“I gave it all up to be happy. I’d give it all up again for you.”They say life begins after 40, but Cassie ain’t feelin’ it. Divorced and feeling trapped by her job, she wants to let loose for her friend’s tropical beach wedding. She decides to let her hair down and get a little unpredictable. That’s when she meets a handsome bartender, Wyatt.Despite a few grey hairs, Wyatt’s the liveliest man … hairs, Wyatt’s the liveliest man that Cassie has ever met. She knows that there’s got to be more to his life story than just being a bartender, but this is just supposed to be a vacation fling. And after sunny days spent breaking all the rules on the beach together, Cassie realizes that nobody has ever listened to her the way that Wyatt does.
His carefree life is enviable, his kisses are intoxicating, and she can almost imagine a life with him. But all vacations come to an end. And when Cassie invites him to visit her hometown, Wyatt reveals that he can never go back. Not to her town. Not to America. Not to civilization.
Cassie leaves, confused and heartbroken, wondering just who she got herself involved with. Suddenly, her predictable life gets turned upside down when she sees her picture splashed across the Internet. And when the tabloids come looking for the mature woman who found the lost billionaire, she has no idea what to do…
…until he comes back.
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This was good to read about someone that is over 40 years old. Cassie meets Wyatt when she attends her friend’s beach wedding. Cassie has never really cut loose and decides she’s is going to have a great time. Cassie has to go home and invites Wyatt to visit but gets bad news when he says he can’t. Read the story to find out why he can’t go visit Cassie or the states. Great book. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Very romantic
3,5
It’s a good romance, sometimes hot, well written and quite romantic, but which I found slow to begin. The second part is more interesting with the confrontation of someone who has always lived in anonymity and who has to face paparazzi, manipulation, jealousy.
Cassie is present in a Caribbean hotel for her friend’s wedding. She meets Wyatt the bartender, but when she offers to return with him to the United States, he refuses, and for good reason because he is hiding. When he realizes that he wants Cassie in his life, he is forced to reappear and the millionaire is carrying with him a wave of journalists and leeches.
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The storyline has amazing characters that are well developed and engaging. The storyline also had a smooth flow. I was hooked from page one till the end.
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This is a unique romance with Cassie and Wyatt who meet when she goes to a island for a wedding and meets Wyatt the bartender/billionaire.
They have a instant attraction but he is keeping secrets and then it comes out that he is a lost billionaire.
Does Cassie and Wyatt have a future together when the truth comes out?
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This was the first time reading anything by Krista Lakes and I thoroughly enjoyed this story. This was an exciting, fun, sexy, and wonderful story. I absolutely adored Cassie and Wyatt. The storyline is well written and the characters are very relatable. I enjoyed every moment of this story and it left me wanting more. I definitely recommend this amazing book for you to read.
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Cassie is a up and coming hotel manager and She is going on a vacation of a sorts for her best friends wedding. once on the island she meets Wyatt who she assume is the bartender but what she doesn’t know is that Wyatt is a billionaire who walked away from the business world and likes living the island way. He and Cassie fall in love but then Cassie has second thoughts when he ask her to stay on the island with him and not go back. He follows her back to th city and tries to prove to her that he really loves her but as in life there is always someone there to cause a little mischief. Once Cassie sees that Wyatt is truly in love with her she comes to realization they could be happy anywhere they are together. Loved the storyline and Krista is the best.
I love Krista Lakes! Cassie has become all about her job since her divorce, and now she is on a tropical island for a wedding. Cassie’s friend convinces her that she needs to let loose and have some fun. Cassie catches the eye of the handsomest man she has ever seen while checking in. Cassie later finds the man, Wyatt, tending bar by the pool at the hotel she is staying at. Wyatt left his billionaire life behind to lead a simple life as a bartender where nobody knew who he is or what he is worth. Wyatt is attracted to Cassie but doesn’t understand why he is drawn to her. Wyatt and Cassie spend all their time together when Wyatt isn’t working, or when Cassie isn’t fulfilling wedding duties. Cassie asks Wyatt to attend the wedding with her, and Wyatt agrees knowing he could lose his job if he is seen with Cassie. After the wedding, Wyatt asks Cassie to stay with him, and Cassie refuses to give up her life in Arizona. Cassie and Wyatt have a huge fight that has Cassie packing her bags and leaving early for home. Wyatt shows up at Cassie’s hotel, and Cassie is surprised to learn he is a billionaire. Cassie is forced to ask Wyatt to leave the hotel because of the press and photographers swamping the hotel trying to get to Wyatt. Wyatt agrees to leave if Cassie agrees to go out with him. Cassie cannot hang onto her anger towards Wyatt. Cassie is forced to take time off from her job when a picture of her and Wyatt is printed, and the press comes after Cassie to get information on Wyatt. Cassie is forced to live with Wyatt when the press camps out at her apartment. Wyatt and Cassie grow closer as they spend time together, but Wyatt realizes how much he hates the billionaire life and being the man in charge. What happens when Wyatt has to go to dinner with another woman for charity? What happens when Wyatt asks Cassie to move with him to the tropical island? What will Cassie do when she is fired from her job because of lies told by Wyatt’s charity date? Will Cassie realize that her home is with Wyatt? Will Wyatt and Cassie find their happily ever after? I absolutely loved Escape With Me by Krista Lakes. Escape With Me has drama, secrets, chemistry, and a mean girl who will do anything to get what she wants. Krista Lakes is a MUST read author for this reader. I would highly recommend getting Escape With Me by Krista Lakes. I received an ARC of this book, and I am leaving my honest review.
