It was supposed to be a one-night fling. Instead, I fell into the arms of my ex’s father.
Tall. Dangerous. Devastatingly handsome.
One look and Lucas Turner had me. One touch and I was ruined.
It should’ve ended there. But he’s a man who doesn’t let go of what’s his.
He says I was never meant for his son. That I’m his now.
But when the truth comes out—and two pink lines appear— The line between forbidden and forever disappears.
RUINED BY MY EX’S DAD is a scorching standalone, taboo age-gap billionaire romance guaranteed to tempt your wild side. No cheating, no cliffhangers—just a sinful, swoony HEA you won’t be able to put down!
I struggled to read this. The writing was not bad and the storyline had my interest. HOWEVER!!!! I got tired of the constant affirmations, declarations, clarifications and explanations about the feelings. OVER and OVER. In the dialogue by both characters and in the narrative. It made the book boring to me.
But I can’t honestly give this book more than 3 Stars and I’m going to do my best to explain why without spoilers as best as I can…
This is my first book by this author and despite my following review, it will not be my last.
Repetition: there is a lot of repetition in this book. A lot of repeated or very similar inner dialogue, conversation and sex scenes. While the first couple sex scenes are scorching hot, they become one and the same after a while. As Lucas grows as a character and as a person throughout this book, his inner monologue and dialogue almost becomes like a copy/paste by the author. Many times it is the same speech, just different arrangements of words. Sometimes there is a bit of growth in the words, but a lot of times, it becomes rather mundane and not as interesting the further into the book you get. Though there are a lot of moments of breakthrough that are seen and articulated better through Savanah’s eyes that portray the beautiful growth in Lucas as the book progresses, which makes Lucas a beautiful MMC on my eyes.
Plot Holes and Unfinished Story ARCs: the author opens up A LOT of story lines and shuts them down without ever finishing them. Catherine - what was the point of the dinner? Did Savanah ever give Lucas her letter? What was in the letter? Lucas’s Father - before the book ended… there were questions in my mind surrounding his health and how he was faring, but yet the epilogue- which time jumps significantly, makes absolutely no mention of him. A Name Change? The implication of what that means is there but absolutely zero mention of how, when, where… His Board of Directors? Brought up and completely glossed over like it was nothing. Zoe? Her apartment? These were all things the author makes secondary characters of throughout the story and yet nothing ever comes of them, leaving too many unanswered questions for my liking.
Lastly… I LOVE the secret baby… unplanned pregnancy trope. It’s one of my all time favorites to read… what I will never understand is A- authors who have genuine, honest reactions of undiluted joy from their heroes- who wish to love and worship their heroines - why they put these reactions so far at the end of their stories? Why they make the pregnancy a joy for the couple, something they love and celebrate and who have men who adore their women and the entire pregnancy is just glossed over. We go from a couple weeks, maybe a couple months pregnant to boom… baby’s here in an epilogue. Or B- the opposite. Men who are overjoyed with the idea and yet make no acknowledgment of the pregnancy. Oh, you’re pregnant, that’s amazing, let’s have sex, with no further mention of the pregnancy. If you’re going to do a secret baby/surprise pregnancy trope and give your men joyful reactions… embrace it. Love it and enjoy it. Stop shoving it to the back of the book then jumping ahead months later to boom your kid is one years old.
This is just my honest opinion promises in exchange for an ARC of the author’s work.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Evie Ward delivers another stunning edition in this Silver Fox series. Savannah and Lucas meet at a wedding and are drawn to one another. What they think will be a one night stand turns into a whirlwind romance where they navigate Savannah’s past with his son, her job consulting with Lucas’s business, their age gap along with her independence and his outlook on life being focused on business and not relationships. There are a lot of ups and downs they have to navigate along the way to find their footing in their relationship and a version of their happiness they agree on.
Biggest issue with this book - repetition! There is a lot of repetition in the inner monologues of both characters as well as conversations between characters. I struggled with Savannah making a decision and then backtracking and having to have the same conversation over with Lucas about what’s going on and what she’s feeling and moving forward. Even the intimate scenes became repetitious after a while.
I feel like you got to watch Lucas actually grow as someone who has decided to commit to her and actually get a chance to be a partner and he’s excited for this new role. Savannah was trying so hard to fight for her independence and keeping her success as a focus that they’re relationship became more about compromise and negotiations about who they are and how the navigate their next steps that you lose the passion and it makes you want to skim the book.
Once they finally tell Miles about their relationship that the book finally starts to get better and the pacing is better but that’s like 59% of the way through. But you get to see a new side to Lucas’s father which helps to understand Lucas more and his relationship with Miles. But there was still an element of their relationship that was contractual and they negotiated.
