I am done with men. D – O – N – E. DONE!I don’t care how much billionaire Roman Cadwell pushes (and, oh boy, does the sexy man push ALL my buttons), I am not dating him. Especially not when he’s wearing a golden band around his ring finger. I do not get involved with married men. Call it my line in the sand. If a man can’t be faithful, I want not one single thing to do with him.But what if Roman … him.
But what if Roman isn’t really married? What then? No, no, no. I will not fall into Lying McLiarson’s trap.
Only every time the man touches me, my body forgets I’m a good girl and wants to give in. Hands off, Mr. Lying Pants, before I forget I’m a good girl.
Although – no one said I had to be a good girl forever.
Author’s Note: This romantic comedy contains absolutely, positively NO cheating. None. But it does have a whole bunch of witty dialogue and a super sweet happily ever after. And maybe more drama than the author originally intended. What can she say? The characters have minds of their own.
Hands Off is book 3 of the Love in the Suburbs series but can be read as a standalone.
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D.E. Haggerty, ‘Hands Off’.
Love in the Suburbs, book #3.
As a Hidden Gems ARC reader I received a free copy and promised an honest review. Here it is.
Rating: 3 (of 5 stars).
In general: Falling in love with a lot of squabbling.
Main characters:
– Bailey River (35).
Raised by a mother who was more interested in finding a wealthy husband
than caring for her daughter. She never met her father; he was married with
another woman and already had two children.
Now she’s an office manager at the event plannings business of her friends
Frankie and Jackson. (F&J’s Events).
– Roman Cadwell (40).
Self-made man; billionaire when he was 35 years old. He has a crush on
Bailey but she doesn’t date him for he wears a wedding ring. He tells
her that – being a ‘most wanted, wealthy bachelor’ – it’s to protect him
against ‘gold diggers’. It’s difficult for Bailey to refuse his many dating-requests
for she’s very attracted to his gorgeous looking body.
When Roman hires F&J to organize an event for him, he demands that Bailey has to work for him on this event. It’s important for F&J to satisfy Roman as a customer, so – to help her friend Frankie – Bailey agrees..
Gradually she believes that Roman isn’t married, but – in spite of discovering his caring, charming and polite personality, she keeps her fear for commitment and for a man who wears a fake wedding ring. Such a man cannot take a marriage serious!
The author D.E. Haggerty, then describes how Bailey tries to resist Roman’s courtship. It’s sometimes very overdone and therefore – for me – not always credible, but the results are a lot of humorous scenes and sassy dialogues. Moreover the author creates many funny, wonderful extra characters and a nice HEA. So all in all, for me the book was a pleasure to read.
R. Huiszoon.
Roman Cadwell was determined to have a relationship with Bailey. And she was just as determined not to get involved with him. She was done with men. But she found it hard to resist him. He’s sexy, hot and a genuinely nice man. She had her reasons for not getting into a relationship if only she could remember them when she was around Roman. He knew he had a lot of work to do to win her over, but he was up for the job.
I liked this story but it took too long to find out why Bailey was done with men. She made a much bigger deal of it than necessary, making the book drag. Because of that, I didn’t really like her for the first half of the book. I did like Roman but there was something that made me not love him. Maybe it’s because of the dates he planned. They were over the top.
I loved the other books in this series so I was surprised that I didn’t enjoy this one as much. Maybe it was because we kept being told Bailey had her reasons for not getting involved with anyone but it took so long to find out what they were. It was good to see her besties from the other books. I especially liked seeing Frankie’s matchmaking grandmother at it again.