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Billionaire's Apprentice
There is a world of amazing things for those who hold the key...and this is what discovering them looks like.
On the day Tori Winters arrives at the estate of the world's richest man, she is a struggling young woman just trying to pay for her final semester at school. Her car barely makes it up the driveway, her credit cards are beyond maxed out, and she's wearing her best pair of flats, straight off of Payless's discount rack.
From the moment Miss Chen looks down on Tori, the red soles of her unmistakable Christian Louboutin shoes peeking over the edges of the mansion's marble staircase, it's clear she isn't impressed. But a mysterious phone call instructs Miss Chen to hire Tori on the spot, an event that will change this young woman's life immeasurably.
Readers are in for a wild ride with Billionaire's Apprentice, the first in a series of romantic thrillers featuring the dashing and mysterious Dorian Atticus.
Filled with intrigue, suspense, and wonderful descriptions of what life can truly be if you have no limits, as long as you are willing to seize the moment when opportunity arrives.
On the day Tori Winters arrives at the estate of the world's richest man, she is a struggling young woman just trying to pay for her final semester at school. Her car barely makes it up the driveway, her credit cards are beyond maxed out, and she's wearing her best pair of flats, straight off of Payless's discount rack.
From the moment Miss Chen looks down on Tori, the red soles of her unmistakable Christian Louboutin shoes peeking over the edges of the mansion's marble staircase, it's clear she isn't impressed. But a mysterious phone call instructs Miss Chen to hire Tori on the spot, an event that will change this young woman's life immeasurably.
Readers are in for a wild ride with Billionaire's Apprentice, the first in a series of romantic thrillers featuring the dashing and mysterious Dorian Atticus.
Filled with intrigue, suspense, and wonderful descriptions of what life can truly be if you have no limits, as long as you are willing to seize the moment when opportunity arrives.
249 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 18, 2013
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February 15, 2014
I... have no idea what I just finished reading. I feel like I've just woken up from a rather bizarre but not entirely unpleasant fever dream. This book had a seriously tenuous connection to the universe we all inhabit. The whole cyber security angle wasn't entirely inaccurate -- you really could hack the phone company with a penny whistle over the phone back in the 1980s, DDOS attacks do really cost billions in revenue, and more than one child hacker has cut a deal with the Feds to avoid jail -- but then there's the whole futuristic Hal MOTHER thing and weird holographic glass set-up that makes me wonder if I accidentally tripped and fell into a sci-fi novel. Not to mention the creepy dude in the featureless, Kubrickian white mask. The narrative had a disjointed flow to it with an unmotivated jump to the past at the 90% mark and POVs that would shift without warning at unexpected moments. I have no idea geographically where this book was supposed to take place, except that it was somewhere on the East Coast. But as the whole novel had this floating, unmoored quality to it, it makes a bizarre sort of sense that there were no references to the outside world in it. Not even a cursory mention of what time of year it was or what the weather was like outside.
The key to reading this book is to just accept that you should be slightly high while reading it. Or hallucinating. Or really adept at directed dreaming. Like when you're asleep, and your body knows it's nearly time to wake up, but you're in the middle of this really cool dream about a hot billionaire who miraculously hires you to clean his bathrooms because who doesn't hire MBAs to clean their toilets and you really don't want to wake up yet but you can't help thinking about all the errands you need to run today and wouldn't it be cool if the billionaire had a personal mechanic who could fix your car while you got your hair done in his basement with Lafayette from True Blood and then you could stop by the Borders in the basement on your way to dinner at some guy's secret suburban sushi restaurant and because you fell asleep watching a Jean Claude Van Damme movie last night, clearly some narco-terrorists should show up and start blowing shit up. See? That all makes perfect sense. Hear that insistent beeping? Just hit the snooze button and let's see if we can race back to the panic room.
The key to reading this book is to just accept that you should be slightly high while reading it. Or hallucinating. Or really adept at directed dreaming. Like when you're asleep, and your body knows it's nearly time to wake up, but you're in the middle of this really cool dream about a hot billionaire who miraculously hires you to clean his bathrooms because who doesn't hire MBAs to clean their toilets and you really don't want to wake up yet but you can't help thinking about all the errands you need to run today and wouldn't it be cool if the billionaire had a personal mechanic who could fix your car while you got your hair done in his basement with Lafayette from True Blood and then you could stop by the Borders in the basement on your way to dinner at some guy's secret suburban sushi restaurant and because you fell asleep watching a Jean Claude Van Damme movie last night, clearly some narco-terrorists should show up and start blowing shit up. See? That all makes perfect sense. Hear that insistent beeping? Just hit the snooze button and let's see if we can race back to the panic room.
March 3, 2014
WHAT A LITTLE GEM
I expected a straight up contemporary romance when I started this. But what I got was something completely different. Right from the start with the brilliant prologue the reader is given clues as to Dorian Atticus's upbringing. The story proper begins when Dorian now full grown and is the richest man in the world.
Tori Winters down on her luck, is hoping to get at job working in the Atticus mansion. From the first moment she arrives and gets the job as a cleaner. Tori wonders just what sort of weird and wonderful place she's stepped into. The mansion holds many surprises and is almost a complete world in itself. It's also filled with a multitude of interesting characters, from her immediate boss Miss Chen to the easygoing Connor the butler. But the most interesting and mysterious of all is Dorian. He and Tori make an immediate connection. He's rich beyond most people's wildest dreams, and she's poor. But there's a sadness about Dorian and to him Tori is like a breath of fresh air. She intrigues and fascinates him.
