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The Billionaire's Proposition #1
The Billionaire's Assistant
Stressed Naomi is having one of those “Murphy’s Law” kind of days—everything that can go wrong is going horribly wrong. Traumatized by events from the night before, she ends up distracted at work—to the point that it gets her fired. Her continued distraction leads to more catastrophe as she almost smashes into a stranger as she hurries away—or is it a blessing in disguise?
Noticing her distress, the handsome, wealthy-looking stranger offers her an attractive solution to her immediate needs: work for him as his personal assistant—no catch.
Ha! She doesn’t believe him, but her desperation makes her accept, and it isn’t long before she suspects he wants a whole lot more from her than getting his coffee!
She has been saving herself, but can she resist the hunk who saved her?
A standalone romance novella (no cliffhangers and a happy ending)!
Noticing her distress, the handsome, wealthy-looking stranger offers her an attractive solution to her immediate needs: work for him as his personal assistant—no catch.
Ha! She doesn’t believe him, but her desperation makes her accept, and it isn’t long before she suspects he wants a whole lot more from her than getting his coffee!
She has been saving herself, but can she resist the hunk who saved her?
A standalone romance novella (no cliffhangers and a happy ending)!
210 pages, Paperback
First published September 11, 2015
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About the author
Rose Francis
49 books90 followersRose writes contemporary interracial romance (mostly BWWM). Her stories star white-collar heroes as well as billionaires, and the women of color who fall in love with them! Some are on the sweet side, and some are on the steamy side.
For white-collar heroes, check out the Sweet Redemption & Holiday Hunks series.
For Cinderella-type billionaire love stories, check out The Billionaire's Desire, The Billionaire's Proposition, Secrets & Deception, and the Taking Chances series.
For oddball stories, see the Dangerous Secrets series & Bite-Sized Romance.
For white-collar heroes, check out the Sweet Redemption & Holiday Hunks series.
For Cinderella-type billionaire love stories, check out The Billionaire's Desire, The Billionaire's Proposition, Secrets & Deception, and the Taking Chances series.
For oddball stories, see the Dangerous Secrets series & Bite-Sized Romance.
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May 30, 2016
I have to say when I first started reading this book I was like "Oh man it's gonna be the typical poor girl, rich guy thing." But I was actually surprised by how much I enjoyed reading this!
Kevin is determined to get his father's attention, even if it means giving up his personal life to make a name for himself in the business world. But Kevin has a big heart and a soft spot for a damsel in distress, and the woman who just ran into him and cussed at him has eyes so full of pain he can't help but want to help her.
Naomi can't seem to catch a break. Growing up in foster care has made Naomi build up barriers and forced her into a life of struggle and living paycheck to paycheck. After being fired, the job offer from the handsome rich man seems to be too suspicious. But Naomi is in need of some help any way she can get it.
I was kind of annoyed how Naomi kept comparing ever event that happened to her with what her best friend/roommate Jenna would say. I wish she would've tried to do things on her own and figure out stuff for herself. What happened with the sister? She tried to seduce Kevin but never really found out why, it was all speculation...
Also I wish the author would've given us a bit about what happened with Kevin's father. After he left with Susan he just kind of disappeared from the story altogether, and Kevin no longer seemed determined to get his attention.
Kevin is determined to get his father's attention, even if it means giving up his personal life to make a name for himself in the business world. But Kevin has a big heart and a soft spot for a damsel in distress, and the woman who just ran into him and cussed at him has eyes so full of pain he can't help but want to help her.
Naomi can't seem to catch a break. Growing up in foster care has made Naomi build up barriers and forced her into a life of struggle and living paycheck to paycheck. After being fired, the job offer from the handsome rich man seems to be too suspicious. But Naomi is in need of some help any way she can get it.
I was kind of annoyed how Naomi kept comparing ever event that happened to her with what her best friend/roommate Jenna would say. I wish she would've tried to do things on her own and figure out stuff for herself. What happened with the sister? She tried to seduce Kevin but never really found out why, it was all speculation...
Also I wish the author would've given us a bit about what happened with Kevin's father. After he left with Susan he just kind of disappeared from the story altogether, and Kevin no longer seemed determined to get his attention.
