The Billionaire is Back by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais is live!
Funny, sexy, and beautifully romantic, this book made me laugh and swoon, and gave me all the feels. A small town, brother’s best friend, childhood crush, all-consuming billionaire love story (and even a little fake relationship thrown in), this book has so many fabulously fun tropes, and I loved every single moment of it!
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Blurb
People in this small town are whispering…
What they’re saying is that the billionaire is back and he’s going after his best friend’s sister.
What I’m trying to do is help Claire Sweeney’s bakery business.
What I haven’t been able to admit to myself is that in all this time, no matter how hard I tried, I never forgot her.
Now she’s all grown up. I can’t stop thinking about her muffin. Or how guilty I feel when I fantasize about buttering it.
Claire has always been as much a part of Beacon Harbor as the hanging flower baskets, the boat tours, and the lobster races. She has no idea how beautiful I think she is. Even when she has flour on her face. Even when she’s rolling her eyes at me.
I’ve got her brother’s approval, but now it’s Claire that I really have to convince.
She doesn’t believe we have the right ingredients for a real relationship—so she only agrees to pretend to be my girlfriend to help me close a deal in New York.
I believe she’s about to discover exactly how I roll when I know what I want.
And what I want is her.
Review
5 stars!
Funny, sexy, and beautifully romantic, this book made me laugh and swoon, and gave me all the feels. A brother’s best friend, childhood crush, all-consuming billionaire love story (and even a little fake relationship thrown in), this book has so many fabulously fun tropes, and I loved every single moment of it!
Claire Sweeney grew up in a small town in Maine with a massive crush on her brother’s best friend. Grady was always sweet to her, but never really saw her as anything other than Jake’s little sister. He left town to make a name for himself, and now he’s a billionaire living the high life in New York City. When a family emergency brings him home for the first time in years, he gets a chance to revisit his past, and he’s in for a massive shock when he runs into grown-up Claire.
My heart seizes.
Claire. Claire Sweeney is coming toward me.
Those gray-blue eyes lock with mine, and she freezes.
I haven’t been going back in time – I’ve rocketed into the future.
Their reunion gave me tingles, and I was so excited, bouncing with anticipation as we see them reconnect. Claire wants to protect her heart, and she tries to keep her distance, but Grady is instantly all up in her business. He is bold and confident, and he goes after what he wants, and what he wants is Claire.
“I’ve had real reasons for holding back my feelings about you. but after last night, I realize those reasons are like anything else that has ever stood in the way of what I want. The obstacles aren’t what matter. It’s what I want that matters. I want you, Claire.”
Grady is a master at wooing, and they are out there with the declarations and all the feels, and it’s freaking awesome!
“I want you to know that I’m coming after you,” he whispers.
My mouth goes dry and I’m finding it difficult to swallow. “Excuse me?” I squeak.
“I’m going to seduce you, Sweeney. When I do, I don’t what you to accuse me of skulking around and being underhanded or two-faced.” He brushes a strand of hair from my forehead. “When I make you mine, I want you to know that I did it head-on.”
They get to know each other once again, and the attraction between them absolutely sizzles! And as they banter, flirt and tease, the tension builds brilliantly, and I love watching everything between them start to shift. Best of all, they are so honest with each other! It’s taken them YEARS to get to this stage, but they’re in a place where they know what they want and they’re ready to claim it. It’s emotional and all kinds of hot, and I was here for it!
“God, I don’t know if I would have survived tonight if I couldn’t make you mine, Claire.”
“You can. I’m yours.”
Bowing his head, he whispers to my neck, “Finally, finally.”
It’s wonderfully fun and romantic. I was swept up in their mad attraction, their wild passion, and their intense love for each other, and was right there with them as they navigated the reality of their new relationship. Their fierce love each other shines off the page. They want to be together, but their lives are very different, and they have to work at it, but it’s so, so worth it for the promise of all that they could be.
This book gives us the complete journey – from teen longing to admitting feelings, coming together, watching them start to build their life as a couple and overcoming obstacles, and beyond. I laughed and smiled, and fell hard for these two, and I loved their story.
There’s a fantastic cast of supporting characters – their parents are so funny, and both Grady and Claire have brothers that are screaming for their own stories (Grady’s brother in particular, who is a complex one and who seems to have a little something brewing with Claire’s feisty best friend, Vera). I cannot wait for more from this series.
Such a fun and entertaining read. 5 stars.
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author for an honest review.
About Kayley Loring
Amazon Top 25 and USA Today bestselling author Kayley Loring had a fifteen-year career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles (under a different name) before moving to the Pacific Northwest to pen steamy romantic comedy novels. Now she’s breathing cleaner air, writing dirtier words, and staring at her computer screen until her eyeballs dry out instead of getting facials and going to the hair salon. Read or listen to Kayley’s books when you want to laugh, warm your heart, and enjoy top-notch banter, strong heroines who need to be chased, lovable characters you’d want to know in real life, and swoon over perfectly imperfect book boyfriends.
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About Connor Crais
Connor Crais is a classically trained actor living in the Midwest with his wife and three kids. He has been both a stage and television actor, and before plunging into the romance genre, he had been narrating commercials, audiobooks, and explainers for well over a decade from his home studio. From alphas to bosses to cocky sports stars (a particular favorite), he loves sparring with beautiful, sassy heroines (and their talented narrators) but also loves winning them over and reaching that happily ever after. He is excited to now create those stories as an author.
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