Rachel Lewin never intended to need a man. Not for his money, not for his clout, not for his…well, OK, maybe for that! She’s used to taking care of herself. But when she becomes collateral damage in a small town scandal that costs her her job, her reputation, and her credit, circumstances eventually convince her that a sugar daddy would come in handy.Colter Meyers, just happens to stop for … stop for coffee and WiFi on his drive back home when the enigmatic brunette catches his eye. He doesn’t mean to spy, but he can’t help noticing that she’s filling out an online profile to find a sugar daddy. Colter never thought of himself as the type, but something about her story— or maybe her curves— convinces him he’s the one to get her back on her feet. After all, as a multi-millionaire philanthropist, he certainly has the resources.
Will their fairy tale romance be a true rags to riches story? Or will Rachel mistake Colter’s intentions and let her need for independence ruin her chance at happily ever after?
This is another cute little love story from Rocklyn Ryder, coming in around 25,000 words long. It features a down on her luck heroine who’s used to being in control of her life and a hot as fire millionaire philanthropist hero who’s not used to independent women. Naturally— there’s a happy ever after. No cheating, no heart-breaking drama, and no cliff hanger ending.
While I don’t think the heat level on this one is likely to melt your Kindle, you might want to hold it with an oven mitt.
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Such a sweet cute story with a lil bit of spice thrown in from Rocklyn. These stories are different from her match maker series these character’s are a lil bit older and I love that fact, but they all have the same thing in common they all end with their happily ever after. I’d so definitely recommend.
While I’m loving this twist on the sugar baby/ sugar daddy trope, which normally would make my skin crawl, this wasn’t a complete story! There’s no flow connection & the story comes in blobs of info. For example, after Colt takes Rachel away from her predicament, it jumps forward to when the two have already fallen into a routine. Way too big a leap. This book came off as being incomplete & totally forced. No REAL drama (just miscommunication), no character development & no real/ full romance feel. This had the potential to be great but it’s only an outline.
She just needs a helping hand to get back her independence
Rachel is a young woman who had done it on her own instead of relying on others. She had gotten her business degree, was the office manager for a chiropractor, bought her own home, had a good credit score and had good friends. All that changed within a short period of time when her boss was outed for having an affair with an underage patient. When she tried to get another job no one would hire her because the rumors were that she had to have known about what her boss was doing. She burned through her possessions selling them at yard sales to pay the mortgage but soon she lost the house. She then ended up on a friends couch in Reno but that only lasted a couple of months before the husband thought it was enough. Even though she had gotten a job she could not get an apartment because of her credit score and then lost the job. So she has ended up in a small gas station town outside of Reno in a cheap hotel. Finally hitting below bottom when she is buying dollar store knock off Nyquil with the change in her purse but cannot afford a box of tissues. Things could not get much worse except to end up homeless. Thinking that there might be a way to just get a helping hand a few days later she creates a profile on Sugarmesweet hoping to find a man that she can enter into a no-sex arrangement with.
At the same time Rachel is on her laptop at the local cafe Colter has stopped for a coffee break on his way from Reno to Vegas, where he lives. He becomes interested in what Rachel is doing and seeing what she wants, not to be taken care of but just a helping hand to stand on her fee again, along with being attracted to her, he drives out of the town with a plan. About a month later he is back in town to have lunch with Rachel and discuss what they both want to see if they can come to an arrangement. He already tried to her down to Vegas for a weekend to be wined, dined, showed, spa’d and then hopefully bedded but she was not having it. So he already likes her independence and that this is an “interview” for a business arrangement. Before they even finish the pot stickers he is out the door and she is coming with him back to Vegas.
Colter comes from a very rich family and he runs a non profit. He gets her a job there and moves her into his penthouse apartment, takes her shopping and then has her accompany him to his work events. She is starting to get her feet under her and he is starting to like this arrangement and her more than he was supposed to. They are both attracted to each other and one night after too much dancing and wine, with both of them tipsy Rachel makes a move that will really change their arrangement. Colter is all in as he has developed feelings for Rachel and she for him. But Rachel is still fiercely independent and wants to support herself so that she is reliant on a man. But that causes a big problem and she is going to have to figure out what she wants the most – Colter and everything he is willing to share with her or to do it all alone.
I really loved Colter and his altruism towards Rachel. He saw that she did not belong stuck in that small forgotten town and wanted to help her get out without wanting anything in return, well maybe just a little something. Rachel was a bit harder to like at times because of her focus on getting back to the point where she was able to do it all on her own. She has to get back there again in order to realize that that may not be what she really wants and needs after all. This story was a bit of a harder read but it was really worth it.
I was given an ARC of this book to read for my honest review. The opinions all all my own.
I enjoyed reading Colter and Rachel’s story. They are both down to Earth people even though their circumstances are completely different from each other. Rachel has had a bad year and is barely hanging in there when Colter notices what she’s working on on her computer. A sugar daddy? He doesnt even know where to begin with that, but there’s just something about her that he wanted to see more of. Such a good story.
This was yet another great book in Rocklyn Ryder’s new series A Taste of Sugar. I’m loving this new series of hers just like her modern match-maker series.
Rachel is at the bottom of the barrel and decides to try to find a sugar daddy. She’s on the website filling it out at a coffee shop where Colter is at. He’s so drawn to her that later on he goes to the website to check her out and see if he can get in touch with her. I love the connection between Colter and Rachel and how they decide not to fight the attraction between them. Of course there’s a misunderstanding and that has to be worked through but it’s a great quick read that will leave you pleased.
I can’t wait for the next one in the series and other Rocklyn Ryder books.
While I liked Rachel’s need for independence, I found her reactions to some of Colter’s behaviours a bit head scratching. No wonder Colter didn’t know where he went wrong! Loved that they were an older couple (30’s). I especially loved the ending where Rachel makes the first move. A great story to while away a rainy afternoon.