May 27, 2016
The Billionaire’s assistant by Rose Francis:
Talk about a wonderful story. I just loved Naomi. Here she was one that when she was younger had been in a group home. She had been separated from her sister at an early age and the only one she was really close to was her friend Jenna. Though in this book I had to wonder how good of friend Jenna really was. Jenna was a wild one and do to Jeanna’s wild ways it was putting Naomi’s life in danger.
I can not image being fired after almost being raped the night before. Naomi was really having a bad day. Her life was falling apart and it seemed she had no one she could really turn to. Jenna would just want Naomi to do things she did not want to stoop to doing.
Kevin was this handsome billionaire. I think fate kind of send Kevin’s cousin his way to put him on the right tract. Kevin taking his cousin’s advise ran into a girl that really needed his help. Lets face it Kevin was a goner them moment he met Naomi.
Going to work for Kevin had to be strange. Here was this rich stranger wanting Naomi to come into his home and be his employee. She felt she should have warning bells going off.
Things will get hot and heavy between Naomi and Kevin. Things will be come very complicated and it does not seem either one is good about stating what they are really feeling. This was truly a wonderful short story and one well worth reading.
Talk about a wonderful story. I just loved Naomi. Here she was one that when she was younger had been in a group home. She had been separated from her sister at an early age and the only one she was really close to was her friend Jenna. Though in this book I had to wonder how good of friend Jenna really was. Jenna was a wild one and do to Jeanna’s wild ways it was putting Naomi’s life in danger.
I can not image being fired after almost being raped the night before. Naomi was really having a bad day. Her life was falling apart and it seemed she had no one she could really turn to. Jenna would just want Naomi to do things she did not want to stoop to doing.
Kevin was this handsome billionaire. I think fate kind of send Kevin’s cousin his way to put him on the right tract. Kevin taking his cousin’s advise ran into a girl that really needed his help. Lets face it Kevin was a goner them moment he met Naomi.
Going to work for Kevin had to be strange. Here was this rich stranger wanting Naomi to come into his home and be his employee. She felt she should have warning bells going off.
Things will get hot and heavy between Naomi and Kevin. Things will be come very complicated and it does not seem either one is good about stating what they are really feeling. This was truly a wonderful short story and one well worth reading.
May 24, 2016
This is about a young woman who has had a very difficult life. Her personal life interferes with her work and she loses another job. Lucky for her, she runs into a man that can provide not only work but the love she has been missing.
He knows he wants her as soon as they meet. He is willing to make up a job for her at his home so he can be around her. While he is very attracted to her, he wants more than just sex. He wants to give her the life she has been denied.
There is a kind of strange part to the story at the end that I wan't expecting at all.
I enjoyed the story and thought it was very well developed especially for being a short story.
He knows he wants her as soon as they meet. He is willing to make up a job for her at his home so he can be around her. While he is very attracted to her, he wants more than just sex. He wants to give her the life she has been denied.
There is a kind of strange part to the story at the end that I wan't expecting at all.
I enjoyed the story and thought it was very well developed especially for being a short story.
October 4, 2015
So sweet
I enjoyed this book so much I read it in one setting. I felt Kevin was savvy enough to run an empire so he couldn't possibly be knocked off his feet by a by a common girl from a coffee shop, but the author was great at making things believable. I loved the chemistry between them I only wish the story was longer. I fell in love with the characters and would have loved to have learned how his father and x took the news of them being together
I enjoyed this book so much I read it in one setting. I felt Kevin was savvy enough to run an empire so he couldn't possibly be knocked off his feet by a by a common girl from a coffee shop, but the author was great at making things believable. I loved the chemistry between them I only wish the story was longer. I fell in love with the characters and would have loved to have learned how his father and x took the news of them being together
January 22, 2016
Good
This story is about a young woman Naomi who gets fired from her job and bumps into billionaire Kevin. What Naomi doesn't realize is her life is about to change. I'm not going to give out the spoiler however, I recommend reading this book...you won't be disappointed.
This story is about a young woman Naomi who gets fired from her job and bumps into billionaire Kevin. What Naomi doesn't realize is her life is about to change. I'm not going to give out the spoiler however, I recommend reading this book...you won't be disappointed.