*Spoilers* Cassie is 40 year old divorced women who is bored with her predictable, and rule filled life and is ready for a change. So she goes to a tropical island for a destination wedding and while she is there she meets Wyatt. Wyatt is a bartender and knows the island like the back of his hand but he is hiding a secret. There are kisses, glances, sexy times and rules that are going to be broken with these two. The secret that he is hiding comes to light when Cassie offers Wyatt to come an visit her hometown and he says that he can never go back and we learn that he is lost billionaire and photos of them are splashed all over the paper. Do these two get there happy ever after you will have to read this book to find out.
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I’m a fan of the millionaire genre & while there’s plenty of stories out there I’m glad that this was a bit different. I liked Wyatts character & understood his reasons for being reclusive but when it impacts on the woman of his dreams, he goes against his choices.
Cassie is recovering from her bitter marriage & her only solace is her work but that comes back to bite her with her relationship with Wyatt. I thought that so typical of many corporations, a public face rather than loyalty.
Of course there is someone out there to spoil other people’s happiness as well.
Overall this was a touching heartfelt tale.
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This was a beautiful and unconventional love story. The characters brought the story to life. The little steam was nice. The storyline itself was beautiful. The family dynamics was funny. The ending was absolutely perfect.
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A sexy, exciting, swoonworthy story! Cassie & Wyatt were absolutely adorable. They have a fun, flirty chemistry from their very first encounter. Krista Lakes always manages to suck me into her stories from the very first page and Escape With Me was no exception.
I must say I loved the feel of this book and everything that flowed with it. I can’t say I was the biggest fan of one of the characters and may have laughed way too much with her fate at the end. Cassie is all about doing things a certain way. There’s rules to be followed and that’s how she lives her life. When it comes time to the wedding, her friends determined its time for her to let loose and have fun. Throw the rules out the window and do something she normally wouldn’t do. She meets a handsome bartender one night and they hit it off really well but unfortunately she was drunk and passed out. There’s explosive chemistry between them and the more time they spend together they realize this as well. Wyatt is escaping life and living the way he’s always wanted. Not a care in the world and nobody realizes who he really is. When meeting Cassie, he soon finds himself wanting more of her and wanting to tell her the truth about him. What they didn’t expect to happen is for him to slip up and their obnoxious relative to consistently hit on him and think she has a chance with him. This adds a little to story and helps Cassie admit what she never thought she would. Her and Wyatt are adorable together. They realize that what they have is more important then all the money and rules in the world. It was a great book with a great feel and somewhat good characters!!
I loved Wyatt and Cassie!
Their story was playful, sweet, steamy and dramatic.
I did wonder how it would all work out, with the whole distance thing, but I shouldn’t have worried- Krista Lakes knows how to carve the best reunions and endings.
Oh, I nearly forgot!
Every story has a bad guy, right?! Well, the ‘bad guy’ in this story made me want to jump right in to the book and break their nose. Such a great villain.
Escape With Me by Krista Lakes is a story about 2nd chances, reunions of the romantic kind, sweet and sexy chemistry, playful and fantastic characters. Great plot. Good pace. Not young characters- not old but characters in their late 30s. Wyatt and Cassie are sure to grab your heart and your attention due to great writing by Krista Lakes. I enjoyed the romance and heat this story generated. Look forward to the next book!
My Rating: 4.4 stars ********
I always enjoy the books Ms. Lakes writes because she does a very good job of getting the reader to engage with the characters in each book and making us feel like they live just down the street and could pop over for a good gabfest or crying jag at any time! We get to see how Cassie and Wyatt both achieve some good oldfashioned rest and relaxation with one another while attending the same wedding and what had started out as a vacation style fling morphs quickly into something else entirely. The end of their time in the Caribbean is fast approaching, so what do they do now?? Go home and forget about each other? Is that even going to be possible? Or do they take a chance that this is the real thing they are feeling and take a leap of faith?? Getting to that HEA is always so much fun with Ms. Lakes!!
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