Guest Review: Tempting the Billionaire by Jessica Lemmon

Posted March 4, 2013 by Ames in Reviews | 5 Comments

Ames’ review of Tempting the Billionaire by Jessica Lemmon.

BUSINESS OR PLEASURE?

Crickitt Day needs a job . . . any job. After her husband walks out on her, she’s determined to re-build her life and establish a new career. When swoon-worthy billionaire Shane August hires her as his assistant, she jumps at the chance to prove herself. Despite her growing attraction to her boss, she vows to keep things strictly professional. No flirting. No kissing. Definitely no falling in love…

Shane August is all business, all the time. He’s a self-made man who’s poured his heart and soul into his company, and he’d never allow himself to get involved with an employee. Then he hires sweet, sexy Crickitt—and he can’t keep his mind or his hands off her. But no matter how much he wants Crickitt, Shane fears that painful secrets from his past will always come between them. With fate working against them, can these two lonely hearts learn that sometimes mixing business with pleasure is the perfect merger?

This book got on my nerves!

First of all, Shane first sees Crickitt in a bar, crying her eyes out. Sounds attractive right? Well Shane certainly thinks so. He’s immediately drawn to her so because his buddy likes Crickitt’s friend, he decides to be a good wingman and dry her tears while his friend does his pick up bit. Somehow through her tears, Crickitt comes off as someone who would be a good assistant so Shane offers her a job. Crickitt needs a job, but she thinks his offer is too good to be (seriously, crying in a bar and getting offered a job? It is too good to be true) so she turns him down. This makes Shane like her even more so he doesn’t let up in his pursuit. Eventually Crickitt gives in.

Right from the get go these two are hot for each other. But Shane doesn’t want to make the moves on an employee of his (he is freaking rich). And Crickitt doesn’t want to make the moves on her boss. But the attraction is there. And that’s where this reader had enough. Because it was CONSTANTLY shoved down my optic nerve how much these two wanted each other. They yearned, oh did they yearn. Honestly, I thought I was reading about two horny teenagers and not two adults. It was very annoying. And then eventually the loin-gates burst and they give into their lust. And then Shane pulls away…because of something from his past. Yawn. I haven’t read that before.

There just wasn’t enough here to keep me interested. It was not fun to read about the constant wanting. There needed to be something else between these two than that.

Tempting the Billionaire gets a rating of 1 out of 5 from me.

This book is available from Forever Yours. You can buy it here or here in e-format.

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