The Billionaire's Terms

by Elizabeth Lennox

After one night of incredible passion, Alicia Miller is shocked to find herself accused of embezzlement...by the same man who'd brought her to heaven with his touch.Corporate tycoon and billionaire, Adam Meyers, is no longer the gentle passionate lover who took Alicia to the heights of ecstasy, but in his place is a cold, hard, monster demanding repayment in full - with her body if necessary. Alicia has no option but to become his mistress but as time goes by and she realizes that finds herself unable to resist the man she comes to know. Falling in love with her jailor - that definitely wasn't part of the bargain!

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Billionaires, Contemporary Romance

179 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 11, 2009

About the author

USA Today™ best-selling author Elizabeth Lennox writes contemporary romance novels featuring sheiks, business tycoons, royalty, and other sexy rich men. Her male lead characters are smart, driven and determined, but can still be sensitive and vulnerable. Elizabeth’s female lead characters come from a variety of backgrounds. They are strong, intelligent and independent, while still feminine and caring.

Although she wanted to be a romance novelist since the eighth grade, that dream only became a reality for her in 2009 and a full time job in 2012. Along the way, she received a BS in History and held different jobs in the real estate, government consulting, and financial industries. All during that time, though, she was always writing, using her personal experiences, dreams, and travels throughout the United States, Europe and the Caribbean as backdrops for her stories. To date, she has written over eighty books and sold over 5.1 million copies. Her free novellas have been downloaded over 8 million times since 2013.

Elizabeth lives in Virginia with her husband and two children. Their home is just outside of Washington, D.C., and many of her novels are set in this area.

Reviews

[Ivy H · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title of this novel seems a bit ominous doesn't it ? A reader might expect intense revenge, arguments, chaos and drama after reading the blurb. That's what I thought I'd find but I was wrong. The story line did deal with the revenge theme but the H's brand of vengeance turned out to be quite sweet actually. It was obvious from their first meeting that the H Adam was totally besotted with Alicia. She ran away from him after their one night stand and he hired detectives to find her, only to discover that she was actually one of his own lower level employees in the accounting department. This was a simple story: The heroine gets set up for embezzlement by her crazy bitch supervisor Nancy, then the H decides that he will make her his mistress since she can't repay him with cash. Adam actually spent about a page or two being really mean to Alicia and then he used the rest of his time to have sex with her, buy her expensive clothes, take her on luxury vacations using his private jet and pamper the life out her. By the time I got to the 75% point, I started to wonder if this girl was being punished or rewarded. OK, so maybe "rewarded" isn't the right word to use but he was not really punishing her and he was always proprietary and all alpha male possessive whenever another guy was around her. This was a fairly enjoyable story but I should mention that there were a few grammatical, typographical and formatting errors that did annoy me at times. However, if you're just interested in a light escapist romance novella with a besotted H and a selfless, loving heroine then you might enjoy this too.

[Marianne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Completely out of character, prim and proper Alicia, loses her virginity to a handsome stranger she just met at a party. Their night together is passionate despite the fact that neither know the other person's name. But it all ends the next morning when Alicia sneaks out of his apartment while he is still sleeping.

One month later they meet again, under different circumstances. The man sitting across the table, accusing her of embezzlement, is Adam Meyers, her one and only one-night-stand as well as her boss.

Incensed that the girl he hired private investigators to find, turns out to be a criminal, yet unable to forget how great they were together, he issues an ultimatum. His Bed. Or jail.

And this is where it started going downhill for me. How in the holy hell could this man run an entire corporation yet trust circumstantial evidence? It just doesn't make sense. You hire auditors, and investigator. We've already established that Adam knows what investigators can do. A wealthy tycoon simply don't trust the word of one f... man. Am I right... Or am I right? And equally incomprehensible: why would Alicia accept his terms? It's not like she'd be jailed before a trial, where they would demand, you know: hard EVIDENCE, not just her signature on a few pieces of paper. The actual culprit's evil villain tirade was laughable. The only reason I'm giving this three stars is because I actually enjoyed the two of them together, despite the ludicrous story and his control issues. Maybe I just liked the fact that he couldn't help loving her even when he thought she was a thief. Or perhaps I simply dream of being treated to high-end clothes and pampered in bed by a hot guy;-)

Ps Jeanny. If you're seeing this review in my update feed, that means I've fucked up again. (Haha.)

[Patricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book couldn't put down. Alicia Miller was getting ready to go out to the company party, but she didn't want to go but her sister Maggie insisted that she deserved to go after what she did to help her go to college and also for helping their mother too by working three jobs. Alicia was having a good time and had decided that she must be heading home, but when she was about to leave she heard a mans voice speak to her. When Alicia turned she saw a very attractive man and after a short chat he guided her to the dance floor and introduced himself as Adam, After a while when they couldn't keep their hands off of each other he took her to his place, but in the morning she left without saying anything to him. One morning Alicia went to work at Global Industries, but she was told that Adam Meyers the owner of the company wanted to see her in his office. When she got to Adam's office he didn't look happy , there was another man in his office Jim Peterson who was head of security. Adam showed Alicia a folder and when she read it she knew why she was there, but when she told him that it wasn't true Adam didn't believe her. Adam told Alicia that the only way she would stay out of prison was for her to stay with him and be his mistress until she paid off the debt. After spending so much time together Alicia started to develop feelings for him, but was trying to push them away because she knew that once the debt was paid he didn't want to see her ever again. When Adam was getting second thought because of the way Alicia was behaving, he had Jim re-open the case. One morning when Adam had to leave she was having coffee when she heard a noise and when she went to the bedroom she was knock out. When she finally woked up and she look up Alicia couldn't believe who was there standing with a gun pointing at her demanding for the money.

[Birdie · Rating 2 out of 5]

There wasn't nearly enough conflict in this book considering the entire thing is based on conflict. I didn't think Alicia ever really had the opportunity to be pissed and hurt and express all of that in a way that Adam would know how badly he had messed up. He never had to win her back. He judged her, trapped her, used her, and she just... fell in love?

I didn't think Adam was ever necessarily "redeemed", he never really got to feel what Alicia must have felt (which is always one of my favorite parts of stories like these!), and I don't understand how she fell in love with him. It's not like he was ever sorry and he never let her forget that she was a thief. There were things Adam said to her, and if she were actually guilty I would say they were deserved, but she was innocent. Once he realized she was innocent he didn't grovel even though some of the things he said were pretty despicable. He should have grovelled!

I do think this story had great potential, I just don't think all of that potential was realized.

[Paula Legate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alicia, and Adam spent one incredible night together. Neither of them had ever experience sparks that intense with another living soul. It was like magic. The next morning Alicia, slipped out of Adam’s house and walked away. During the next four months she often wondered about him. She didn’t even have his last name. She was called into her boss’s office. She didn’t even know her boss, or shall I say she didn’t think she did. She was speechless when she found out her boss was Adam. She was even more shocked when he accused her of stealing from the company. Alicia had two choices, Jail time, or to be Adam’s mistress… She became Adam’s mistress, hoping that would give her time to prove her innocents. This was a good books. I can’t put my finger on it, but something was missing from the plot… The sparks between Adam, and Alicia was there. it did turn out to be a sweet romance.

[Sue Ellen Maltagliati · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love with frustration

The stubbornness of Adam was understandable under his childhood conditions but he never gave Alicia a chance to prove her innocence. I loved how she was able to deal with the situations that her lift was dealt.

[Helen Dempsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really nice racy read ♥️

[Judy Bolick · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Billionaire's Terms: Prison or Passion

Alicia meets Adam at a party an d they connect! She leaves an d Adam searches months for her only to find she works for him as an accountant. A huge amount of money has been embezzled from his company an d she is accused! Her punishment will be Prison or become his mistress for one month for each ten thousand dollars she has stolen! Read to find out her answer an d do they find the real thief!

[Alyssa · Rating 1 out of 5]

character development - X
interesting dialogue- X
interesting story - X

does not have depth. rushed.

[Margie Moran · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Billionaires Terms by Elizabeth Lennox

MargieOne of her best books I really enjoyed it one of the best love stories SunTrust but all works out you will enjoy it

[Pamela Boure · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this

Great story. Could not put the book down until I finished it. Loved the characters sex scenes were good and I enjoyed the storyline. Good ending.

[Blzd · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had a good time reading this book. Adam and Alicia were so good together. Not that many complications in the storyline so it was just simply enjoyable for me.

[Sherry Swindle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

Loved this one. Have most of her books and all are good. This is one of the great ones. Thanks Elizabeth Lennox

[Elaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit slow and frustrating this one.

[RomLibrary]

After one night of incredible passion, Alicia Miller is accused of embezzlement, by the same man who'd brought her to heaven with his touch. Corporate tycoon and billionaire, Adam Meyers, is no longer the gente passionate lover who took Alicia to the heights of ecstacy, but in his place is a cold, hard, monster demanding repayment in full - with her body if necessary. Alicia has no option but to become his mistress but as time goes by and she realizes that finds herself unable to resist the man she comes to know. Falling in love with her jailor - that definitely wasn't part of the bargain!