This story hooked me right from the first page, it as at times quite surreal with all the space age gadgets, I wondered if I was reading a scifi story. The romance aspect is very understated. There's no erotic sex scenes in fact there's no sex at all. Not that it mattered because there was so much else to enjoy. The blurb states that this is book one. I cannot find any info as to when the next book will be published. but whenever it is I will definitely be reading it.
I expected a straight up contemporary romance when I started this. But what I got was something completely different. Right from the start with the brilliant prologue the reader is given clues as to Dorian Atticus's upbringing. The story proper begins when Dorian now full grown and is the richest man in the world.
Tori Winters down on her luck, is hoping to get at job working in the Atticus mansion. From the first moment she arrives and gets the job as a cleaner. Tori wonders just what sort of weird and wonderful place she's stepped into. The mansion holds many surprises and is almost a complete world in itself. It's also filled with a multitude of interesting characters, from her immediate boss Miss Chen to the easygoing Connor the butler. But the most interesting and mysterious of all is Dorian. He and Tori make an immediate connection. He's rich beyond most people's wildest dreams, and she's poor. But there's a sadness about Dorian and to him Tori is like a breath of fresh air. She intrigues and fascinates him.
This story hooked me right from the first page, it as at times quite surreal with all the space age gadgets, I wondered if I was reading a scifi story. The romance aspect is very understated. There's no erotic sex scenes in fact there's no sex at all. Not that it mattered because there was so much else to enjoy. The blurb states that this is book one. I cannot find any info as to when the next book will be published. but whenever it is I will definitely be reading it.
August 27, 2016
I have to say this wasn't the book I was expecting but I loved every minute of it.
Tori is out of money, student loans and life in general have left her struggling which is why she's on her way to the home of one of the worlds richest men, Dorian Atticus to interview for the job of cleaner. She gets the job and things seem too good to be true, almost like a dream and then she meets Dorian and he's not what she was expecting at all, Tori is able to look beyond the money and power and see the man behind but despite the attraction she feels she's the hired help who cleans the toilets and he's a billionaire so really do they stand a chance.
This book had me hooked me from the very beginning, it starts with thirteen year old Dorian, we're given a brief view into his lonely life where he may have access to money but all he wants is love and a normal life.
It has some fabulous characters and is just a wonderful read, can't wait for the next one.
Tori is out of money, student loans and life in general have left her struggling which is why she's on her way to the home of one of the worlds richest men, Dorian Atticus to interview for the job of cleaner. She gets the job and things seem too good to be true, almost like a dream and then she meets Dorian and he's not what she was expecting at all, Tori is able to look beyond the money and power and see the man behind but despite the attraction she feels she's the hired help who cleans the toilets and he's a billionaire so really do they stand a chance.
This book had me hooked me from the very beginning, it starts with thirteen year old Dorian, we're given a brief view into his lonely life where he may have access to money but all he wants is love and a normal life.
It has some fabulous characters and is just a wonderful read, can't wait for the next one.
December 22, 2014
3.5 Stars
March 22, 2019
A bit ridiculous, but I still liked it.
April 9, 2020
I liked how this started but I feel they got together a bit too fast. they didn't really know each other and then by the end not only were they involved but she had a main position within his household. I liked the characters and how they acted it was very believable. The idea of the high-tech house seemed a little harder to believe but maybe there are houses like that.
January 27, 2019
So I finished this book but it just didn't really do it for me.
September 2, 2016
I tried, but I really, really didn't like it. It was all over the place, and not in a good way. The characters were flat. The plot was unbelievable. How so? Well, there was an old sitcom episode (Seinfeld? Friends?) at some point that was making fun of Penthouse type letters. The bit goes, (paraphrasing): " 'So then her friend jumped into the shower with us...and an hour later we did it all over again!' Really?! All over again?! I don't think so!" That's what this felt like. At some point I'm no longer capable of suspending my disbelief.
It had a good beginning, I wish it had lived anywhere near up to its promise.
It had a good beginning, I wish it had lived anywhere near up to its promise.
September 24, 2017
A heartwarming story that also has depth.
It contains some elements that are thought provoking and elements of bloodiness, that show what dangers lie in all our lives. A really good read.
It contains some elements that are thought provoking and elements of bloodiness, that show what dangers lie in all our lives. A really good read.
July 26, 2016
I totally enjoyed this story from start to finish! i would like to see a story about Dorian's life prior to all of this to see why he is the way he is and how he developes all the things he does. I couldnt put this book down! Tori's character is wonderful as well!! She is sassy, honest, a bit of a risk taker, and just all around fun! I am looking forward to Billionaires Revenge to see what happens next! this was a GREAT READ!
June 14, 2017
Not anything I expected. It says a romantic thriller but there is hardly any romance at all and that was okay. It grabbed me from the beginning. Not anything to write home about but was definitely entertaining. I'm hoping there is a sequel!
February 15, 2014
3.5 stars!! I really think this was just an ok book for me, It is nothing like the other billionaire series I am used to!!!
April 22, 2014
The. Book
I truly enjoyed this book. It is nice to read a book that is not just about sex. It was refreshing to read and I love the character Dorian.
I truly enjoyed this book. It is nice to read a book that is not just about sex. It was refreshing to read and I love the character Dorian.
February 8, 2015
I enjoyed this story. It is different than books I have read lately.
September 23, 2014
Great story
Kind of dystopian feel, but definitely held my attention. I read it in one sitting. I definitely recommend this book.
Kind of dystopian feel, but definitely held my attention. I read it in one sitting. I definitely recommend this book.
February 4, 2015
I finished it barely. it just didn't draw me in. too wordy not enough action if that makes sense
February 18, 2014
Very entertaining.
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