I came in for the company’s secrets.I ended up making the boss my baby daddy.Devin was the mistake I hadn’t counted on.Three years ago, I went undercover to help my dad out.He needed me to get intel on a rival company, so I posed as an intern.My corporate spy mission went awry really quickly thanks to the boss’s son, Devin.Piercing blue eyes and sexy as hell, he was irresistible. I was 19 and way … he was irresistible.
I was 19 and way in over my head.
Our hot, wild affair ended when I slipped away with company secrets.
Devin’s been trying to destroy my dad’s business ever since.
He’s out for revenge.
If he knew about my little secret, he’d be furious, unstoppable.
She’s two years old, my whole world.
Now my dad needs my help again, and I’m going into the lion’s den.
I have to go toe-to-toe with the only man I ever loved, the man who set my body on fire and stole my heart.
Competing against him, wondering what trick he has next up his sleeve.
I don’t trust him. But I want him.
And it’s time to go back where I swore I’d never go.
With my heart and my secret on the line.
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Three years ago, Devin had a huge business deal stolen from him by his rival’s daughter Elly. He’s been plotting his revenge ever since. The time is finally right, and then he see Elly and has the wind knocked out of his sails. Taking revenge or finally accepting his love for Elly is a choice Devin has to make.
This was my first book by Annie Rose. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found myself caught up in all the lies and drama right along with the character. The chemistry is amazing! The plot was well developed and the story well written. It really draws you in. Great read!
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I loved this book. The story was well developed and the characters were well defined within the story. They had good chemistry and I loved the ending.
The twists and turns had me hooked from the very beginning with the great character and storyline development that kept me engaged throughout the entire book!
Elly joined Devin’s company three years ago as an intern but she really was undercover for her father. He told her that Devin had stolen a business deal from him and she was there to get it back for him. She hadn’t counted on developing feelings for Devin or for leaving the company with more than what she got for her father. Now years later her father has called her again because his company is in trouble and he needs her help. Only this time she comes with her daughter with her. When she realizes that she is up against Devin again she plans a better idea for the company and when her father finds out she knows he won’t like it. Devin doesn’t trust Elly even though he’d like to he just can’t afford to. Against his better judgement he agrees to her business idea and they start working together. However when her father learns what’s going on he blows up and exposes a secret of Elly’s that she has told Devin yet. Will Devin forgive her for keeping the secret? Can they move past their bad history towards a future together?
This is a great story that will captivate you from beginning to end. The chemistry between them is blazing hot. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
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Elly is back in NYC to help her father with the family business only she didn’t expect to have to work with Devin! Devin is shocked to see Elly after she stole from him and disappeared for three years! He can’t seem to let her go, but doesn’t want to end up with a broken heart again! Can he forgive her? Can they find their happily ever after? Great book that I would highly recommend!
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4.5 stars. Devin and Elly have had explosive chemistry from day one. They both work for their dad’s companies and they are rivals. Elly goes undercover at Devin’s company. Then she disappears to California. Three years later, she returns to New York in order to help her dad. Now she has to help her dad while keeping a secret and her heart from being broken by Devin. Intrigue, mystery, secrets all make this a great book to read.
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S is for Second Chance by Annie J. Rose is a great read. interesting,captivating,intense filled with action,intrigue,secrets and suspense and keeps you on edge while reading,a second chance romance story of Elly and Devin. a well written story with great characters and hot chemistry,well done!
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A Second Chance at Love
Three years ago, when Devin McKay agreed to take on Elly Savage as an intern in his venture capitalist investment firm, he never imagined that her presence would dazzle him to the point that his love for her would blind him to her duplicitous character. He was so dazzled that he was blinded to the fact that she was, in fact, an agent acting on her father’s behalf, and that within months, she would steal company secrets which she would share with her father. Three years ago, he was a man dazzled by love, but now three years after her betrayal and theft, he is not the same man. Her betrayal had damaged his company, undercut his confidence and lost him his own father’s respect.
Now Devin once more encounters the tentacles of Savage and by extension, his daughter, as he himself engages with the CEO of a new start-up company being wooed by Savage. But the plan this time is to steal the start-up from Savage and to destroy Savage’s company—to humiliate him just as Devin was destroyed and humiliated by Savage and his daughter
Three years ago, Elly Savage left New York shattered by her father and Devin McKay. She retreated to Los Angeles to regroup and to give birth to her daughter Lizzy away from the scene of her acts of betrayal.
