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First published August 2, 2016
It’s almost like we’re back to square one. Before I got to know him, before I saw him as anything more than an annoying, lazy playboy. Before I (almost) fell in love. I have to decide all over again whether I can trust him.




**Spoilers**
Our protagonists, Olivia and Noah, who are the progeny of 2 scions of industry are mandated to marry to ensure the solvency of the family business. Furthermore, to avert a takeover and potential layoffs of thousands of workers, Noah and Olivia have to also provide proof of pregnancy within 90 days of the marriage. The entire premise of this book hinges on these conditions, therefore, the lack of congruity is why I eye-rolled and scoffed my way from vol 1. all the way through vol. 3. The premise was faulty because:
1. Will their marriage forestall hostile takeovers? No
2. Will it attract much-needed capital into this highly leveraged and liquidity-strapped company? No
3. Will it magically infuse the protags with the business management expertise and the drive required to re-engineer the business? No
Soooooo..... why marriage? In addition to the above, I found both Noah and Olivia extremely immature and their behavior juvenile to the point I could have sworn they were high school/college students and not Co-CEOs of a multi-billion dollar company.
Noah is a self-proclaimed manwhore who, during a crucial business dinner meeting, pulls Olivia aside and whips out his monster co*k because, clearly, there’s nothing more worthwhile to a woman than knowing her man has a "Tommy Lee". And this is the guy charged with managing a 100 billion-dollar company? Mmkay...
On the other hand, Olivia, a female so cold she puts Alaska to shame, is so clueless it boggles the mind that this is the person in whose hands lay the fate of 6,000 workers. She wouldn't recognize business strategy even if it bit her....
Lastly, no doubt book 3 is meant to disabuse the initial premise by unveiling the exit "clause" which in turn was meant to teach us all a "profound" message about the value and importance of love et al; except, at this point, I neither cared for nor connected with either Noah and Olivia, and was "profoundly" uninterested in their HEA. The author made me wade through book 1 & 2 with nary a glimpse of baseline connections to these two and I am supposed to magically care about them in book 3? Well, I couldn't.
Overall, the plot, characters, and story arc were annoyingly one dimensional. The sex scenes were copy-n-paste. The angst of the blackmailing ex-boyfriend was absurd as was the thing with Noah and the condom...... All in all, I finished reading the series completely unsatisfied.

“Olivia isn’t just my crush anymore, the girl I wanted to play house with. She’s become my everything.”
“I need to get Olivia back. I need to be inside her. To claim her. TO make her see that she is my wife. Till death do us part.”

“Our marriage was only supposed to be a legal agreement—a business arrangement meant to appease the stakeholders. But we’ve quickly become something much more.”


. . all I want is you. I want your days and your nights and everything in between. I can’t bear the thought of not having you. I want to be the man to hold you through all of life’s ups and downs.”
All I know is that his lips feel warm and soft and so good, so right against mine.”
You’re all I’ve ever wanted. The one girl who seemed to be immune to my charms, the one person who could keep me on my toes, debating with me for hours. The most beautiful woman who I always desired, yet never got a shot with. You’re mine now, and now that I’ve got you, I won’t mess this up. I promise you.”


