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Her Billionaires #1a
Her First Billionaire
From New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent comes the first in the Her Billionaires series... Could she really find the right guy on the internet? "Hot, luscious woman who can suck a golf ball through forty feet of garden hose seeks rippling-ab'd firefighter who has a tongue that thrums like a hummingbird and enjoys painting my toenails and eating Ben & Jerry's out of the carton while watching Mad Men." Laura Michaels stared at the online dating site's registration screen and frowned. That's what she really wanted to write. Here was the "Needy, insecure, overweight twenty-six year old Business Analyst with three cats, a corporate job with pension and no debt seeks Mr. Impossible for way more than friendship and lots of ice cream. I'm desperate for some physical affection and oral sex with a guy who doesn't view it as some sort of favor he's granting me, and then expects to be praised like he cleaned my toilet. One night stands are better than nothing as long as you brush your teeth. So call me, maybe!" So when hot firefighter Dylan Stanwyck responds and asks her out, it's just too good to be true. When she searches him online and learns he offers himself up for date nights in bachelor charity auctions, she wonders if she's on the right planet. Because what could a guy like that see in a fat girl like her? Or would he not be who he seemed? This title is published by Prosaic Press and is distributed worldwide by Untreed Reads.
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First published November 16, 2012
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 5 New York Times bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.
From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire in a rom com).
She also writes romantic suspense as Meli Raine, sexy shifter romances as DJ Jennings, billionaire shifters as half of the author team Diana Seere, and co-authors with Elisa Reed.
She lives in New England with her husband and three children in a household where she is the only person with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.
She loves to hear from her readers by:
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Love You Again (Love You, Maine, #2), July 19, 2022
Ten First Kisses (anthology with my story, Shopping for a Booty Call), August 12, 2022
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 5 New York Times bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.
From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire in a rom com).
She also writes romantic suspense as Meli Raine, sexy shifter romances as DJ Jennings, billionaire shifters as half of the author team Diana Seere, and co-authors with Elisa Reed.
She lives in New England with her husband and three children in a household where she is the only person with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.
She loves to hear from her readers by:
Email at jkentauthor@gmail.com
Twitter @jkentauthor
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jkentauthor
Instagram @jkentauthor
Visit her at http://jkentauthor.com
FORTHCOMING:
Love You Again (Love You, Maine, #2), July 19, 2022
Ten First Kisses (anthology with my story, Shopping for a Booty Call), August 12, 2022
Love You More (Love You, Maine, #3), October 11, 2022
Love You Now (Love You, Maine, #4), January 3, 2023
Author photo credit: Felix Rust http://www.felixrust.com
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November 12, 2014
TWO AND A HALF TO THREE STARS!
This will teach me to one-click a book without first reading its synopsis.
Dear Laura,
I totally get your insecurities. I can relate to your character and definitely understand where you're coming from.
I just don't even.
Yours Sincerely,
Penny.
p.s. I'm sorry to say that I won't be following the rest of the series. /sadface.jpg
This will teach me to one-click a book without first reading its synopsis.
Dear Laura,
I totally get your insecurities. I can relate to your character and definitely understand where you're coming from.
I just don't even.
Yours Sincerely,
Penny.
p.s. I'm sorry to say that I won't be following the rest of the series. /sadface.jpg
June 28, 2015
Oh God!
I'm getting brain cancer
This is the sentence, where I stopped reading:
And she screamed and screamed and rutted, an animal of need as wetness hit her, knew she was spurting, felt him jerk and jizz filling her with his semen, her pussy one big fuck bucket, as he screamed, too.
Does anyone find that erotic? Not me...
The characters are so awful and cliche and just stupid, especially her.
I know this is an erotica, so I'm willing to make allowances toward a thin plot, but the heroine wrote about five sentences in an online chat with this guy before deciding to go on a date with him that very evening, after a hurried meal, she agrees to go home with him, gets in his car without ever asking where they are going or calling anyone she going home with a stanger she barely knows and then fucks his brains out without any thought about protection, whether from std or pregnancy (especially as she not an hour earlier thought about the fact that she had forgotten to take a pill). Considering that one of the next books in the series is called "Her two billionaires and the Baby" I have a pretty good about what consequences this will have.
