Finding my husband kissing another woman the night before our anniversary wasn’t exactly part of the plan.
Neither was announcing our divorce in front of half the city and becoming everyone’s favorite piece of gossip overnight.
For the last two years, I thought I had everything figured out. The perfect marriage, the perfect reputation, and the perfect life everyone expected from me. Turns out, perfect is a lot easier to fake than I thought.
The only thing I’m supposed to do now is keep my head down, fix the mess, and avoid giving people another reason to talk.
Enter Richard Steward—my father’s best friend. The man I definitely shouldn’t be thinking about. And the only person who seems more interested in what I want than what everyone expects me to be.
Falling for someone almost twice my age is a terrible idea... Especially when my life is already enough of a scandal.
But the more time I spend with Ric, the harder it gets to remember why I cared what everyone thought in the first place.
Sinfully His is a spicy age gap romance about rebuilding after betrayal, breaking free from expectations, and discovering that sometimes the wrong person on paper is exactly who you need.
I started to read this book after it was recommended by someone on Reddit. Yeah, I know: Reddit? I’m glad I listened to the recommendation. This book has a nice plot that you think is going one way but then does a complete 180. It begins as a forbidden steamy romance between Natalie the actress and Ric the sexy older businessman, but then, a mystery develops that only the both of them can solve. Things get messy fast; think tabloids and gossip mags. When I say I didn’t see it coming…. I really didn’t. I really thought it was just a romance novel but man, it reads almost like a mix of Bridget Jones’ Diary, Nottingham Hill, and The Godfather in a PG-ish way? There’s definitely a couple triggers: assault, pregnancy loss, cheating, manipulation by ex-spouse, Mentions of violent mafia crime, and murder. If those triggers affect you, definitely skip this story! The characters are interesting to read and you find yourself rooting for the age gap coupling. The steamy scenes are well-written and high on the steam, which was also a good way to break up the tension in the story and to help the characters seem real, as they navigate the complexities of intimacy, age gap, and family dynamics.
That being said, there were more than a few spelling and grammar mistakes, but not a deal breaker in my opinion. Great book and good HEA. Wish there was a novella afterwards to see how their lives have developed after the end of the story!
I read it in an evening. This story drew me in and kept me hooked. I loved the complicated character of Ric. I loved that the author didn’t embellish to lengthen the book. It was near perfect.