers the pain suffered after Sebastian's rejection and won't let him back in her heart that easily. Sebastian still carries a torch for his one true love, desperate to win her back, earn her trust and capture her heart. As they come to an agreement which sees Sebastian becoming Renata's trainer for her championship fight, he hopes that he has time to convince her to give him another chance.I enjoyed this novella, short but fast paced, intense in its emotion and steamy in the passion department. Both characters were easy to connect to, their mutual attraction and desire was obvious, the dialogue between them smooth and comfortable. As the true reason for Sebastian's departure comes to the surface, both have to face demons from their past and this twist offered more emotional connection to the characters.Overall this was a good start to the series, which I will be reading more of. I thought that within the novella constraints we were given enough background but I could easily see this expanded to a longer novel so we could more deeply connect to the characters and have the story fleshed out a bit more.