Beside the characters and the plot, the writing was bad as well. From an erotica I expect that at least the sex scenes are good, but beside horrible sentensec like the one above, I couldn't even really picture what was happening, because crucial details were simply skipped. Well, perhaps not crucial, but I need to know what position they are in, what happedned to their clothes (are they taken off, just shoved up/down as far as necassary?), and other stuff like that to be able to imagine it. Several times I reread a paragraph trying to understand what was happening and hoping I had missed some detail but nada.
I'm getting brain cancer
This is the sentence, where I stopped reading:
And she screamed and screamed and rutted, an animal of need as wetness hit her, knew she was spurting, felt him jerk and jizz filling her with his semen, her pussy one big fuck bucket, as he screamed, too.
Does anyone find that erotic? Not me...
The characters are so awful and cliche and just stupid, especially her.
I know this is an erotica, so I'm willing to make allowances toward a thin plot, but the heroine wrote about five sentences in an online chat with this guy before deciding to go on a date with him that very evening, after a hurried meal, she agrees to go home with him, gets in his car without ever asking where they are going or calling anyone she going home with a stanger she barely knows and then fucks his brains out without any thought about protection, whether from std or pregnancy (especially as she not an hour earlier thought about the fact that she had forgotten to take a pill). Considering that one of the next books in the series is called "Her two billionaires and the Baby" I have a pretty good about what consequences this will have.
Beside the characters and the plot, the writing was bad as well. From an erotica I expect that at least the sex scenes are good, but beside horrible sentensec like the one above, I couldn't even really picture what was happening, because crucial details were simply skipped. Well, perhaps not crucial, but I need to know what position they are in, what happedned to their clothes (are they taken off, just shoved up/down as far as necassary?), and other stuff like that to be able to imagine it. Several times I reread a paragraph trying to understand what was happening and hoping I had missed some detail but nada.
November 9, 2014
I don't know why but I got really emotional reading this. When Laura sees all the photos of Jill and decides she's just a bit of something different on the side, it just hurt my heart.
I'm hoping that Dylan doesn't let her insecurities stop him from getting what he wants.
On to the next installment.
I'm hoping that Dylan doesn't let her insecurities stop him from getting what he wants.
On to the next installment.
June 1, 2013
It is only a novella but just enough happens to pull you in and make you want the next!
Laura is a full figured size 18 girl. She likes her food and is happy to tell you that.
She dresses like a 50’s pin up model and is smart too.
She also misses sex.
A LOT
He best friend Josie sets her up on an online dating website
Luscious, curcy Business Analyst seeks friendship and more. Finaincially independent and self-assured, I’m a fit woman who wants a man (or, more than one! YOLO) for stimulating conversation…er, yeah conversation.Message me (or massage me!)
Dylan can’t believe his luck!
Surely this is the girl that they have been waiting for?
Dylan, Mike and Jill led an unconventional lifestyle to many people.
But to them it was perfect.
That was until 18 months ago when it was all taken away from them.
They lost Jill to cancer.
She also left them a trust fund.
Mike and Dylan are now Billionaire’s.
But they want another woman they can share their life with.
Dylan decides to contact Laura and make a date.
He is a fire fighter and fit! Italian with his dark looks and just basically sex on a stick.
Told in both POV’s we are taken on the adventure of them having their first date which soon leads to them sleeping together.
Laura wakes up around 3am and finds herself in Dylan’s house, his housemate out for the night and realises that Dylan has a Girlfriend or a wife.
There are pictures of her EVERYWHERE in his room.
She runs out. And runs home.
When Dylan wakes up he is happier than he has been ina long time.
But he is alone…
And Laura wont answer his calls…
She is also not in his favourites on the dating website anymore….
When Laura wakes up the first thing she does is
Blocks his phone number
Blocks him from the online website
She just wants to forget.
But while doing all of the above..
The chat window pops up…
It’s Mike.. a really hot ski resort instructor…
Then we are sadly left with nothing as it ended…
I HAVE TO GET MY HAND ON PART 2 AND SEE HOW THIS PANS OUT!
Laura is a full figured size 18 girl. She likes her food and is happy to tell you that.
She dresses like a 50’s pin up model and is smart too.
She also misses sex.