I received a copy from the author. This is my unbiased review.
Rachel Lewin had it all; a college degree, a good job, a house, and a dog, until her boss was caught having an affair with an underage patient and the small minds in her small town, assumed she had covered it up and she could not find another job. Instead of moving to a bigger city, (which makes no sense to me) she stayed there until she lost everything and finds herself at rock bottom, living in a run-down hotel and sick. She decides that she needs a temporary sugar daddy, not a permanent arrangement, but someone to rescue her and help her get back on her feet. While she is sitting at a coffee shop, on her laptop, filling out her profile, in walks Colter Meyer, millionaire philanthropist, who notices what she is doing, reads what she has been through and decides to rescue her. He eventually tracks down her profile and offers to become her temporary “sugar daddy”. Moving her into his huge Vegas apartment, they build a comfortable friendship, he finds her a challenging position at his foundation and brings her as his date to many of his business events. Their relationship stays platonic, until one evening when they both have had a bit too much to drink and their chemistry ignites. Colter thinks that they are taking their relationship to the next level and is ready to propose, when Rachel makes assumptions (projecting, maybe) about his actions, has a snit and disappears. If this is how she behaved before she hit rock bottom, then maybe it was karma. I don’t like Rachel very much, but Colter does and will do anything to get her back. Colter is a real sweetheart, beautiful inside and out.
I received an ARC from the author. This is my unbiased and voluntary review
Welcome to Rock Bottom….population Rachel.
Her entire life is gone, in a short time and completely not by her doing. Now, a run down hotel room replaces her home she lost, she walks everywhere since she lost her car, and now with just enough cash for dollar store cold medicine Rachel winds up in the little coffee shop for the Wi-Fi and to swallow the last of her dignity. She sinks to a new low…signing up for a sugar daddy.
Small town coffee shop…enter Colter.
The road home after a business trip would normally not have landed him here, but he decided to stop anyway. He is drawn to the woman, who clearly is fighting a cold. He accidentally sees what is happening on her computer screen. What surprises him even more is what he ends up doing, all to find out more about this intriguing woman. Congratulations..Rachel is his sugar baby.
It took some time and a lot of searching, but Colter finally finds Rachel. There are texts, emails and phone calls. Finally they are once again face to face. This time Rachel isn’t sick, this time they are able to sit and talk, and in the very same small town coffee shop where it began. It takes no time at all for Colter to become very protective of Rachel. At lightning speed things progress, the attraction to one another grows but for some reason seems to stay under wraps. It takes a little wine and an evening out to crack the shell, but the crack has now become a full blown breaking free from the shell. There is no stopping these two strong willed people from acting out all the passion that they feel. No need to try to put out this flame.
There is a decision made by Rachel that causes some hurt feelings, a small ripple of doubt and misunderstanding with Colter. Does the doubt and misunderstanding signal the end? Rachel and Colter are not willing to allow things to go back to what they had before they had one another. Rachel explains and bares her soul, she shares with Colter what this decision really stands for. Now that the air is clear, there is another surprise. Only they are both in for one…they each seem to have the same outcome in mind, it is just in the way they meet in the middle that starts the path to forever.
This one left me scratching my head a little bit. I adored our hero. Colt is one of those perfect specimens that manages to be both sweet and alpha; he’s down-to-earth and ridiculously well off. I started out liking Rachel well enough. I could easily empathize with her ending up in trouble because of all her good intentions to “handle it herself”. (Been there, done that. Didn’t want the T-shirt but ended up with it anyway.) It was when everything went sideways on them that I stopped liking her very much. I felt like all of a sudden she became judgmental and blamed Colt for things that weren’t his fault. I was very glad to see them finally talk it out and come to an understanding about everything that had gone wrong. I adored the ending, though. It was perfect for this slightly unconventional pair.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author.
Fantastic
I voluntarily reviewed an arc of this book. I really enjoyed reading “Ankle Deep in Sugar” by Rocklyn Ryder. If you are looking for a good book to read you want to read this. It has an enjoyable, well written, intriguing story and the great, interesting characters kept me glued to this book. I loved their story. Their interaction and chemistry was engaging, I was engrossed, I couldn’t put it down. Yet another fantastic book from Rocklyn Ryder.
Sugarmesweet
Rachel is 35 and through a long series of unfortunate events is now long past rock bottom and she sighs up for a temporary sugar daddy.
Colter reads over her shoulder as she’s posting her profile. A few weeks later, they meet and over the course of her getting back on her feet, she moved in with him and they grow close.
But does he only want a damsel in distress or a true partnership?
I loved this novella. It’s not your usual daddy story. Nope. It’s mature with age appropriate people who communicate and deal with the nuances and intricacies of intimacy.
Highly recommend.
Rachel’s character starts out pathetic and unlikable (imo) and gradually grows on you like a barnacle. Lol. Rachel’s response to Colt seemed ungrateful to me. She looked back on it as Colt holding her back!!! WTH? She was destitute and he helped her. Rachel’s being down on her luck did NOT endear her to me. Many people are in the same situation, but work to get out of it. She was looking for a free and easy way out and she found it-Colt!!! Not liking her stupidity. She acted too rash and didn’t give Colt a chance to adjust to all the changes! I loved when Rachel got jealous of Dionne. Lol. Thankfully , they both finally communicate to a hea. The ending was the BEST part of the whole book! Try to overlook Rachel’s ignorance for most of the story. because the storyline is worth it .
I loved Rachel and Colters story. This series is such an interesting idea. I wasnt sure if I would like the second book as well as the first, but I did. Rachel is down and out but a very strong, independent woman. Colter is rich, but sweet and so, so sexy. This book is funny, touching and steamy.