I definitely enjoyed the first book in this series more than this one. But I’m still willing to read more from Evie Ward even if this wasn’t the best cup of tea.
new author for me this was a great book. while a bit long it was very well written with a complex plot and was an emotional roller coaster ride. the character development was amazing and true to life and esp wonderfully written was the emotional trauma, learning, self reflection, vulnerability, honesty, changing and personal growth they went thru from the beginning to the end. it really embodied real life where relationships are messy, complicated and affected so much by our past, the childhood we had and the parents who raised us. Lucas and Savannah has so much against them from the beginning and the road was very difficult with stops and starts and misses and reunions and so much angst about what path to travel. whether the risk was worth the reward and whether they could actually change enough to be what the other really needed, to give enough to make things work. Lucas's elderly father's regrets and realizations were sincere in how he realized too late his mistakes and miles the grown son finally had the courage to be honest about what he faced growing up and start to mature. this book really uncovered the importance of balance, in finding something worth fighting for and then holding on with both hands, that love is the ultimate test, fear and hurt but if handled right the ultimate reward, fulfillment and joy and that its never too late to learn, grow and change and become the better person.
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Months after a challenging break up, she makes a handsome stranger at a wedding and decides To enjoy herself for one night, no strings attached that was her intention, but she never expected the connection. They felt things get complicated when she realizes her anonymous hook up is her ex‘s father. He is at the wedding as a business associate. He never expected to find her. He thinks he’ll be satisfied with one night until he has her and then he realizes he want it might be taboo, but he’ll figure out a way to keep her. This story focuses a lot on the power dynamic between them and being older than having business relationships in common and her desire for independence. It feels like a big focus of the book and her stressing partnership over romance that is brought up multiple times throughout the story and for me it became tedious. I want a little more of the fantasy and a little less of the clinical acts of negotiation. It felt like this one spent a lot of time on negotiation.. they undeniably have passion and things get steamy, but outside of that it felt more like a developing merger than a romance. For me that doesn’t float my boat I did appreciate the ending an epilogue, which finally gave me a little bite of the romance I was looking for.
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"It means you've become necessary in ways I never anticipated. It means I spent this week feeling as if some essential part of me was missing."
"I love you, Savannah Blake. And I'm tired of pretending this is anything less than the most significant relationship of my life."
"No one deserves anyone, That's not how love works. It's not a transaction or an achievement. It's a choice, made daily, to see someone completely and stay anyway."
𝚂𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚒𝚜:
One night to forget what her past reminds her everyday. One night that turned into another and another.
𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜:
This book was a good read. The FMC was real but did get on my bad side in the middle, but sure was able to fix that quickly. I had to remember that the MMC was older and more mature 😆 I loved how all the characters were so caring in the end. Especially, the son. They all grew so much. I'd pick up another by this author.
𝚃𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜:
• Forbidden • Ex's Dad • Office relationship • Age Gap • Hea
Savannah is a marketing executive who has a one-night stand with a silver fox which changes her views on relationships. She finds out he is the father of her ex who broke up with her a year before. They agree they will not interact again, but both feel the pull. They agree to one more night, but both agree to try to make their relationship work. They are at a disadvantage because he is a CEO of a company who has engaged her employer for work. They have to navigate the issues of workplace romance. They both struggle to make their relationship work. This was a very realistic, on-point story of a couple who have a lot to lose but still pursue their relationship. The plot is very complex, with lots of twists. Both main characters are well developed with a lot of background traumas.
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Lucas sees Savanna like she hung the moon and then kissed the sun goodnight. He’s older, smarter, and heartbreakingly intentional. He falls in love with her first—not because he’s reckless, but because he’s ready. Ready to wait, to give, to ruin himself softly and completely.
Every touch is earned. Every glance burns. The way he makes love to her? It’s not just physical—it’s emotional warfare wrapped in silk sheets. And Savanna? She doesn’t just melt. She becomes. The story doesn’t rush the intimacy—it lingers, drawing you into a slow descent that’s every bit as tender as it is devastating.
If you’re into age-gap chaos, slow surrender, and a silver fox who worships with his heart first and hands second, this book is your next spiral.
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This was an engaging romance filled with emotions and a push-pull tension that had me rooting hard for Lucas and Savannah to find their HEA together. This well written story takes us on the wild ride of a gal letting go for a one-nighter to show she's over her ex, only to find the man she connected with so well is her ex's father. Yikes! Neither could step back, though, with the taste of something so fulfilling and unique within their grasp. Of course, there's drama ;) There's also a ton of character growth, humour and very hot chemistry, making this a page turner, for me. Definitely a great HEA for these two and I'm looking forward to what's next by this author :D
This was a new author for me. I loved how the story started and the first half of this book, it was very intimate, spicy, mysterious and nail-biting. I also loved the overall chemistry and dynamic between Lucas and Savannah. However, for me, it just gradually lost a bit of momentum mid-way through. Was expecting more drama and angst from the whole Miles situation (Lucas's son) which never quite came to be. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed this book, it just felt a bit more long and drawn out during the latter part with possibly a bit too much focus & repetition on 'connection'.