June 1, 2018
I'm rather disappointed with this book. I wanted to like it but I almost stopped reading it twice. But when I realized that I was close to half way through it already, I decided that I might as well finish it.
This story was mainly just told to you as a reader instead of having the dialog necessary to feel like you are there, that you're a part of the story. There is one part in particular that I thought could have made for an exciting twist in the story and ... NOTHING! Yes, the author added the twist, which I'll be honest, I didn't see coming and got all excited to see what would happen. But pretty much nothing happened. Let me explain.
So, you have Naomi and she's hoping one day she finds her sister who was adopted when they were young and Naomi wasn't. She hasn't seen or heard from her sister since. After she's offered a job by billionaire businessman Kevin, she gets a message from her sister through Facebook. She's all excited to reconnect with Tyra (aka Alyssa) that Naomi tells her about her life, her new job, etc. One day Naomi up and leaves Kevin's house without telling him where she's going (not that she had to tell him though, but Kevin was expecting to see her at breakfast and she never showed.) She left a note behind telling him that there is something she needs to do and she'll be back in a couple hours. About an hour after she leaves, and with Kevin going out of his mind waiting for her return, she shows back up at the house.
Kevin is naturally thrilled to see her back, because he thought he may have scared her off, but he notices some odd things about her. So he tells her to go upstairs and wait for him in the room, she'll know which room. Next thing you know, he's calling Naomi, who had gone out to meet her sister. Now you do find out earlier that Tyra is Naomi's twin, but that they are fraternal twins. There was no mention prior to this that they looked identical. I suppose that was the author's way of sneaking the twist in there. But the next thing you know, Naomi returns and they have Tyra locked in a room until Naomi makes a decision on what should be done with her. I would have personally loved to see the scene play out more, not that I wanted Kevin to sleep with Tyra, thinking she was Naomi. I'm beyond happy that he knew Naomi well enough to realize that Tyra wasn't her, but the whole thing was so anti-climactic. And then there wasn't even a scene with Naomi confronting Tyra about what she tried to do.
I'm not sure that I can say I liked any character in this book. Laura, Naomi's roommate in the beginning, only seemed to care about herself. Laura's hook-up tried to rape Naomi and although she apologized, she didn't seem to care that much, and she certainly had no issues with bringing random guys home again. Plus, all she seemed to do was try to bring Naomi down.
There were times when Kevin first hired Naomi, that things he thought were just downright creepy. I can probably safely say that that was not the way the author intended to portray Kevin, but that's the way it read to me. It's something that an alpha male character might think, to be controlling, but that was not Kevin. I never got a real alpha male sense to him, and that's okay!
Oh well, I didn't believe the romance in this book either, and I didn't like that there was so little dialog. I'd seen reviews, even of books that I've read myself, where people have mentioned this sort of thing and of the books that I've read myself, I didn't agree with their statements. But this one, I understand what they mean now.
This story was mainly just told to you as a reader instead of having the dialog necessary to feel like you are there, that you're a part of the story. There is one part in particular that I thought could have made for an exciting twist in the story and ... NOTHING! Yes, the author added the twist, which I'll be honest, I didn't see coming and got all excited to see what would happen. But pretty much nothing happened. Let me explain.
So, you have Naomi and she's hoping one day she finds her sister who was adopted when they were young and Naomi wasn't. She hasn't seen or heard from her sister since. After she's offered a job by billionaire businessman Kevin, she gets a message from her sister through Facebook. She's all excited to reconnect with Tyra (aka Alyssa) that Naomi tells her about her life, her new job, etc. One day Naomi up and leaves Kevin's house without telling him where she's going (not that she had to tell him though, but Kevin was expecting to see her at breakfast and she never showed.) She left a note behind telling him that there is something she needs to do and she'll be back in a couple hours. About an hour after she leaves, and with Kevin going out of his mind waiting for her return, she shows back up at the house.
