An adoptee searching for her roots. The billionaire who teased her. The apology that changes everything.
Anne Williams always dreamed of visiting the land of her birth, even if she couldn’t master Chinese. The first person she meets getting off the plane is billionaire tech-designer and childhood nemesis, Tate Gilman. An unexpected apology changes her perception of the past.For years Tate has … past.
For years Tate has worked at fulfilling a promise to his grandfather to improve the world with his talents. Along the way, he created a language tutoring app that revolutionized the learning community and made him a fortune. On his way to meet with the Chinese, runs into his old classmate, Anne. But seeing her once isn’t enough. Tate’s only hope to find her again in the world’s most populous country is for her to reach out to him.
Not to be rude, Anne texts a polite message thanking Tate. Soon texting isn’t enough, but how can this American couple find each other in a country with a billion reasons to keep them apart?
Miss Oriented and the Billionaire. is the first in a series of standalone sweet romances. If you like enemies to lovers romance with a dash of comedy, then you’ll fall in love with Lorin Grace’s Misadventures in Love collection.
Stand-alone romances in the Misadventures in Love Collection:
— Miss Guided
— Miss Oriented
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If it wasn’t for the grammatical errors and stilted conversation even between the native English-speaking characters, I would have given this 5 stars.
The characters were well-fleshed out. The backstory of the hero and heroine meant that this was really a second-chance romance, which I really love. I also loved the secondary characters of the BFF and the bodyguards. I wasn’t actually expecting so much about the billionaire’s life. It was more like a celebrity story.
I loved the Asian stereotypes turned on their heads and the insight into the real people of China. I had no idea that there was so little privacy and so much surveillance – or was that poetic license? Whichever it was, it was intriguing.
I also loved the texts and the contemporary technology. And the humor was great. The author really knew how to end almost every single chapter on a great quote or with just enough tension that made me want to keep reading and reading.
And the romance! Quick but didn’t feel quick. I loved how the majority of the romance was with words through text and email, and that holding hands was a sweet litmus of chemistry. And the very end!! The payoff was so sweet from all the way back on page 36! Just excellent!
Favorite quotes:
“…family wasn’t all hereditary since love was a choice.” (p. 20)
“Jared was right when it came to women… He should change his chat-alert sound to one of the falling-bomb sounds like Wile E. Coyote going over the edge of the cliff.” (p. 51)
“He decided courtship was more difficult than negotiating a contract with a Chinese tech firm.” (p. 61)
“Jared shook his head and left the room muttering something about addlepated lovers. Tate smiled. He enjoyed being addlepated.” (p. 76)
“Tate checked the time. They’d chatted for almost an hour. He didn’t even have to justify that it was better than the aerobics he’d missed because his heart felt better than everything else.” (p. 94)
“’I always know where I am going. I just get there in the least predictable way.’” (p. 110)
“…the way he smiled whenever they snuck [sic] a kiss was equally as devastating. It was all the fireworks of Chinese New Year packed into seventy seconds.” (p. 119)
“She might not look like her [adopted] sisters, but that didn’t keep them from dressing the same for Halloween or wearing matching dresses to church on Easter Sunday.” (p. 127)
(I received a copy for free from the author. I was not compensated for this review. All opinions are my own, as was the decision to write this review.)
Anne was adopted from China when she was a year and a half, and has always wanted to see where she came from, and she finally gets a chance to go and teach English for the summer. In junior high Anne was teased by Tate, a nerd and fellow classmate, for not knowing her native language, and though to him it was innocent teasing of a major crush, for Anne it was incredibly hurtful and personal. They parted ways and grew up: Anne becoming a teacher and Tate going from nerd to insanely handsome and becoming rich and famous for creating a language app in college.
Tate had made a promise to his grandfather right before he passed away to apologize to Anne for what he did, and when their paths cross again Tate takes his chance, not only to apologize, but to win the heart of the girl he’s never been able to get out of his heart.
I am a sucker for nerds and loved how Tate is portrayed. Despite being good looking and rich, Tate is humble and grounded, which is refreshing. He handles himself, and his business, with integrity and I love how he fights to make life better for others less fortunate than himself.
Anne was a tougher character for me to connect with, though my heart goes out to her for all the injustice she endured, especially the discrimination. Reading about some aspects of the Chinese culture was interesting, but all the surveillance the government does on individuals is shocking! I honestly don’t know if I could handle having my life scrutinized under a microscope like that.
Heartwarming and swoon-worthy, Miss Oriented and the Billionaire is another great summer read that you will easily breeze through and immensely enjoy!
This book i san interesting story about a woman named Anne, who had been born in China and adopted as a baby by American parents. It was interesting to see the bias she suffered while in a program to teach English in China. I really like the character of Anne. She was interesting to watch while being scrutinized for different things because of her looks or because of who she was seeing.. I liked the way she handled herself and how she really appreciated her unique adoptive family and their love for her.
It was also interesting to find billionaire, Tate Gilman’s bodyguards having to search for bugs and watching what was said on a phone when he was doing business in China. Tate and Anne had met back in 6th grade and Tate had promised his grandfather he would apologize to Anne for how he had treated her. He secretly had a crush on her and all these years later he still carried the apology note in his wallet until he runs into Anne and gives her the note. I received an advance copy of this book and I willingly chose to write an honest review.
To be the ethnic Chinese girl in the Chinese immersion school and be very publicly shamed by your class project partner for your lack of ability to speak the language stays with Anne, even though it happened in 7th grade. She dropped out of that school, and her family moved. Her nemesis, Tate, could never find her to give her his handwritten apology. It doesn’t sound like the beginning of a romance, but this author, Lorin Grace, knows how to make a perfect one out of it. I absolutely loved both of the main characters. The plot has some twists and turns. There are humorous moments as well as romantic ones. If you want a clean, delightful romance, this is the book for you. I hope to read more works from this author. I received an ARC and got a copy through KU. I chose to write a review and share my opinion.
Anne and Tate have a very rocky history, but after being reunited in China of all places they have a chance to change that. It was really interesting reading about the surveillance in China. I would hate to live like that. However, it made for very interesting reading. I enjoyed getting to know some of the culture. Anne and Tate were sweet together and I’m so glad they were reunited.
Anne and Tate went to school together and he wasn’t too nice to her. Think boy pulls girl’s pigtails because he likes her but get mad and take it out on her. He has regretted it all these years later. They both end up in China – small world. What starts out as an apology turns into so much more!! But will they be kept apart through a misunderstanding? I really enjoyed this one. I borrowed this book from Kindle Unlimited.