Merger

Merger #1

by Heather M. Miles

Kasey Blakely doesn’t know that her date is anything more than incredibly hot. It’s after things have moved past friendship, that she learns her new lover is also slated to be her partner in a corporate merger. He knew it all along withholding his identity to have her.

Self-assured, future CEO, Kasey Blakely stumbles into Joshua Crawford, leaving her breathless and momentarily senseless. Taken with her, he learns she’s more than just a beautiful woman, she’s slated to be his partner in a corporate merger. Never feeling as smitten or intrigued, he’ll do anything to have her, including, not revealing his last name. After a passionate exchange and the prospect he could lose her, does he come clean with his identity. Always confident, Kasey, struggles with her growing love for a man who has claimed her heart and changed her world, but should be forbidden. She’s all in…then all out. Despite the warnings not to mix business with pleasure, Kasey and Joshua risk it all. Committing to return to California with Joshua, Kasey’s world unravels. Were her fears right, or can they manage the MERGER of their hearts and their future partnership?

Warning: This book contains mild sexual content and may not be suitable for children under 17.

Genres: Romance

277 pages, Nook

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Heather Miles is an author of contemporary and erotic romance as well as an audiobook narrator. She started writing full-time in 2015 and narrating in 2016.

Her first series Merger, a contemporary romance about mixing business with pleasure, was well received, garnering almost all five star reviews for all three books in the series: Merger, Merger Undone and Merger Complete. Merger Reignited, book four, is the next in the series and will be released in Fall 2016.

SAYING YES – A Game of Seduction, is a standalone contemporary erotic romance about a PhD’d sex therapist who gets challenged that her knowledge on mild and deviant behavior is only based on books, was released in the winter of 2015.

Only in Spring 2016 did Heather discover her talent for narration when she decided to narrate her own novels on Amazon’s ACX audiobook exchange. Listed as a narrator, she quickly discovered her voice was well received and found herself fielding offers to narrate other author’s works from romance to fantasy, paranormal, self-help, new adult and everything in between.

Heather, originally from Kansas City, lives in Cleveland, Mississippi. The heart of the Mississippi Delta and home of the blues. She is married, has two children and two unruly dogs that keep her constantly on the move.

She is a member of Romance Writers of America, River City Romance Writers, From the Heart Romance Writers, Passionate Ink, Contemporary Romance Writers, The Independent Author Network and ACX.

Checkout her work, signup for her newsletter and checkout her blog on her website: www.heathermiles.net

Reviews

[Lynn Shurden · Rating 3 out of 5]

WOW! Not quite as hot as some novels, (more than a lot of novels), but there is a sex scene pretty often. That being said, if one has ever experienced that really intense sexual attraction with a person, it is pretty realistic also - you know the times you just have to be physically touching the other person. The story line is a realistic one and the old age story of mixing business with pleasure is a difficult scenario to pull off. Miles is local to our area and is a wonderful speaker and her personality is a nice plus for book talks. I look forward to more from her pen.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel was a bit hard to get into as the beginning had a slow start and began with introductions to the characters. I do believe that these introductions are necessary though and the suspense definitely did start to build after Kasey went to L.A. By the end there was so much action and I kept wanting to continue reading till I finished the book. I thought that Kasey and Joshua's romance was a little hasty and that it seemed doomed from the start. Heather Miles threw in plenty of wrenches with Joshua's brother, Jake and the homewrecker Megan. Poor Kasey had so many things thrown at her by the end I'm not sure how this was going to play out for her relationship.

Although this novel was well written, I did find several grammatical errors throughout it. The format is written with Joshua and Kasey's viewpoints and interactions being written every other chapter, which was something to get used to. I felt that sometimes this made things feel repetitive hearing it from both characters, just in their own version of events. I found that this novel included a lot of intimate interactions between Kasey and Joshua. At times I felt this took away from their romance and the story. It does display the point that they are passionately in love and can't get enough of each other though. By the end, this novel makes you want to read the next installment to find out what happens because of such a climactic, cliffhanger ending.

I received a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

[Carleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an incredible book! From the moment that KK literally falls into the arms of Josh, the reader's heart is set ablaze for these two to end up together. Fate would bring them together on more than one occasion. This romance novel, though quite graphic is tasteful. Imagine yourself as a strong and independent, "cut throat" business woman and all of a sudden, your life is turned upside down by an unintentional love affair. Merging two businesses is just one of the mergers that would occur within the pages of this book. Meeting with the remainder of the Crawford family in LA was a turning point for KK. Leaving the merger meeting early to meet up with Josh, whom she has no idea that he is also one of her new business partners, KK loses sight of all of her inhibitions. The heat is tangible between these two characters. Unfortunately, we see how vulnerable women can be when they are in love. Turmoil and unintended events cause a downward spiral in KK and Josh's relationship. Sadly, we see the vulnerability and the way some women run away when a slight challenge arises. Some may feel that it is crazy and circumstantial to run instead of trying to work things out. However, in this situation, KK knows that she is in a bind due to the fact that she was attempting a relationship with her business partner. Mixing business with pleasure is not always the best idea. I can not wait to read further in this series! I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

[Gladys Mills · Rating 4 out of 5]

Merger. This book was interesting. I enjoyed the plot of the story but it took the whole book to get to the challenging part. Kasey and Josh found themselves falling in love but would that cause problems with the merger of their two companies? Kasey was apprehensive about it. Josh assured her nothing or no one would come between them. Josh was wrong. Josh and Kasey had an awful lot of sex considering they just met. I look forward to the next book to actually see what happens. I received this book in return for an honest review.

[Tanaka K · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this book through the Group Erotica Anniversary event.

I loved this book. I dont know why people rated this book lower. I dont know because i like the story. It was very different for me which I loved. I loved reading the setting. I enjoyed tge characters and there were some parts melted my heart. I would have wanted more information from the book but otherwise the story is good and the sex scenes are hot.

I cant wait to read the second book :).

[Charity · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this story enough to buy book 2-- and that is saying something.

There are several editing errors that became annoying which took the book down to 4 stars instead of 5. A few slow spots and a couple "get over it" eye rolls happened, but expected for a 3 novel book series.

The sex is mild, predictable, believable and oh so good.

The relationship building is done sensibly and the story flow is believable. I like the story and plan to continue.

[GreenFairy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A contemporary romance built from a business merger. CEO fathers are grooming their children, a son and a daughter, to take over their respective companies when they merge together. Of course the children have to be attracted to each other, right? Besides being cliche and predictable for me, it was a good story.

[Polly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another one that I thought was a complete story and find out it doesn't end here. Was a good story, but sounds like it is going to be some really jealous, insecure woman who cannot trust enough to believe in love.

[Nadine Bookaholic]

I won this book through the Erotica Group Anniversary Event.

[Pamela Lunder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow loved this book. Kasey and Josh 's up and down relationship. What a story. You kept me hanging on. You have a new reader for life. Thank you for an amazing story.

[Corina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series was just awesome. I loved it. I got 2 hours if sleep because I had to keep reading.