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Apex: Book 1: Chloe
Chloe Larkin, soon to be Harvard Business School graduate, was about to be screwed. The company she and her best friend had built from the ground up for the past six years was about to dissolve, and she had no job lined up after business school and a mountain of debt waiting. That was until she was given one last opportunity to pitch Closet Connections to one of the most successful companies in country, Apex Investing. Chloe found herself sitting across from the handsome, domineering Sebastian Avery, one third of Apex’s partnership team. Sebastian Avery liked control and ran his company, and his submissives, with a firm hand. His seductive contract left Chloe both indecisive and surprisingly attracted to his controlling nature. Does Chloe have what it takes to go head to head professionally and personally with one of the country’s most formidable opponents?
- GenresBDSM
325 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 16, 2021
9 people are currently reading
27 people want to read
About the author
Jen Baldwin
7 books3 followersJen began writing her debut novel after being an avid reader and a professional technical writer. She started with the Apex Trilogy, an erotic romance following the overlapping lives of three women and the men who learn to love them! Her writing style and interests have developed to include MM, MFMM, and MM+ erotic romance novels. Her books are written to be sexy and empowering, with fast moving plots and some exciting twist and turns along the way. When she’s not writing, she’s reading. Jen is a fan of romance, science fiction, fantasy, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
February 28, 2023
3.5⭐
I was delighted that Jen reached out and asked me to read her trilogy. I haven’t read too many books of this nature, but I like to keep an open mind and help a new author spread the word of her work.
Featuring ~ single 1st person POV, college, age gap (10 years), BDSM, control, alphahole
Chloe and Kat have successfully run their business Closet Connections out of their Harvard dorm room for 6 years. As they near graduation they need capital in order to keep their business going. They strike a deal with Sebastian, Jess and Nicholas at Apex Industries to not only give them funds they need to succeed, but Chloe gets a little more than she bargained for when Sebastian proposes she be his submissive for 72 hours a month.
I really liked the idea of Closet Connections. They were very committed and worked tirelessly to make it a success. Chloe, Kat and Madison worked well together and I enjoyed their friendship.
Chloe was frustrating to me at times. She seemed to have a knack for business, even being so young and a fresh graduate from Harvard, but she was all over the place with how her interactions with Sebastian were. She was obviously inexperienced and out of her element, but she adapted for the sake of her business, and ended up enjoying herself. Sebastian is definitely intense and was a bit scary at times. I wouldn’t have minded a couple of chapters with his POV.
There was a cliffhanger, so I’m interested to see what happens in the next book that will follow Kat and Jess.
*As a few other reviews state, I do agree that some editing is needed*
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I was delighted that Jen reached out and asked me to read her trilogy. I haven’t read too many books of this nature, but I like to keep an open mind and help a new author spread the word of her work.
Featuring ~ single 1st person POV, college, age gap (10 years), BDSM, control, alphahole
Chloe and Kat have successfully run their business Closet Connections out of their Harvard dorm room for 6 years. As they near graduation they need capital in order to keep their business going. They strike a deal with Sebastian, Jess and Nicholas at Apex Industries to not only give them funds they need to succeed, but Chloe gets a little more than she bargained for when Sebastian proposes she be his submissive for 72 hours a month.
I really liked the idea of Closet Connections. They were very committed and worked tirelessly to make it a success. Chloe, Kat and Madison worked well together and I enjoyed their friendship.
Chloe was frustrating to me at times. She seemed to have a knack for business, even being so young and a fresh graduate from Harvard, but she was all over the place with how her interactions with Sebastian were. She was obviously inexperienced and out of her element, but she adapted for the sake of her business, and ended up enjoying herself. Sebastian is definitely intense and was a bit scary at times. I wouldn’t have minded a couple of chapters with his POV.
There was a cliffhanger, so I’m interested to see what happens in the next book that will follow Kat and Jess.
*As a few other reviews state, I do agree that some editing is needed*
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November 27, 2021
Not Worth It AND It Was Free!
Got to page 55 and skipped to the end. Who knows if there's a good book here. With so many spelling and grammar errors, I just gave up. Not everyone should be writing but everyone should use a Thesaurus, a dictionary, and at the very least, spell check! Good luck with book two.
Got to page 55 and skipped to the end. Who knows if there's a good book here. With so many spelling and grammar errors, I just gave up. Not everyone should be writing but everyone should use a Thesaurus, a dictionary, and at the very least, spell check! Good luck with book two.
May 30, 2021
Great Read!
I loved the storyline, the characters were spectacular, and there was plenty of heat in all the right places. However, the book is riddled with typos, misspellings, grammar errors, missing words, and wrong words. The text requires a heavy proofreading, if not editing.
I loved the storyline, the characters were spectacular, and there was plenty of heat in all the right places. However, the book is riddled with typos, misspellings, grammar errors, missing words, and wrong words. The text requires a heavy proofreading, if not editing.
May 30, 2021
Good Read
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. It’s Cinderella meets Fifty Shades of Gray minus the horrible stepmother and sisters. Great if you enjoy the idea of a real man.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. It’s Cinderella meets Fifty Shades of Gray minus the horrible stepmother and sisters. Great if you enjoy the idea of a real man.
June 2, 2021
Apex book 1
This exciting story of two lost but strong people who find each other in a domanit and submisive relationship to found a company and live happy ever after
This exciting story of two lost but strong people who find each other in a domanit and submisive relationship to found a company and live happy ever after
June 8, 2021
This book has potential. However, in order to suck me in,work on some spelling errors. Hard for me to get into something when I'm constantly finding a lot of misspelled words,so I didn't finish.
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