A LOT
He best friend Josie sets her up on an online dating website
Luscious, curcy Business Analyst seeks friendship and more. Finaincially independent and self-assured, I’m a fit woman who wants a man (or, more than one! YOLO) for stimulating conversation…er, yeah conversation.Message me (or massage me!)
Dylan can’t believe his luck!
Surely this is the girl that they have been waiting for?
Dylan, Mike and Jill led an unconventional lifestyle to many people.
But to them it was perfect.
That was until 18 months ago when it was all taken away from them.
They lost Jill to cancer.
She also left them a trust fund.
Mike and Dylan are now Billionaire’s.
But they want another woman they can share their life with.
Dylan decides to contact Laura and make a date.
He is a fire fighter and fit! Italian with his dark looks and just basically sex on a stick.
Told in both POV’s we are taken on the adventure of them having their first date which soon leads to them sleeping together.
Laura wakes up around 3am and finds herself in Dylan’s house, his housemate out for the night and realises that Dylan has a Girlfriend or a wife.
There are pictures of her EVERYWHERE in his room.
She runs out. And runs home.
When Dylan wakes up he is happier than he has been ina long time.
But he is alone…
And Laura wont answer his calls…
She is also not in his favourites on the dating website anymore….
When Laura wakes up the first thing she does is
Blocks his phone number
Blocks him from the online website
She just wants to forget.
But while doing all of the above..
The chat window pops up…
It’s Mike.. a really hot ski resort instructor…
Then we are sadly left with nothing as it ended…
I HAVE TO GET MY HAND ON PART 2 AND SEE HOW THIS PANS OUT!
February 28, 2016
I need to stop being enticed by the word ‘free’. Whilst free is not a synonym of bad, if I had read the reviews I would not have been so disappointed by what I was reading.
Honestly, I’m not sure what to write in this review. There really wasn’t much to the story. I understand that it is the first of many parts – and it does set up for the rest of the story – but outside of that, I cannot think of anything.
I didn’t particularly enjoy any of the characters. The self-deprecating ways of the main character were totally at odds with her behaviour. She was a bunch of clichés that exist to make women feel as though they can get any man they want. Our male was another cliché. He lacked in any real substance. There was the possibility of some real story in regards to where the money came from… yet that was pushed aside so that we could focus upon the down and dirty.
All in all, this highlighted how I should read reviews rather than clicking the buy button when I see the word free. At least it was only a handful of pages (even if it did feel like much more, my eyes constantly drifting to the percentage read and asking how I wasn’t closer to the end).
Honestly, I’m not sure what to write in this review. There really wasn’t much to the story. I understand that it is the first of many parts – and it does set up for the rest of the story – but outside of that, I cannot think of anything.
I didn’t particularly enjoy any of the characters. The self-deprecating ways of the main character were totally at odds with her behaviour. She was a bunch of clichés that exist to make women feel as though they can get any man they want. Our male was another cliché. He lacked in any real substance. There was the possibility of some real story in regards to where the money came from… yet that was pushed aside so that we could focus upon the down and dirty.
All in all, this highlighted how I should read reviews rather than clicking the buy button when I see the word free. At least it was only a handful of pages (even if it did feel like much more, my eyes constantly drifting to the percentage read and asking how I wasn’t closer to the end).
March 10, 2016
it reads really fast but you find yourself annoyed with the main character. one minute she is so proud to be a size 18 the next wishes she's was 10% body fat so a hot guy would like her.
eh accidently started the second book it appears there may be a battle for our main character from two different billionaires..dude bro code?? I guess all is fair in sex and online dating
eh accidently started the second book it appears there may be a battle for our main character from two different billionaires..dude bro code?? I guess all is fair in sex and online dating
July 26, 2015
I wasn't a fan of this one...or two. I do find it funny the picture on the cover. I mean, Laura is a plus sized girl, yet, the author chose to have some thin woman instead? Anyways, this was a boring one for me. There wasn't much of a plot, meeting a guy and having sex with him. The end. The characters were described pretty well, but other than that, bleh.
What exactly was that part at the beginning BEFORE the actual story? At first I thought that maybe this story was a part 2 or something in a series, and the author was giving us a recap, but it wasn't. This is the first in the series. Yet, the very beginning basically tells a basic fast forward version of who Dylan, Jill and Mike were and what happened to them prior to meeting Laura. IDK, it just seemed kinda weird how the author did that.