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I couldn't put this story down, it was a brilliant read. It has humour but is also full of many emotions, hot and passionate, vulnerability, an attraction that should be off-limits. It is about 2 people trying to fight their pasts and to discover what this attraction is between them and if it is worth the risks it could bring. I would certainly recommend this romance if you enjoy a good book with depth to it's storyline.
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She was looking for a fling to let go but found so much more that would change everything in ways she never expected. Savannah is on the verge of a breakthrough from her past, but everything comes to a complete stop when her one-night stand turns out to be her ex's father. Neither can get around the feelings growing but the taboo of it could have lasting consequences. Will she and Lucas get their chance to explore the relationship forming between them.
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I absolutely devoured this book. Once I read the first couple of chapters, there was no putting it down. What is a girl to do when she realizes that the man she just had one night with turns out to be her exes' father? She starts secretly dating him. Dating doesn't come easy, though. Both have fears, controlling issues, and doubts on how to live that keep threatening to rip them apart. But agywr everything is exposed and their striped down to the truths everything happens as it should.
Savannah meets Lucas at a wedding and ends up sharing an amazing night with him. However, the next morning they both get a shock when they learn her ex is his son. Both try to stay away from the other but when they start working together things get complicated very quick. Will this turn into more than either of them planned?
This is a great story that will draw you in from beginning to end. This is a well written and very entertaining story. Its a book that any book lover would enjoy.
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Absolutely loved this book. It is so well written it draws you into the story. Full of love, passion and romance; and let’s not forget hot and steamy . The chemistry between Lucas and Savannah, along with their personal struggles make this book so endearing. I can’t recommend it enough - a well deserved 5 stars; would have given it more if there was an option to do so.
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Ruined by My Ex’s Dad, Book 2 of Silver Fox Obsession written by Evie Ward. Evie has written another great book, I stayed up until I could finish it! She is a good author, the characters are so believable!
This story is about Lucas and Savannah and they met at wedding,had one night of passion no names exchanged! Highly recommend!.
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This was a steamy good read! Their chemistry was off the charts! The story was interesting and entertaining. The way they were able to work through the awkwardness after finding out who each other was after the first time seeing each other, was interesting to follow, kept you wanting to turn the page so you could find out how it all ends. This was a good book!.
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This is book2 of Silver Fox Obsession and a standalone story. It is an age-gap romance where the two meet not knowing each other or their names. A random hook up that leads to a forbidden romance. I enjoyed this story from start to finish and loved the happy ever after ending.
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Emotionally wrought in determining does our past define our future. Lucas' life is one of control and emotional management. Will he be able to bend to embrace her and will she be able to be honest to keep him?
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Our FMC attends a wedding and meets a dashing stranger. They have one night together where the chemistry is off the charts. Once they discover how closely they are connected will they be able to develop a relationship or not.
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Savannah meets an older man at a wedding, not aware he is her ex boyfriend Miles' father, Lucas. A steamy and passionate story with an older man who knows just what and who he wants and needs in his life, Savannah. Loved it.
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the book is EXTREMELY REPETITIVE THROUGHOUT! felt like groundhogs day. It was the same scene, same inner monologue, even the same spicy scenes; it was all just repetitive. Characters not really likeable, but were not unlikeable, even though savannah got annoying at times. Just read the first couple of chapters and then skip to the end lol u really will not miss much
Ruined by My Ex's Dad Book 2 of Silver Fox Obsession Evie Ward
This book was soo good. I am usually not a fan of push and pull romance. But the yo-yo effect in this story was so well developed. I loved the characters and the story. Great read.
Such a sweet story. Loved Savannah and Lucas together. They worked through each of their control and independence issues to become true partners. I do wish I knew what Catherine's letter to Lucas said.
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I thought that this was a great read. A tantalizing blend of heat, emotion, drama, angst, tension and inner turmoil that definitely has you feeling for Savannah and Lucas as you root for them to get a happily ever after.
I enjoyed reading about Lucas' transformation from a grump to someone that is the perfect mate. This silver fox was so hot I could not put this book down.
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Ruined by My Ex's Dad by Evie Ward is the second book in the Silver Fox Obsession series. It is a very steamy read and will keep you going until you finish it. I loved this book.
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Holy cow this one was fire! Lucas was a filthy hot silver fox and Savannah was all his. No matter what should keep them apart, Lucas knew she was meant to be his.
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