She’s the richest woman in a city built on billions of dollars, and she’s got the trophy girlfriend to prove it. Business and pleasure have a tendency to mix in the high-stakes world Adrienne Thomas breathes. As the co-owner of one of America’s biggest corporations, the young billionaire doesn’t have time to date… especially when her recent bisexual awakening leaves her more confused than her … when her recent bisexual awakening leaves her more confused than her confidence likes to admit.
That’s why it was so easy to start dating her business partner’s smart and gorgeous executive assistant. Amber Mayview made her intentions clear from the moment she first seduced Adrienne: this was all about sex and money, a relationship of mutual needs and satisfactions.
Now, months later, one of the most over the top same-sex couples has reached an impasse. Amber is no longer satisfied with the sugar baby lifestyle. The longer she stays with Adrienne, the more she falls in love with more than just her money.
But for two women who should never be together to make it through this rocky patch, they’re going to have to admit more than their love. They’re going to survive ex-lovers, a media play that refuses to release them, and enough sex to burn down their city in sinful flames.
Good thing it’s worth it. For love, of course. (The money’s just a bonus.)
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Loved this. So hot and sexy and while not realistic, it’s fun to get lost in a world of stupid rich and stupid gorgeous women.
I love the story of this book and that there was some steamy scenes 😉
I originally felt this book was just going to be about sex lesbian style with not much of a plot. It took a while to get into it, and a plot to really unwind (partly because I didn’t have a lot of time for reading). But it really got going about half way through, and had some good characters to make it be better than just OK. I was beginning to believe towards the end, that the characters would break up (thus the name of the book “On the Rocks”) but I was pleasantly surprised that it all worked out at the end of the story. Amber was realistic, Adrienne maybe a little less so, Ethan was somewhat realistic as were the other women in the book. The mayor was great as a ****head, a sleazeball, which made the book better.
Well, I guess I have a new favorite f/f romance.
I saw it on Bookbub while it was temporarily free and snatched it up. Billionaire bisexual women struggling with relationships? Mm. Yes.
And then I forgot to read it for like…a couple months.
That’s partly because I was reading other things and partly because after obtaining it the cover turned me off a little because it’s so obviously erotic. I expected this book to be mainly erotica with very little plot. This was not the case.
I finally read it because I have too many f/f books lying around and I want a nice even number for Sapphicathon. But. I was not. Prepared.
First of all, this book is MUCH longer than I expected. I thought it would be like…300 pages at most? Actually it’s almost 600 pages according to Goodreads. The deception of ebooks, I guess!
But there’s a reason for that, which is that while this book does have a ton of sex scenes, it also has a very literary side. I would say the focus of this book is less the sexual/romantic side of Amber and Adrienne’s relationship and more how Amber and Adrienne are developing as people together. How Adrienne, who is in her first relationship with a woman, is coming to understand what it is to be queer, how she relates to the queer community, and how Amber is learning that she wants a relationship that isn’t just about sex and money. They’re both changing, and they’re learning how to negotiate what they want for each other. People say that you get a lot of “getting together” novels but not a lot of marriage novels. This is more like a marriage novel in some ways. It’s about an established relationship and how it changes.
(They definitely aren’t married, though. Too much of a hot mess for that. It’s about fixing a dysfunctional relationship, not the wonders of a perfect one…which tbh is a lot more interesting for me.)
So, here are some things I loved:
-I love alpha females, so of course I loved Adrienne. Alpha is her main character trait! And I liked that we got more than half the book from her point of view, which I think is rare since usually the billionaire’s beau is seen as the POV character since they’re considered to be more relatable. But Adrienne deserves the POV time she gets. She’s complex. She develops greatly within the novel. And also she’s a bit of a power fantasy (we all want to be a billionaire lesbian in some corner of our hearts, amirite?)
-I loved the discussion of what it means to have one’s sexuality in the spotlight. That you might not want to get politically and socially involved because it’s kind of intrusive. But maybe you have a responsibility if you have a certain level of influence…but it’s still not easy, and it’s not an essential part of being queer. It doesn’t always come naturally.
-Just. Everything? Idk. So much.
-I may have to write a longer review later because it’s just such a long book. So much to say.
Overall, I would recommend if you like queer billionaire romances! I know it’s kind of a niche but come on, you know you wanna. 😉 but also I would recommend to people who want to see a relationship not only form but develop, face challenges both internal and external, or who want to see struggles with public reception and political involvement. It’s just…it’s got a lot.
So far, I’ve read 2 stories by this author and the sex scenes – eh. Not sure what was missing but just didn’t do it for me
Absolutely love Cynthia’s books. Very entertaining and love the chemistry between the characters.