What’s ice-cold but hotter than hell?
Rebounding with your ex’s older brother, of course.A perfect storm led me to this place. Ghosted by my fiancé, I was suddenly broke, heartbroken and facing eviction. Enter Mason Leo, the six feet and two inches of pure muscle and arrogance I’ve hated with a passion since the day we met. The man is cocky, womanizing and ruinously gorgeous.Worse than that, he’s … womanizing and ruinously gorgeous.
Worse than that, he’s my ex’s brother. And for the next two weeks, he gets to do with me as he pleases.
I’ll explain.
With both our exes – wait for it – set to marry each other in St. Lucia, I’ve agreed to let Mason pay my debts so long as I play his date. My only job is to keep my clothes on while I get my closure. Because as much as I hate Mason Leo, the man is a walking sex god. And in the name of revenge, he gets to take me out, show me off – dress, touch and kiss me with those wicked lips. It’s all for show, but every night in paradise with him brings more drinks, more drama and another temptation, so no matter what I do, I can’t stop reminding myself this:
There’s absolutely no good to come from fcking my ex’s brother.
No matter how good it’ll feel.
EX GAMES is a full-length standalone with a HEA.*
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Taylor’s jerk fiancé, Aaron, walks out on her by moving out of their apartment and leaving only a NOTE! Classy, right? Two months later his even bigger jerk brother, Mason, shows up at Taylor’s apartment with an invitation to Aaron’s wedding (to Mason’s ex! Again, classy) and a proposition. He wants Taylor to go with him to Aaron’s destination wedding as a happy couple. Wow, talk about playing with fire! Of course playing with fire will always get you burnt but oh what fun it is!
I know Mason is supposed to be a jerk playboy but I instantly fell in love with him! I loved all the characters! This book was so much fun & sweet & sassy & sexy & I could go on and on. I loved it!!
I totally recommend this book and look forward to reading more by Stella Rhys!
I don’t know where this author has been all my life but it took be way too long to find her. This is everything you need in a romcom. The characters are well developed and lovable. I laughed, cried and fell in love. I already started another of her books!
This was my first book by Stella Rhys and I adored it. I had been in such a book reading rut but this bad boy climbed me right out – it was so good! I love a good enemies to lovers story and this one mixed a bit of fake relationship into it as well so it had TWO of my favorite romance tropes.
I can’t imagine waking up one day to find a note left by my fiance, boyfriend of 3 years, to say that he’s done and left. Plus he’s saddled you with mounting debt that you’re sinking under. Then to hear weeks later that he’s marrying his brother’s ex. Yikes! That is not something I can really fathom, but so starts this story between the jilted fiance and the other brother.
To say that Taylor is not a fan of Mason is an understatement. She’s pegged him as a womanizer who hasn’t been a fan of her or her relationship with his brother from the get go, but when Mason comes to her with a scheme to fake a relationship between them to stop the wedding between his brother and his ex, she can’t refuse. Turns out this enemies to lovers story was built on a case of misunderstandings and Mason is really the one she’s supposed to be with.
I went into this book thinking it was mostly going to focus on the craziness around the wedding when the two of them showed up as a couple but I was surprised that wasn’t the case. Instead we get a lot of lead up time before the wedding where we see Taylor and Mason spending time with each other and actually getting to know the real person and falling hard. This really solidified their connection for me. It was really about seeing their chemistry and attraction even if they were initially “faking” their relationship and not about the crazy drama when the exs all saw each other. Sure there was a scene once they did travel to the wedding but it was just a small part of the book.
If I had to pick anything that didn’t jive, I’m not sure that I buy the issue that eventually causes the rift between Taylor and Mason, nor did I get the return to her high school scene. It didn’t make her have this ‘ah ha’ moment that made her rush back to Mason, but I guess it all worked out in the end.
But I really did like these two characters. We got a lot of backstory which really helped explain their motivations both in the past and present. I wouldn’t have understood why Mason cared about breaking up the wedding without his explanation and I could better understand how Taylor had stayed with Aaron for so long. We wouldn’t have had this great characterization if the book just launched into the wedding so kudos to Rhys on how she paced and plotted this story.
Mason was the perfect boyfriend and really made this story for me. He actually listened to Taylor which was evident in the suprises he gave her and of course he just oozed sex appeal. I felt for Taylor who finally got closure from a crappy break up and from a harried past. Aaron was one of those characters who was easy to dislike!
I highly recommend this book to any reader, but especially to those who are fans of fake relationships and the enemies to lovers trope. It’s a good one!
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Stella Rhys is a new author to me and this was one of those books that you devour in one sitting, but then wish you hadn’t read because you want to discover the amazing story all over again. I couldn’t put this book down and it left me wanting to read more by this author. In fact, I binge read 3 of her books in one evening and I can’t wait to read more. I’m excited to have discovered this author because I love her writing and characters. A definite recommended read for 2020!
Goodness! this book was SOOO good. I loved everything about it.
Someone recommended this author/book to me yesterday. I started it late yesterday and could not put it down. Fast forward to 2:45 am and I was still reading. I read this book in less than 24 hours. I laughed, I cried and threw in a couple of OMGs and You’re kidding mes throughout and when finished, was sad it was over.
I loved Mason and Taylor together. I need more of them and I want more of Noah and Sofia. And I even want more of Aaron because even though he screwed up, I still want him to have an HEA of his own.
This was my first read by Ms. Rhys and absolutely not my last!
Oh my god, I just devoured this book right up. I don’t think I even put it down for a second. I really loved it! Mason was such an a-hole in he very beginning, and I love me a well written a-hole. But by the 3rd chapter, I loved the hell outta him! Ahmahgah there’s great banter and smoking hot chemistry between Taylor and Mason, I couldn’t get enough. Her ex (Mason’s’ brother) is the biggest douche ever! Ugh. Such a dick.
The only thing I wished it had was dual POV because I dug Mason so much. But other than that, I enjoyed this book so much! This is my first book by this author, I’ll for sure check out her other books! Yay!!
Taylor and Mason travel a broken but necessary path to find love and happiness. There is no insta-love…….only 2 people who find themselves and each other.
Funny story line. But I’m not sure that is how she intended it. And the petulant BS when the heroine has to run away gives me hives.