I never thought I’d see my billionaire boss again.Well he’s back…and he wants me to pretend to be his wife!AidanLeaving Erica was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.But I had to do it…for her own protection.Now I need help.My family and my fortune are in jeopardy and Erica is the only one who can help me.I might be a billionaire, but some things money can’t buy.EricaI knew it was wrong to … things money can’t buy.
Erica
I knew it was wrong to fall in love with my billionaire boss.
So when Aidan left me without a word, I made my peace with it.
But why did he have to come back?
And why does he need me to pretend to be his wife?!
Who doesn’t love fake marriages and second chances!?
Lost then Found is a full length standalone, novel about two people getting a second chance at love. Lots of steamy goodness inside, but no cheating, no cliffhangers and, as always, Happily Ever After guaranteed. Enjoy!
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#6 DNF romance novel in my life…
Five times I tried to stop, but I somehow convinced myself I had to find out what eventually happened in this book. Finally, I couldn’t persuade myself any further. I just couldn’t finish it.
Reason #1: Really bad editing. Misspellings, missing words, poor punctuation, extremely bad grammar, awkward paragraph formatting. It was cringe-worthy. If I had my red pen, I would be marking up the page like crazy. The thing was is that at the beginning, there was something that kept telling me that this writer had some talent. But the further I went, but more I questioned that first impression.
Reason #2: Poor people-watching. There are certain things that are for certain such as death and taxes. There are a few other things equally predictable. Like no woman will go to her hairdresser without her purse, wallet, or cash. Totally crazy. Another thing is that no woman, unless she was soulless and a sociopath, would not feed into her curiosity. For example, Aiden, without any warning or explanation, just disappears on Erica. Five or so years later, he returns without any mention of his disappearance. Like nothing ever happened… except he’s now a father. AND DESPITE HER ANGER, SHE DOESN’T EVEN QUESTION HIM AT ALL??? She just turns into ooze when he speaks to her in that sexy voice of his. And this happens again and again and again and… This isn’t how a woman’s brain operates. We’re talking about a woman who holds a high-level banking position. You can’t be stupid and clueless with that kind of occupation. There were times I just wanted to slap that girl to her senses…
Reason #3: Having to protect her child now, she knows she deserves an explanation one way or another. Except she is manipulated with sex and clothing, and a wedding ring and a wedding vow with a contract that after Aiden inherits his father’s banking business, they can divorce and she can get one million dollars to raise her son. Uh… we’re talking about a BILLIONAIRE, and a million bucks is NOTHING but snot in a bucket. And it takes more than a million dollars to raise a child from preschool to possibly PhD. Child support awarded by a judge would be a lot more than a mere million dollars.
Reason #4: Can you say “too dumb to live”? I haven’t seen a heroine of that category in quite a while until now. Why in the world is she wandering around Monte Carlo with her son without ANY kind of bodyguard? Hmm? Not even Aiden? She’s the wife of a friggin’ acting president of an international banking institution! Prime kidnapping material! Monte Carlo ain’t rural USA where a citizen might be able to wander around a corn field without abduction fears (except from aliens in UFOs). I remember a time in which my father’s biomedical corporation warned their employees that any travel outside the US (especially Mexico) was forbidden, and if any family member was kidnapped for ransom, the company would not be blackmailed into making any kind of payment. And they weren’t any kind of government contract company! But it’s reality, folks, and I just couldn’t forgive her for her apparent idiocy because ANY woman working for an international bank would know better.
Reason #5: If I had been this woman’s editor, I would have tanked the story to begin with because it was based upon ridiculous assumptions. Aiden is highly disturbed by Marcus’ incredible knowledge of Erica, yet he believes that just dropping any association with her would stop his stepbrother’s prowling? Just like that? Hell, no. If I was Marcus, I would have just had carefully had her killed via contract killer. If he knew so much about her, then why would he somehow not realize she was pregnant by his elder brother who was a threat to his inheritance?? Totally illogical and worthless when it comes to story writing.
As a reader, I would feel insulted that the writer would think I would accept the above problems without question. We readers are more savvy nowadays than we were, say, thirty years ago. This story could had been so much better with better research and editing. So, no, I do not recommend this book. There are other books more worthy of my attention. Sorry, but I call it as I see it.
I had high hopes for Lost Then Found. Unfortunately, it didn’t live up to those hopes. For one, there are a horrendous amount of typos, grammatical problems, and missed words. But the biggest problem is the two leads. Aidan is a jackass and never redeems himself. Erica is boring and a bit of a doormat. I did like the steamy scenes, but that’s about it. Everything else is flat, boring and unlikable. If I don’t like the two leads then there’s no way I can rate a story with more than 2 stars, especially if the story isn’t engaging and interesting to offset its leads.