The fact the author has the second story in the series after the first, I thought was cool. But then realizing that it was only half the story...Um...yeah. So considering these were both really short stories, the author actually expects a reader to read half of it (30 pages tops) then spend $3 on the rest? Right. Some might do that but not me. Sorry. I never understand how an author can charge the same amount of $$ for a short story as they do for a novel? Whatever.
How could the author have used, "Her First Billionaire," as the title? Considering Laura never even knows about Dylan being rich?
Questions/Comments:
I don't like when author brings up real present day kinda stuff. I know there's a term for it, but my minds a blank right now. For ex: using references to Snooki, or Kim Kardashian, Prince William, etc.
Laura's constantly bringing up her weight issue, which seems strange considering she's supposedly comfortable with her body. I didn't get that.
She seriously thought he was only interested in having sex with her because she was basically available? Really?
Stupid Question...So Dylan tells Laura that he has a 24 the following day or something along those lines. How does she not know what that means? I mean, she seems smart, I guess. I don't know any firefighters personally, but even I knew what he was talking about.
Laura is in the shower. "...the strands stretching long enough to tickle the top of her sacrum." Now, I know Laura isn't a doctor, so why in the world would the author have used the word, 'sacrum'?
How did Dylan and Mike end up together? As far as I know, that was never explained. Technically, only when the three of them (Dylan, Mike and Jill) were explained.
When Laura finds out that Dylan had 'googled her', what exactly was the big deal with that? Just the way the author wrote it, trying to make it sound like something really personal or something, stupid.
Yes, I can't think of all the times I've described food as being 'luscious'. Especially when it's fish. haha
Why does Laura first get scared when her phone vibrates, shouting shit...then again when a window pops up on her computer, shouting ow? Does she startle that easily?
I didn't like the fact that Laura didn't even bother talking to Dylan afterwards. She just automatically blocked him from everything? That was just stupid.
PART 2
So Laura and Mike are planning on meeting up after work. We know from the ending of Part 1, that she had to get up early for work. "So, how about this afternoon. After work? You wanna do lunch...0" Why would he have asked about lunch if she'd be at work? I didn't get that. And who wants to go hiking right after they get off work? Seriously?
I would love for the author to draw a picture of what Laura would look like. I mean she basically meets 2 different guys online, date both in basically the same day, and both are getting raging hard -ons for her...before seeing her fully. I don't get it.
The weird part was her and Mike had been talking, making plans. Suddenly, she's going to shower and masturbate and whatnot. But then, she's on the computer talking to Mike again, saying what was already said before the shower. Huh?
I swear if in the rest of the 2nd story, her and Mike end up making out or having sex while they're hiking....puke!
What exactly was that part at the beginning BEFORE the actual story? At first I thought that maybe this story was a part 2 or something in a series, and the author was giving us a recap, but it wasn't. This is the first in the series. Yet, the very beginning basically tells a basic fast forward version of who Dylan, Jill and Mike were and what happened to them prior to meeting Laura. IDK, it just seemed kinda weird how the author did that.
The fact the author has the second story in the series after the first, I thought was cool. But then realizing that it was only half the story...Um...yeah. So considering these were both really short stories, the author actually expects a reader to read half of it (30 pages tops) then spend $3 on the rest? Right. Some might do that but not me. Sorry. I never understand how an author can charge the same amount of $$ for a short story as they do for a novel? Whatever.
How could the author have used, "Her First Billionaire," as the title? Considering Laura never even knows about Dylan being rich?
Questions/Comments:
I don't like when author brings up real present day kinda stuff. I know there's a term for it, but my minds a blank right now. For ex: using references to Snooki, or Kim Kardashian, Prince William, etc.
Laura's constantly bringing up her weight issue, which seems strange considering she's supposedly comfortable with her body. I didn't get that.
She seriously thought he was only interested in having sex with her because she was basically available? Really?
Stupid Question...So Dylan tells Laura that he has a 24 the following day or something along those lines. How does she not know what that means? I mean, she seems smart, I guess. I don't know any firefighters personally, but even I knew what he was talking about.
Laura is in the shower. "...the strands stretching long enough to tickle the top of her sacrum." Now, I know Laura isn't a doctor, so why in the world would the author have used the word, 'sacrum'?
