If we can’t outrun the past, we won’t have a future.The rock on her hand is real, but our engagement is a fake. Once upon a time, I dreamed of buying her a ring, until everything blew up in my face. That was the past, and this is business. At least, it is until I kiss her.It’s supposed to be part of the act — and it is — right until my lips touch hers.I forget where we are.I forget why I’m … where we are.
I forget why I’m kissing her.
I just want more.
More of her taste, more of the tug of her fingers in my hair as she pulls me closer.
More of her tongue stroking mine, more of her breath in my lungs.
Just more.
I want everything.
Annalise is more than a client. More than my ex.
She could be my future.
If I can’t keep her safe, I won’t lose her to the past, I’ll lose her forever.
Engaging the Billionaire is a standalone romance with a happy ending. It’s the eighth book in the Scandals of the Bad Boy Billionaires series and reveals more about the notorious Winters family. You can read it on its own, everything you need to know is explained, but once you get a taste you’ll want to read the others ;}
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Ivy Layne has returned us to the world of the Scandals of the Bad Boy Billionaires . . . a second chance romance that could have never really ended in the first place if he would have been bold and been a man and went after his woman. But then again this all had to happen to give Annalise the chance to grown, mature, and experience more of life. But that also leads to the fact that she has missed so much of life with family, friends, and loved one. One crazy self-obsessed person changed her world and took her life in a different direction.
Riley and Annalise have now trumped the favorite couples list in this series. This couple brought on the danger, suspense, stalker, second-chance, intensity all in this wonderfully written romantic suspense that came highly equipped with great characters.
There was much to find in this one. The depth of all the goings on was just captivating. The suspense was off the page from all the other books of this series. The mystery of who was doing this to poor Annalise was just page turning. It was so much going on here. Finding the culprit was the key to opening the future up for Annalise and Riley.
The two may have comeback as a way to draw another out but there chemistry they shared was there and never went away. Come for the suspense and stay for the romance that was touching.
Ivy Layne writes one absolutely engrossing read. I highly recommend this read for a place to start in the series or go back to the beginning and really get locked in to all the goings on in the Winter’s and Sinclair’s world.
Annalise has been on the run for over 12 years and it’s got to stop. Her stalker has stolen her life. Only one problem, her family. Whoever is after her may harm one of her family like Riley Flynn who was injured and almost killed 13 years ago because he was her boyfriend. Imagine her surprise when she walks in to Winters house for a meeting about how to get her life back and there sits Riley. The plan? She and Riley we’ll pretend to be engaged since they once had a relationship back in college. The hope is to get her stalker to escalate. She’s never really stopped loving Riley even though he seems to have put their past behind him. When Riley sees Lise he’s determined to remain professional even though she hurt him beyond measure. A fake engagement is going to be tough on both of them but its necessary. He quickly realizes he still has feelings despite the hurt she caused him. The stalker gifts keep showing up and Riley is convinced that Sinclair security and the winters are all looking in the wrong direction. Just about the time Riley and Lise start to get a relationship back off the ground, she figures out that he has been lying to her ever since they met. Talking about going off the rails! Now he needs to prove to her that he really does love her and has all these years despite not telling her the truth. The stalker finally gets his hands on Lise and it is a very dangerous situation fortunately it turns out well. Lise and Riley get their happily ever after. This only leaves Aiden without someone to love and Lise is determined to find him someone.
The Mystery of the Winter’ murders is finally solved once Lise’s stalker is finally revealed. There still are some nanswered questions though and hopefully we will get those answers in Aiden’s book. I really liked this series, I like the interweaving of characters from previous stories and the huge family atmosphere. Ivy Layne has done a good job in creating the Bad Boy Billionaires.