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Blurb
Billionaire Caleb Blackstone lives in the glamorous world of wealth and success, with every material luxury. But the moment he sees Brooke Casterley, none of that matters. Caleb is filled with a raw, undeniable need that he can’t ignore…for a girl who is so completely different from everything and everyone he’s ever known.
Only Brooke isn’t looking for love. She knows all too well just how much damage the wrong guy can do. Still, what sane, broke British girl can resist the charms of an incredibly sexy, chivalrous billionaire? What starts as flirtation quickly turns into all-consuming passion. Nothing could have prepared her for the searing heat of Caleb’s touch—or just how much she craves him.
Their whirlwind romance is the stuff of high-society fantasy—but for every moment of pleasure, there is a cost. Past mistakes and tragedy shadow them both…and falling for him might be the kind of trouble she can’t afford.
Review
“When you find whatever it is that makes you happy … hold on to it with everything you’ve got. Your heart will let you know.”
4 intense, romantic, (super steamy) fairy-tale stars!
Raine Miller writes wonderfully intense love stories, and if you are looking for a low drama, passionate, intense love story featuring one incredibly smitten billionaire and his damaged-yet-strong girl, then this is the book for you!
Caleb Blackstone is a highly successful businessman. He comes from money, but he has built his own empire and is a billionaire with the world at his feet, and a long line of women willing to bed him. He has indulged, of course, but he’s never met anybody who he can see himself having an actual relationship with. But with one look (ok, maybe two) at Brooke Casterley he is enamored.
Brooke’s world couldn’t be more different from Caleb’s. She has overcome a lot in her life, has been treated badly and suffered devastating loss, but she has pulled through to become a strong, independent woman. Her life isn’t easy and she is working two jobs to support herself and her beloved grandmother, but she is happy with where she is at. But she isn’t expecting Caleb Blackstone when he comes waltzing into her life, and though love is the last thing she is looking for, she can’t resist the gorgeous, infinitely charming man who seems to be determined to pursue her.
Caleb and Brooke’s initial interactions are sweet, flirtatious and full of chemistry as they both revel in their attraction to each other, but once Caleb makes his move it’s all on, and they are both powerless to stop it.
You’re a banquet for my starving soul … You’ve completely owned me since I first laid eyes on you.
This is an incredibly intense love story. It’s fast moving, passionate and full of emotion, and even though Brooke has reservations after being hurt so badly in the past, she trusts her feelings, and she trusts Caleb, and I love that they both just throw themselves into everything that is happening between them. Yes, there is some insta-love going on, but I was completely swept up in Caleb’s love for Brooke. Protective, possessive, and determined to get his girl, yet sweet, gentle and tender, he was exactly the man that Brooke needed.
“Thank you, Brooke, for accepting my invitation to stay here tonight,” I whispered against her lips … “And for giving me the chance to deserve you whenever you’re ready.”
And the swoon! OMG, the swoon is off the freaking charts. Caleb loves his girl and he wants her, and the world to know it. He puts his heart on his sleeve, holding nothing back from her about his feelings or his intentions, and his openness with her was beautiful.
“Trust me, after thirty-one and a half years of knowing what love doesn’t feel like, I think I’m a goddamn expert at recognizing when the real thing comes along to rip right into my heart.
She swallowed, making the skin at her throat flutter. “I’ve ripped right into your heart?”
“Uh-huh. Brutally. Savagely.”
“But I didn’t mean to,” she said, sadly.
“I know, baby. That was just fate doing its thing.”
And the gentlemanly charm that sweeps Brooke off her feet is wonderfully balanced by the dirty-talking sex god that comes out when he and Brooke are alone together. Raine Miller can certainly write a hot love scene, and the steamy time between Caleb and Brooke is absolutely sizzling!
And SO freaking HOT!!!
Caleb and Brooke’s relationship moves quickly, but I was happily caught up in the romance of it all, and thoroughly enjoyed their story. They have obstacles to overcome, but they remain functional and open with each other through it all, with no game playing, no stupid dramas, just two people who are falling hard for each other, and who follow their hearts to a beautifully happy ending.