How did Dylan and Mike end up together? As far as I know, that was never explained. Technically, only when the three of them (Dylan, Mike and Jill) were explained.
When Laura finds out that Dylan had 'googled her', what exactly was the big deal with that? Just the way the author wrote it, trying to make it sound like something really personal or something, stupid.
Yes, I can't think of all the times I've described food as being 'luscious'. Especially when it's fish. haha
Why does Laura first get scared when her phone vibrates, shouting shit...then again when a window pops up on her computer, shouting ow? Does she startle that easily?
I didn't like the fact that Laura didn't even bother talking to Dylan afterwards. She just automatically blocked him from everything? That was just stupid.
PART 2
So Laura and Mike are planning on meeting up after work. We know from the ending of Part 1, that she had to get up early for work. "So, how about this afternoon. After work? You wanna do lunch...0" Why would he have asked about lunch if she'd be at work? I didn't get that. And who wants to go hiking right after they get off work? Seriously?
I would love for the author to draw a picture of what Laura would look like. I mean she basically meets 2 different guys online, date both in basically the same day, and both are getting raging hard -ons for her...before seeing her fully. I don't get it.
The weird part was her and Mike had been talking, making plans. Suddenly, she's going to shower and masturbate and whatnot. But then, she's on the computer talking to Mike again, saying what was already said before the shower. Huh?
I swear if in the rest of the 2nd story, her and Mike end up making out or having sex while they're hiking....puke!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 14, 2013
I absolutely love any time there’s a fuller figured heroine in a story. Throw in a billionaire who is really just a blue collar guy who recently inherited the money? Double bonus for me. I was very excited about the premise of this story but unfortunately it fell a little flat for me. This story wasn’t actually a complete novella, it reads more like a serial. There was no conflict resolution by the end and it leaves the reader wanting more. I have no issues with serials but I wish I knew prior to reading that there would be more coming. Also, it felt like some things were skipped over. When we got to the smexy times between Laura and Dylan I kept having to reread passages because I couldn’t figure out how/when something happened. Wait, they’re naked now? How did they get that way? There was a teaser included for the second story which I appreciated but I’m not sure if I’ll continue with this story.
August 20, 2015
This is one of those words per dollar, leave em hanging so they buy the next 'book' kind of read.
I hate those.
I'm cleaning out some previously free books I uploaded.
If you're going to write a story, write a freaking story! Don't give us one element to the story and then demand we buy the next bit. With such a low word count this should've been a few chapters only. But no. Let's squeeze some cash out of the readers first.
No interest in the scheduled gang bang with the second billionaire in part two. Who knew the world had such easily accessible billionaires anyway!
I hate those.
I'm cleaning out some previously free books I uploaded.
If you're going to write a story, write a freaking story! Don't give us one element to the story and then demand we buy the next bit. With such a low word count this should've been a few chapters only. But no. Let's squeeze some cash out of the readers first.
No interest in the scheduled gang bang with the second billionaire in part two. Who knew the world had such easily accessible billionaires anyway!
November 28, 2019
The whole set was free on Amazon and I still want a refund. I didn’t make it past the first story/novella. There were typos and spelling errors, but that’s not where this sunk to one star.
I’m not slut shaming for one-night-stands/sex on the first date ~ but FFS no condoms, no talk of birth control. Not even an attempt at safe sex in any way. it wasn’t sexy. It was nauseating.
It also wasn’t funny. The jokes were flat. The internal dialogue was cringe-worthy. Dylan’s practically dreaming out their whole relationship and thinking he’s in love in between bouts of not being able to make basic conversation with her.
If these guys manage to make it to a second date it should be to the local clinic to get some basic sex Ed and condoms.
Also, if the plot is going to be this weak ~ then the writing of the sex scenes better be damn good. And they weren’t. Not only is language not at all romantic or sexy or erotic ~ but we have no idea what’s going on. They change positions in the middle of a paragraph without any writing of how they got there. One sentence she’s riding him and the next he’s behind her and she talking about fluids gushing. It sounded like the description of a toilet backing up. 🤢
I’m not slut shaming for one-night-stands/sex on the first date ~ but FFS no condoms, no talk of birth control. Not even an attempt at safe sex in any way. it wasn’t sexy. It was nauseating.
