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Taking Stock
When her hubby takes off with his junior exec Twinkie, what’s a corporate trophy to do? … Take stock, even if it hasn’t vested yet. Perrin Douglas is not the gold digger Cal Rega believes her to be. She’s been screwed out of her share of a quarter of a mill and isn’t about to let some bimbo reap the rewards of what she suffered for. So she’s suing her ex and the company whose corporate policy designs soirees where spouses are banned. Cal, squashed by his own trophy, has a jaded view of women. His ex cost him his first company and he’s not about to give a big payday to someone else’s via a lawsuit. To thwart said suit Cal misrepresents himself to get closer to Perrin and the two begin a journey that can only end in victory for one. But there’s more at stake than just a lawsuit. A lifetime of happiness hangs in the balance.
- GenresRomance
280 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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August 8, 2012
A cute romance about a woman who goes from Stepford Wife to standing on her own two feet (sort of.) After learning her husband is cheating, the heroine collides with a stranger at a Starbucks and a friendship blooms. But Cal isn't who Perrin thinks she is. He's actually the owner of the company she plans to sue to gain part of her divorce settlement. And now he plans to romance her into changing her mind.
The book suffered from the same dumb errors in spelling and punctuation that seem to litter self-pubbed works, but there was also some problems with the plot that left me scratching my head. Too many cliches toward the end were used to push the story to its conclusion and I reached the point where I would slap my hand on the couch cushion and shout out, "Oh, come on already! Really?"
The biggest fault for me is in the characterization. Cal is your cookie cutter millionaire who throws around a lot of money without ever going to work and doesn't want Perrin to know he's wealthy so she'll fall in love with him for him rather than his wallet. Perrin never really learns to stand on her own two feet. She left her husband but got a new job through Cal, then moved swiftly into a relationship with him. Even when the story reached the crux of the climax, Perrin went home to Mom and Dad without ever achieving any sort of personal growth.
The book did keep me turning the pages, so that's a positive.
The book suffered from the same dumb errors in spelling and punctuation that seem to litter self-pubbed works, but there was also some problems with the plot that left me scratching my head. Too many cliches toward the end were used to push the story to its conclusion and I reached the point where I would slap my hand on the couch cushion and shout out, "Oh, come on already! Really?"
The biggest fault for me is in the characterization. Cal is your cookie cutter millionaire who throws around a lot of money without ever going to work and doesn't want Perrin to know he's wealthy so she'll fall in love with him for him rather than his wallet. Perrin never really learns to stand on her own two feet. She left her husband but got a new job through Cal, then moved swiftly into a relationship with him. Even when the story reached the crux of the climax, Perrin went home to Mom and Dad without ever achieving any sort of personal growth.
The book did keep me turning the pages, so that's a positive.
June 26, 2012
I thought this was a very cute, romantic story!
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