A SEXY FORBIDDEN BOSS ROMANCE! NO CLIFFHANGER!SEDUCED FOR A NIGHT. TAKEN FOREVER.With only nine months left at Stanford, and despite being top of her law school class, Lori Havens takes leave to care for her sick mother. That means she juggles three jobs, the best of which is researcher for novelist, and syndicated columnist of “Cat Does Crime,” Cat Summer.One evening after finishing up her work … evening after finishing up her work at Cat’s apartment building, Lori has an encounter with a sexy stranger, and does something out of character. She goes home with him. The night is perfect, he’s perfect, wealthy, powerful and from out of town. Morning comes, and despite their connection, Lori leaves before he finds out she’s far from the equal he believes her to be. She’s not a charity case and she’s not after his money. She will make her own. In other words, she leaves before her prince charming finds out she’s no princess.
Flash forward a few months, Lori’s mother is healing, and Cat’s husband, Reese, has merged his firm with another and Lori lands an internship there, with school credit and scholarship money.. Everything is falling into place. That is until fate reveals a wicked twist of events and Lori walks into a conference room to find her new boss, Cole Brooks, one of the partners, is her one-night prince charming. One sizzling shared look across a boardroom, and it’s clear: this man is not done with her. It’s not long before Lori is informed that she’ll be working high profile cases with her one night prince charming which will require long nights and travel, starting immediately.
OTHER BOOKS IN THE DIRTY RICH WORLD:
Dirty Rich One Night Stand (Cat & Reese’s story)
Dirty Rich Cinderella Story (Lori & Cole’s story)
Dirty Rich Obsession (Reid & Carrie’s story)
Dirty Rich Betrayal (Grayson & Mia’s story)
Dirty Rich Cinderella Story: Ever After (continuation of Cole & Lori’s story)
Dirty Rich Bastard (Eric’s story)
Dirty Rich One Night Stand: Two Years Later (continuation of Cat & Reese’s story)
Dirty Rich Obsession: All Mine (continuation of Reid & Carrie’s story)
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This book was a great read. I’m all about the alpha male, but I love a heroine with a spine.
Loved the story in this book and look forward to the sequel. Only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars, was the extreme use of the f-word. Occasionally would have been fine, but it went a little overboard. Story would have still been great without the frequent use of it.
I seriously enjoyed this book. Wonderful storyline that is believable and sexy hot characters.
EXTREMELY SEXY but fun characters. Supposed to be a “one and done “ but was far from it. Lori and Cole were good characters with a little bit of complexity mixed in. Some may think Lori might have overreacted with the protectiveness of her mom but was understood, especially as we uncovered more of the reasons. Cole’s extremely male reaction was fun to watch. The sex was HOT.
I like the way the author developed the story. It’s apparently hard to weave a story where the female sticks to her rules and the guy respects those, while still being up front and persistent.
Great read! I’m looking forward to reading the next book.
This book was really good
This book was the second In the series. The characters were very likable but not sweet. Liked the respect that was shown to each other and particularly the strength of the female role.
This was my first read from this author and I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed the
characters and the story. I also loved law and order as a kid so I like the little case
mysteries. I will be checking out more from this author.
Dirty Rich Cinderella Story may give a nod to the fairytale, but is in no way a throwback to childhood fantasy. Lori and Cole are all spice. With a chip on her shoulder and a closed off heart, Lori has much to prove. Her life has not always been kind, but just when things are finally looking up, all hell breaks loose. Tall, Dark, Handsome and Rich blindsides her plans and sets about capturing her heart. Jones is tastefully naughty with an appetizer of sweet to set the heart on fire and the senses ablaze
The last few months have been crazy and I was supposed to read and review this book sooner. Unfortunately, life got in the way due to traveling out of state for a conference and then being promoted to another position and department at my day job. It’s been super busy, but I finally made time to finish reading Dirty Rich Cinderella by Lisa Renee Jones.
Now, I need to make time to read the previous book (even though these books are able to be read as standalone). I want to know how Reese and Cat got together since I definitely enjoyed getting to know them in this book.
Dirty Rich Cinderella is all about Lori Havens and Cole Brooks meeting each other one night. Cole Brooks is a very successful rich lawyer who is moving from Texas to New York to partner with Reese. Lori is trying to get back on her feet, so she can go back to law school. Unfortunately, she’s having to work 3 jobs and take care of her mom who was sick. Her mom though is ready for Lori to live her life. Lori meets Cole and sparks were flying between other, until Lori ran away from Cole. Lori though is going to run into Cole again thanks to Cat and Reese assisting her on getting her back to what she needs to be.
Here are the items I enjoyed about the book:
The steamy scenes between Lori and Cole, when there were some scenes. I’m not sure how Lori was able to run away from Cole the first time. I’m glad though that they ended up meeting up again.
Cole. What can I say about Cole? He truly was a winner. I adored him in the story because he fought hard to win over Lori. He was a keeper. He also was an alpha male and I definitely love me some alpha males in stories.
The secondary characters. Cat, Reese, Ashley, and Lori’s Mom. Cat, Reese, and Lori’s Mom wanted Lori to live her life doing what she’s supposed to be doing.
I adore Lisa Renee Jones and her stories. She tends to write a lot of books in one year. I definitely enjoyed the storyline of this book but definitely needed more of less drama from the heroine.