I loved the introduction to Caleb’s family and close friends, and I’m really excited about some of the set ups that are already taking shape. I’m definitely going to be continuing on with the series to get my hands on the books to come!
This was a really great read. A wonderful, fairy-tale romance backed up by a strong, passionate love story to easily lose yourself in. I loved it.
4 stars.
An Advanced Reader Copy was generously provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The Blackstone Dynasty series
Filthy Rich (#1) (Caleb & Brooke)
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Filthy Lies (#2) (James & Winter)
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Excerpt
I would give this thing two drinks max before I was outie.
Nodding and saying the right things, I shook hands with the colleagues who’d known my father and accepted condolences from others. I made a mental note of the people who’d made the effort to mention his name to me, and I would write them down with the event and date as soon as I got home.
I’d worked my way through the room, as I had been taught by my dad—by the best to ever work a roomful of potential deals—when I decided I’d accomplished what I’d set out to do tonight. It was time for me to go. After setting my glass down on an empty table, I started for the door . . . until I saw her.
Just like that. She appeared in my line of sight and I couldn’t take my eyes off her.
The beautiful girl from this morning at the Starbucks on Hereford Street.
I knew it was her because how could anyone forget those sexy boots? Her blonde hair wasn’t down like it had been this morning, though. She’d pulled it back into a sleek ponytail . . . but she was serving at this event? I’d seen her go into that design studio next to Starbucks. She probably had two jobs. Industrious . . . beautiful . . . sexy.
I quickly returned for my half-empty glass and snatched it up from the table. I suddenly felt like an appetizer or two.
She saw me approaching and moved closer with her tray. “What are these called?” I asked without sparing her tray a second glance. Bad move on my part, but I was too busy taking in her golden eyes and hair, and everything else I could now see up close. Perfect skin, dark lashes that framed spectacular eyes, and a scar along the hairline of the right side of her face. Something had hurt her at some point in the past, and I found it utterly insane that I was disturbed by it.
She rolled her pink lips together as if she was trying to suppress laughter. “Well, they’ve told me it’s something called a . . . meatball. Very unusual gourmet creation. You should try one. They’re said to be quite delicious.”
That voice of hers was . . . fucking beautiful.
“Okay.” I picked up a meatball and popped it in my mouth. Didn’t taste a thing. I could have been chewing slaughterhouse by-products and I wouldn’t have known. My brain had shut off everything except her beautiful voice.
“You are either messing with me or that blow to your head must have been devastating. I would wager you’ve had a meatball before.”
“I am.”
She lost her smile. “You are messing with me?”
“No, I am devastating—I mean devastated—by the blow to my head.” What in the mother fuck was I even saying to this girl? I sounded like Rain Man minus the IQ. I needed to stop talking.
“I’m sorry to hear that. It looks painful.”
“It doesn’t hurt me now.” I think I smiled and shook my head but couldn’t be sure. Just call me the village idiot because I knew I was acting like one. I did love the sound of her voice, though.
“Another rare and precious meatball?” She offered her tray and studied me this time. She had to be disgusted by my appearance and turned off by my behavior, but she didn’t show it if she was.
“Yes, please.” I took another meatball but I didn’t eat it. “You are British.”
“You are American,” she said with a fast wink, before turning away to serve other guests.
I watched her walk away from me and felt the pounding of my heart vibrating throughout my entire body.
Something had just happened to me.
I wasn’t completely sure what exactly, but I was crystal clear on the reason.
Her.
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About the Author
Raine Miller has been reading romance novels since she picked up that first Barbara Cartland book at the tender age of thirteen. And it’s a safe bet she’ll never stop, because now she writes them too! Granted Raine’s stories are edgy enough to turn Ms. Cartland in her grave, but to her way of thinking, a hot, sexy hero never goes out of fashion. A former teacher, she’s now writing sexy romance stories full time. She has a handsome prince of a husband, two brilliant sons, and two bouncy Italian Greyhounds to pull her back into the real world if the writing takes her too far away. Her sons know she likes to write stories, but gratefully have never asked to read any, thank God! Raine loves to hear from readers and to chat about the characters in her books.
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