It also wasn’t funny. The jokes were flat. The internal dialogue was cringe-worthy. Dylan’s practically dreaming out their whole relationship and thinking he’s in love in between bouts of not being able to make basic conversation with her.
If these guys manage to make it to a second date it should be to the local clinic to get some basic sex Ed and condoms.
Also, if the plot is going to be this weak ~ then the writing of the sex scenes better be damn good. And they weren’t. Not only is language not at all romantic or sexy or erotic ~ but we have no idea what’s going on. They change positions in the middle of a paragraph without any writing of how they got there. One sentence she’s riding him and the next he’s behind her and she talking about fluids gushing. It sounded like the description of a toilet backing up. 🤢
December 31, 2014
Her Billionaires was a typical "can't resist the 0,49€ offer - one-click-buy" read. I should have been less tempted by the price and have read more reviews; consequently Amazon’s mojo wouldn’t have won out. The story is about a cookie-cutter ménage involving a BBW who previously had mostly bad experiences with the male gender due to her pin-up model buxom size 18 body and two average gorgeous hunks made billionaires as they inherited a brick load of money from their late wife/life partner.
Considering some serious spelling mistakes and the rather unimaginative and generic plot, the story's first two instalments turned out ok but underwhelming. What made me discontinue the series ultimately during the third part was the actual “ménage à trois” sex scene itself. Double penetrating a woman with zero anal sex experience and only using two fingers and a splash of lube to prepare her is, well, hurtful to say the least and not at all realistic. Ten years ago these scenes were aplenty in ménage stories, I have less knowledge how this is handled today as I tend to avoid love triangles, but I sincerely hope the genre can do better. DNF
Considering some serious spelling mistakes and the rather unimaginative and generic plot, the story's first two instalments turned out ok but underwhelming. What made me discontinue the series ultimately during the third part was the actual “ménage à trois” sex scene itself. Double penetrating a woman with zero anal sex experience and only using two fingers and a splash of lube to prepare her is, well, hurtful to say the least and not at all realistic. Ten years ago these scenes were aplenty in ménage stories, I have less knowledge how this is handled today as I tend to avoid love triangles, but I sincerely hope the genre can do better. DNF
August 17, 2015
I needed something lighter after my previous read and this one seemed perfect. I liked that Laura was a plus sized woman but I didn’t connect with the characters. I also have a problem with the sex scenes. The way it was described didn’t do it for me. And the fact there is no talk about STDs and birth control, even though she knows she forgot 1 pill, annoys me. I also thing Mike is not loyal enough to his best friend, the man he wants to share a woman with. So I won’t be buying the next 3 parts. I didn’t enjoy it enough but also because I find them too expensive for only 300 pages. You can also buy the complete set of 4 books in 1 bundle but then still I find $5,23 too much for this series.
November 18, 2013
Disappointed:( Unfortunately, this book (not), was included in a boxed set of romances about billionaires. This is not a complete book, it is only a teaser to introduce the reader to yet another boxed set about billionaires. This story is so predictable that I will not be reading the rest. I see yet another menage relationship in these character's futures.
October 1, 2019
So far I've been a fan of Julia's writing just couldn't get into this. It's a DNF for me. 😳
August 20, 2019
This is the first book I've read from this author.
I'm conflicted here. I liked the story. The author grabbed my attention right away. I enjoyed how the author would tell the story from different characters point of view. This helped me form a connection with the main characters which is important to me. I had a hard time putting down the book. The author can describe feelings and moments so well.
My problem comes from most scenes being described in several different ways. I don't mean from different points of view, I mean she described how Mike smelled in three different paragraphs, three different ways. It got to the point where I was skipping paragraphs which I don't like doing.
This is why I gave it three stars. I am pretty sure I will get the next book. I am hoping that I won't have to skip paragraphs.
I'm conflicted here. I liked the story. The author grabbed my attention right away. I enjoyed how the author would tell the story from different characters point of view. This helped me form a connection with the main characters which is important to me. I had a hard time putting down the book. The author can describe feelings and moments so well.
My problem comes from most scenes being described in several different ways. I don't mean from different points of view, I mean she described how Mike smelled in three different paragraphs, three different ways. It got to the point where I was skipping paragraphs which I don't like doing.
