Riding the Billionaire

This was a good read. It took awhile to warm up to Marie but all in all a good read.

An entertaining, captivating, and interesting fast pace page turner! It is wonderfully written with intriguing characters; the chemistry between them is off the charts. Definitely recommended.

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I truly enjoyed the storyline and how easy it all flowed. Marie and Antonio were perfect for each other. I loved how every one from port st joe was doing their best to stick together and rebuild after the hurricane. Even though Antonio was one of the developers trying to by cheap and build, making a small coastal town into what they feel everyone else would like but not what the residents of the town. Antonio has a heart of gold and was able to help everyone and also find HEA with Marie.

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This was a cute story! I like small town romances. This story has fantastic characters in it and a unique plot. It’s a quick read that you won’t want to put down.

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This is a great story by Jillian Riley,,,,

Marie Lewis lives in the small town of Port St Joe, Florida ,,, she came here from her hometown of Los Angeles, California,,,, she packed everything in a U-haul and moved 2000 miles to start her new life,,,, that was awhile back, she was so worried about not fitting in, but one of the 1st people she met and is her best friend now named Lu, who also owns the hotel, “The Nesting Turtle” ,,, she has done well enough that she owns a coffee shop called “A Cup of Joe”,,, also has food there along with coffee. of course,,,,, but now the town is on the mend from Hurricane Michael and now Marie and Lu and a few others are worried that developers are going to buy out people cheap, instead of the small insurance checks they would’ve received to rebuild,,,, this would bring in developers to build condos or office buildings, which would take the small town feeling away, along with being a big tourist trap,,, the people of Port St Joe love their shops and they enjoy the busy season when tourists come and stay for awhile and leave,,, developers would change their small town feel,,,,

Antonio Flores lives in the greater Miami area in Florida and he works as a property developer at Ascend ,,, his Uncle Paolo owned the property development firm and Antonio started working there since he was a teenager and he worked, his Uncle made him an apprentice from the age of 15 to early 20’s,,,, and he watched, and he learned everything he could and he took over his Uncle’s business 2 years ago now,,,, and now he’s on Port St Joe and he’s looking around and finds an area he thinks would be good for land development,,,, but then he meets Marie and something or someone makes him rethink his whole thought about the land and his job,,, especially when he finds his colleagues sniffing around looking for land to buy also,,,, but he has a thought that could save the whole town, and Marie’s heart,,,

This was a great read from Jillian Riley,,, I would so totally recommend this book to anyone,,,,, I got this ARC voluntarily to do a voluntary review,,,,

A sweet story about adversaries (I hate to use the word enemies) to lovers. It is also a story about a town coming together after a hurricane to save the town from being taken advantage of by unscrupulous developers. Marie and Antonio come up with a plan to save the town and fall on love in the process. Loved it!

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Loved the book it was great the story was well written and the characters were interesting. Marie moved to Port St Joe and brought a coffee shop. When the Hurricane hit it damaged a lot of the residents homes. Antonio is a Real Estate Developer, like a lot of other developers Antonio went to the small town to buy up land to develop then sell for a profit. Until Antonio talk to the lady that looks after the turtles and move the eggs to safer ground and he fell fot Marie.
Thank you for allowing me to review this book it was great.

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This story is as close to true life events as any. Antonio and Marie start out enemies but have chemistry together. Will they work out there differences in time to save the town? Nice storyline and great charectors.

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Hurricanes and coming home.

Jillian Riley gives us the story or real-estate developer Antonio and coffee-shop owner Marie, and the quaint town of Port St. Joe, which was devastated by Hurricane Michael.

I admire Jillian Riley for shining a light on the effects a hurricane creates on communities. The destruction, the aftermath, the rebirth, the sense of camaraderie in times of crisis, even the greed that comes with it.

This story reminded me of Typhoon Ketsana which created havoc inland. How it turned some villages near us into ghost towns, how my home was inundated—10 feet deep—with water. The aftermath, the recovery, and how, even n the midst of the chaos, some still found the gumption to steal from the very people who have lost a lot.

Most of all, though, I remember how a lot more shrugged off their cloaks of indifference and did their best to help others, even if, they themselves, had none.

I hope to see more of this kind of stories from Jillian Riley, because, in truth? Authors who use their talents to shine a light on certain issues do a lot of good for those who get to read them. And I thank her for being one.

So many life lessons can be learned when people go through a disaster like a hurricane and then come together to help each other and to restore their lives. Reading this fictional account will probably bring those life lessons forward. This was an emotional, touching story that many will enjoy.

With her town having been hit hard by Hurricane Michael, Marie Lewis values their small-town way of life that can be easily lost when big city developers swarm in to buy up large chunks of property from desperate owners to make a profit. Antonio Flores is one of the developers who arrives to look around, but his ideas are not coming from the same place as the others. Antonio had been working for Ascend Property Development since he was a teenager and then he took over the business from his Uncle. He has another kind of project in mind if he finds the properties he wants in Port St. Joe. He had learned early in his business career that the best deals were ones that benefit the community. He had a personal love for the natural beauty of Florida’s gulf coast and wouldn’t have minded owning property here himself.

While Antonio is looking at the town, he meets Marie and is attracted to her. But she doesn’t trust him, doesn’t believe him. He leaves town, but Antonio keeps thinking on it and has an idea that could fit in comfortably with the Port St. Joe residents. He decides to talk to Marie and the townsfolk about it. Could this idea be in line with what Marie wants for her town? Could they protect Port St. Joe from being ruined by developers who were only focused on profit? And what else might be there in Port St. Joe for Antonio?

This was an easy to read book with great characters and a smooth story line that many readers could relate to or at least recognize from the real-life disaster headlines. The author did an excellent job of presenting a believable story where the reader cares for the people and the small-town life they want to preserve. Grab your copy and enjoy the story! The strength of people coming together in disasters to help each other gives us all hope for a better world. This was a nice reminder of the power of that human spirit.