Kevin is naturally thrilled to see her back, because he thought he may have scared her off, but he notices some odd things about her. So he tells her to go upstairs and wait for him in the room, she'll know which room. Next thing you know, he's calling Naomi, who had gone out to meet her sister. Now you do find out earlier that Tyra is Naomi's twin, but that they are fraternal twins. There was no mention prior to this that they looked identical. I suppose that was the author's way of sneaking the twist in there. But the next thing you know, Naomi returns and they have Tyra locked in a room until Naomi makes a decision on what should be done with her. I would have personally loved to see the scene play out more, not that I wanted Kevin to sleep with Tyra, thinking she was Naomi. I'm beyond happy that he knew Naomi well enough to realize that Tyra wasn't her, but the whole thing was so anti-climactic. And then there wasn't even a scene with Naomi confronting Tyra about what she tried to do.
I'm not sure that I can say I liked any character in this book. Laura, Naomi's roommate in the beginning, only seemed to care about herself. Laura's hook-up tried to rape Naomi and although she apologized, she didn't seem to care that much, and she certainly had no issues with bringing random guys home again. Plus, all she seemed to do was try to bring Naomi down.
There were times when Kevin first hired Naomi, that things he thought were just downright creepy. I can probably safely say that that was not the way the author intended to portray Kevin, but that's the way it read to me. It's something that an alpha male character might think, to be controlling, but that was not Kevin. I never got a real alpha male sense to him, and that's okay!
Oh well, I didn't believe the romance in this book either, and I didn't like that there was so little dialog. I'd seen reviews, even of books that I've read myself, where people have mentioned this sort of thing and of the books that I've read myself, I didn't agree with their statements. But this one, I understand what they mean now.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 19, 2022
Davenport
Well, you need to read A Tangled Web, which is great, that what got me onto the Hot Davenport men & their weaving webs .
Anyway, Kevin Davenport has a heart of gold as long as you don’t cross him, that what lead him to rescue Naomi plus his instant attraction to the young beauty.
Jenna may be a friend but she is the type that put you down in order to place herself higher… in my opinion friends like that, hard pass. As for the sister… ( no spoilers) . Good for you Naomi!
Kevin, way to go!
Well, you need to read A Tangled Web, which is great, that what got me onto the Hot Davenport men & their weaving webs .
Anyway, Kevin Davenport has a heart of gold as long as you don’t cross him, that what lead him to rescue Naomi plus his instant attraction to the young beauty.
Jenna may be a friend but she is the type that put you down in order to place herself higher… in my opinion friends like that, hard pass. As for the sister… ( no spoilers) . Good for you Naomi!
Kevin, way to go!
May 21, 2017
Good read
This is an enjoyable book. Like a rags to riches story. I love this kind of story that lets your imagination leave the real world everyday life.
This is an enjoyable book. Like a rags to riches story. I love this kind of story that lets your imagination leave the real world everyday life.
June 9, 2020
2.5 stars
May 18, 2024
Star rating: 3.50
December 9, 2016
Pretty good read. Kevin is filthy rich, sexy & smart. Naomi is naive & just trying to make it. He sweeps her off her feet and they have quickly fall into a relationship. I think she feels neglected and lonely because of her upbringing. Kevin is very patient with her. She's a sweet girl but her past is coming back to her in a way she never expected.
November 16, 2015
It was such a weird story which for the most part didn't make alot of sense. Not quite my cup of tea but the good thing was it wasn't instant sex they did get to know each other before the got down to it.
December 2, 2016
Not thrilled
3 stars
This book didn't thrill me at all I must say. It didn't hold my attention what so ever. Putting the book down was no problem for me. The blurb for this book was for me the more interesting part of the book at least for me,
Happy Reading
3 stars
This book didn't thrill me at all I must say. It didn't hold my attention what so ever. Putting the book down was no problem for me. The blurb for this book was for me the more interesting part of the book at least for me,
Happy Reading
October 22, 2015
No
I just couldn't force my st to finish this book. Glad it was free. I made it to chapter 3
I just couldn't force my st to finish this book. Glad it was free. I made it to chapter 3
May 17, 2016
It was okay.
September 19, 2017
Lets go with 2.5 stars.
It is an pretty unrealistic cinderella tale with very little character development.
It is an pretty unrealistic cinderella tale with very little character development.
December 30, 2016
Not worth your time
Writing is very amateurish and choppy. Conversations are stilted and juvenile. Was probably one of the worst books I have ever read.
Writing is very amateurish and choppy. Conversations are stilted and juvenile. Was probably one of the worst books I have ever read.
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