This is why I gave it three stars. I am pretty sure I will get the next book. I am hoping that I won't have to skip paragraphs.
January 2, 2018
This is start of a series, and one of billionaires that initially hits my 'no' button. Yet, a short was what I had time for. What I didn't expect was empathy for characters, initially Laura, but then as you get to know the guys past you feel for all of them...and hope it works. Seems to have a storyline too beginning to unfold...
The earthiness and humour I loved and this has me wanting to read more of these characters and of friend Josie who has her own story too.
Language and descriptions are vivid and bawdy and earthy...not everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it.
It was a good three stars.
The earthiness and humour I loved and this has me wanting to read more of these characters and of friend Josie who has her own story too.
Language and descriptions are vivid and bawdy and earthy...not everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it.
It was a good three stars.
June 18, 2013
I bought this book as a free book on amazon on 7 June 2013.
Thinking that I should read some of the thousand plus books I downloaded, this was one of the first ones I read.
Based on the description of the book, I thought it would be somewhat funny. After all, you have Laura, a full-figured woman who is seemingly secure in her body searching online for a date. Can she find him?
Little did I look and realise it is a novella, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I think had it been more fleshed out it could possibly be better.
Not only did I not find it amusing at all. But I find it hard to believe that Dylan, would be instantly attracted to her. That's not to say that she's not attractive but that despite him having gone on previous dates that didn't go well (only description is the "jersey shore" types) why would he be instantly attracted to her. Nothing in his history that we've been told suggests that he finds full-figured women as attractive as their more slender counterparts.
For a novella, I did enjoy this novel, however I didn't enjoy it enough to want to pay for the second installment in this series. Had it been better fleshed out in some areas I would certainly give it more than 2 stars.
NB: There are a couple of typos in the copy I read.
Thinking that I should read some of the thousand plus books I downloaded, this was one of the first ones I read.
Based on the description of the book, I thought it would be somewhat funny. After all, you have Laura, a full-figured woman who is seemingly secure in her body searching online for a date. Can she find him?
Little did I look and realise it is a novella, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I think had it been more fleshed out it could possibly be better.
Not only did I not find it amusing at all. But I find it hard to believe that Dylan, would be instantly attracted to her. That's not to say that she's not attractive but that despite him having gone on previous dates that didn't go well (only description is the "jersey shore" types) why would he be instantly attracted to her. Nothing in his history that we've been told suggests that he finds full-figured women as attractive as their more slender counterparts.
For a novella, I did enjoy this novel, however I didn't enjoy it enough to want to pay for the second installment in this series. Had it been better fleshed out in some areas I would certainly give it more than 2 stars.
NB: There are a couple of typos in the copy I read.
September 12, 2019
I really expected more out of this story. First off, it’s too short, there really isn’t much of a story to begin with. Second, I do appreciate that the author is making a girl that is bigger than the implicit “size 2” to be the main character but I think she might be overdoing it a bit.
The idea of Mike and Dylan having this hidden secret, I like how the explanation was given right away but it seems like it’s being a bit dwelled on.
When it comes to the intimate part, it’s quick and doesn’t have great explanation - how did they get from outside of his front door to the bed with her with no panties on?
I wanted more of a story, more excitement, it’s a bit dry - for a supposedly “sexy” guy like Dylan, he seems like a super goofball which is cool and all but the way he seems when the reader is in his thoughts is the complete opposite of how he acts on the date.
Need more consistency, more details, better images...
The idea of Mike and Dylan having this hidden secret, I like how the explanation was given right away but it seems like it’s being a bit dwelled on.
When it comes to the intimate part, it’s quick and doesn’t have great explanation - how did they get from outside of his front door to the bed with her with no panties on?
I wanted more of a story, more excitement, it’s a bit dry - for a supposedly “sexy” guy like Dylan, he seems like a super goofball which is cool and all but the way he seems when the reader is in his thoughts is the complete opposite of how he acts on the date.
Need more consistency, more details, better images...
July 6, 2016
A friend recced this to me (without reading, I think) because I am always on the hunt for well-developed poly stories. I was excited to see it was a series of novels... oh, but it wasn't, after all. That'll teach me not to look at page counts - that one's on me, though.