Here are some items I didn’t enjoy about the book though:
Lori. She was a pain in the booty quite a few times. She doesn’t like when Cole tries to help her, even though he’s trying everything to show how much he cares about her. She didn’t even want him seeing her apartment. There were times I wanted to tell her off on how she was treating Cole.
The slow pace at the beginning of the story and the fast pace at the very end. Although, now I’ve learned that Lisa has written another story about Lori and Cole. I definitely want some more Cole.
Other than the two items mentioned above, I did enjoy the second book in the Dirty Rich series. Please note though these books can be read as a stand-alone. I’m definitely going to read the first book because I want to know how Cat and Reese met. I definitely like these two together, even if they were in the story once in a while.
I give this book ‘4’ stars and recommend it to readers who enjoy contemporary romance and happily ever after.
I absolutely loved this book to the point that I couldn’t put it down.
Lori is a strong woman that wants to provide for her and her mother. Get them out of the mess her father left them in. She wants to earn her spot and not have it handed to her.
Cole is rich and sexy. He runs into Lori and he can’t stop thinking about her. He struggles to find her until one day at the new office. He has her on his team to mentor her and get through the scholarship program.
Cole has her on some of his cases and they blow it out of the park together. They work good and hard together. They feed off one another and make a good team. Their relationship has some struggles and issues but nothing they can’t work out together. She needs to learn to trust him more. He needs to listen and make her feel cared and loved for. They love one another and it showed from the beginning and I liked out they had to work at it and that it didn’t come easy. The struggle of her life compared to his wealth of his life. At the end they let go of every fear and their relationship blossoms.
I loved this book. I love Cole and Lori. I can’t wait to read more. ARC provided by the author.
Really Good book!
I enjoyed reading this book. I love that Lisa put in other characters from Walker Security from the Tall, Dark & Deadly Series I hope she writes books with Adam & Savage! I look forward to reading more of Lisa’s books! I recommend this book and author!!!!!!
Loved the strength of this woman, Lori!She is going to make it or know why not. But then comes Cole! He is a gorgeous MAN who can’t get enough of Lori! Wow but he is good. Would love to see him in real! I had to fight to put this book down and Sleep! Thanks for the great read . Now I’ll go back to the first book, I didn’t know about.
I love this couple! Lori and Cole are absolute fire together. Lori is strong and independent. She’s trying to get life back on track for both her mom and herself. The devastation caused by her father’s death has made her determined to have complete control of her future. A one night stand is out of character for her, but Cole is exactly what she needed.
Cole doesn’t need anyone, until he needs Lori. He is successful, powerful, and sure of himself. His feelings for Lori are unexpected, and he’s shocked when she leaves him nothing more than a note signed with her first name after their night together. Watching him chase after her is one of the best parts of this book. I love a man determined to get what he wants.
I forgot how much I loved Cat & Reese together. Catching a glimpse of their life after the book put a huge smile on my face. Beyond the relationship Lori & Cole have together, we also get to experience their friendships with Cat & Reese ( they are perfect).
I received an advance reader copy of this book that I have chosen to review.
She always delivers!
I love me a good dirty Lisa Renee Jones story, but this one puts the icing on the cake! This book was hot from the start and it didn’t cool down at all. The chemistry Lisa has sparked between the two main characters, Lori and Cole, is just something that you long for in real life. She has packed so much heat and passion into their encounters, you never know from page to page what to expect.
In Dirty Rich Cinderella Story, we meet two very different characters. Lori is a law student, obligated to drop out temporarily when her mother becomes ill. She is working for her friend’s column, and stumbles into a tall dark and sexy Cole when leaving her apartment one day. Cole is a stranger from out of town and she throws caution to the wind spending one night with him, that she won’t soon forget. He’s a one- night stand to her, and she flees the next morning, regretting it every passing day.
Flash forward to when she now begins working for her friend Cat’s husband’s new Law Firm, and she is shocked to see the man she has thought about every night since their encounter, across the board room table from her. Cole is now her boss and the chemistry couldn’t be hotter! The element of the forbidden just illuminates their fire even more! Their office romance can’t be more than just a fling, but as both develop feelings, the lines blur at what they should do for their careers, and what they just can’t stop doing between the sheets!
I enjoyed this book but not as much as I lived dirty rich one now get stand. I wished There was more mystery from case like in Reese and Cats book but this was still very good. I really Hope there will be another in the series to continue to see Cole, Lori along with Reese and Cat.
I love Lisa Renee Jones books. She has the ability to weave a tale, hook your attention and not let you go!!
Dirty Rich Cinderella Story is the second book in the Dirty Rich series and while I now know how the first story pans out I’ll definitely be going back to read it as soon as possible!
I really liked both Cole and Lori – though her dithering and constant questioning of everything Cole did bugged me for a bit – yeah, I got why she had trust issues and the reason behind her being afraid things would end just as they began, but gods, what more did that man have to do to make her trust and believe in him!
Cole, in my opinion, he was perfect for Lori. He saw her and got her concerns and I loved that she affected him as much as he did her! Even though he was a successful, well known attorney, he was extremely private and didn’t trust easily – and in a lot of ways, he and Lori had much in common.
I thoroughly enjoyed the legal/case side story, even though it was wrapped up pretty quickly and without much fanfare…. and I liked the supporting characters and the fact that we caught up with the Walker team again too.
Dirty Rich Cinderella Story was a fairly quick, easy read with just a little angst. It was hot and sexy, interesting and engaging and I can’t wait to see what’s next from LRJ!!
I’m giving this read 5*