What's not on me is the incredibly terrible formatting of this book. I got it on kobo and every single paragraph was a chapter break? Wha? Some "chapters" were literally only single sentences. It was basically unreadable. I would probably have gotten the next book in the series if not for this problem - though it was very wish-fulfilly to have two billionaire hunks be this into this nothing-out-of-the-ordinary girl, well, sometimes you need wish-fulfillment. But yeah, I just couldn't go on. Sigh. The search for a long, well-developped poly story lives on!
What's not on me is the incredibly terrible formatting of this book. I got it on kobo and every single paragraph was a chapter break? Wha? Some "chapters" were literally only single sentences. It was basically unreadable. I would probably have gotten the next book in the series if not for this problem - though it was very wish-fulfilly to have two billionaire hunks be this into this nothing-out-of-the-ordinary girl, well, sometimes you need wish-fulfillment. But yeah, I just couldn't go on. Sigh. The search for a long, well-developped poly story lives on!
May 7, 2014
Just Didn't Like It
This story started with a promising beginning. By the end of the first chapter I was on my way to buying the next installment and then she ruined it. I was okay with grammatical errors - not happy, but they weren't completely jarring.
However, the main characters' inner dialogs, the switching back and forth between the hero and heroine, and the cheesy conversation completely changed my mind. The kissing and sex scene was lifeless and ridiculous. I didn't feel a connection between any of the characters. Maybe it gets better in subsequent installments, but I'm just not convinced enough to pay hard earned money to find out.
This story started with a promising beginning. By the end of the first chapter I was on my way to buying the next installment and then she ruined it. I was okay with grammatical errors - not happy, but they weren't completely jarring.
However, the main characters' inner dialogs, the switching back and forth between the hero and heroine, and the cheesy conversation completely changed my mind. The kissing and sex scene was lifeless and ridiculous. I didn't feel a connection between any of the characters. Maybe it gets better in subsequent installments, but I'm just not convinced enough to pay hard earned money to find out.
February 6, 2013
This is another series of incredibly short stories that would serve the reader better by being put in one book.
Laura was all right up to the point where she bolted and blocked Dylan from being able to talk to her. I didn't like how she jumped to conclusions and ran away. If she were a real tough cookie, she would have confronted him about the issue.
Seeing how short this story is, I never really got to dig into it and really don't feel one way or the other about any of the characters just yet.
Laura was all right up to the point where she bolted and blocked Dylan from being able to talk to her. I didn't like how she jumped to conclusions and ran away. If she were a real tough cookie, she would have confronted him about the issue.
Seeing how short this story is, I never really got to dig into it and really don't feel one way or the other about any of the characters just yet.
June 17, 2013
This story line is unique and well written. However, I can only give 3 stars because this is a 4 part 'series' in which you will eventually pay over $10 for the complete story.
If this had been perhaps 3 smaller works at a more reasonable price, then I would be able to get behind this tale a bit more.
If this had been perhaps 3 smaller works at a more reasonable price, then I would be able to get behind this tale a bit more.
November 16, 2020
Just Enough To Hook You
This is the 1st book of the Billionaire series. It is a very quick read. The ending is not an ending. With only about 58 pages, it is only design to hook you right at the end to make you get the next book in the series. Believe what everyone else is saying in their reviews about the abrupt ending of the book, for it is the only thing to mention.
This is the 1st book of the Billionaire series. It is a very quick read. The ending is not an ending. With only about 58 pages, it is only design to hook you right at the end to make you get the next book in the series. Believe what everyone else is saying in their reviews about the abrupt ending of the book, for it is the only thing to mention.
January 12, 2013
This was a good quick read that left me wanting more :)
May 3, 2013
easy, breezy, hot reading...
June 1, 2013
Was hoping it would be better but meh didn't finish
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July 27, 2013DNF at 16%. I really tried, but something was just missing for me...
June 24, 2013
Julia, What terrific book, I like the Characters (Laura expectantly)the story line goes so well with the characters too! Thanks for a great day of reading..
July 15, 2013
this was a freebie and first time read from this
author .. It was a very light and enjoyable read
start and finished with in hour cant wait to see what
happens going on to the next one
author .. It was a very light and enjoyable read
start and finished with in hour cant wait to see what
happens going on to the next one
July 26, 2015
a very quick read
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