Now at her father’s command she has returned to the city to help him salvage a deal that he can’t handle, and that return will once more move Elly into the orbit of the man who unknowingly turned her would up-side-down. And, once more, her father is calling on her to act on his behalf to win the financial partnership of a new start-up company when he can’t manage to close the deal and is being undercut by the challenge of an old antagonist, Devin McKay. But she has bigger concerns than protecting her father’s company—she must protect her daughter from Devin, the man she betrayed and whose child she kept secret. And, she must protect herself—her heart—from the emotional power that Devin has over her.
Annie J. Rose is a masterful writer who engages the reader’s emotions and mind. She captures well the constant concerns of a single mom who knows that every decision affects not just the adult, but also the child. Rose powerfully captures the emotional challenges that a mom faces when she realizes that her decisions and the path that she chooses will also be the path of her innocent child. And, Rose addresses the added complication of an adult child having to manage the mistakes of an adult parent—the challenge that many feel—the challenge of an adult child needing to parent the parent, and care for her own young child. Rose handles these emotional issues with gentleness and awareness, making the romance not only a sweet story, but also a thoughtful reflection of a single mom’s struggles, caught between the needs of her parent and her child. This is a novel that not only entertains, but also provokes the reader’s contemplation of these tender family relationships.
This romance provides an added pleasure with a more developed view of Devin McKay who first appeared in Rose’s second chance romance, S Is for Secret Baby that introduces the story of Rian James, Wes Brown and their daughter Ronny. While both romances can be read independently, it is nice to see the happiness of good people who have gained experience by confronting the challenges of life.
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This is a story line where Elly’s father has used her from the start to further his own plans. He has lied to her and manipulated her life. Devin has waited for three years to get his revenge for the humiliation he has been put through when Elly and her father made him look like a fool. During his time, Devin had no idea that he was now a father from his brief time with Elly.
Once again, Elly’s father calls her home to help him with a business transition. Her father never follows through and seems only to want to “win” no matter how many people he hurts in the process. As before, he manipulates things to his advantage. And even worse, in his anger at Devin, he tells him about the daughter he never knew he had!
Will Devin ever be able to forgive the deception about his daughter? Can he forgive Elly for keeping Lizzy a secret and making him miss out on those early years with her? Is there any trust possible between the two of them? Or has Elly’s father destroyed everything that might have been?
Great read!! I loved both Devin and Elly. The storyline had a range of emotions that should satisfy all readers.
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7 STAR RATING, EASY
If ever there was a story that needed to have a couple of extra rating stars added, this would be it. S IS FOR SECOND CHANCE has a wonderful storyline and very engaging characters. This is not to say that I did not want to give the two main characters a firm talking to once in a while, just so they would stop getting in their own way on the road to a happy ending!
We meet Devin in chapter one. Nice guy, but he’s got some baggage. In chapter two we get introduced to that baggage, Elly. Tears, angst, laughter, anger, heat, and lots of emotions follow. The book tells of their struggle to do business together and reconnect, against all odds, for that second chance that not everyone gets. The ending is beautiful and speaks of love overcoming all obstacles.
Yep. It’s an easy 7 STARS from me.
This exciting and thrilling book will take you on the ride of your life. The author will make you feel like you are in the story with Elly and Devin. You will feel what they feel. You will go through everything with them and be able to understand and maybe not understand at times why things are going the way they are. Their adventure is one you do not want to miss!
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This is such a good book, I love the way author Annie J. Rose writes the story.
It doesn’t all go wel for the main characters.
With their tough past together and the secret Elly has kept from Devin for all these years. When he finds everything out we don’t know if is going to work out.
I love this book with the happy ending but it didn’t go smoothly, there are struggles but their love conquers all!!
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This book had me gripped the entire way through. I already really liked Devin as a character from other books in this series (although you can read it easily as a standalone), and loved his story. As far as second chances so, this one is pretty extreme, and I was rooting for Elly and Devin to get their act together and communicate, but it seemed difficult to manage…. Fantastic book with amazing characters and a lovely fluid style to read.
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WORTH READING THIS INTRIGUING STORY LINE
Second chance or no chance?
When one enters a lion’s den one should expect to get bit. Boy does Elly get bit! Devin is not one to forgive or forget. These two have a lot to overcome to have a second chance. It may become “no chance” once Elly’s secret is discovered. This is was a nice story with plenty of drama and heat.
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This story was a credit to Annie J Rose. Full of tension, miscommunication, innuendos, deceipt and full on drama. Devin and Elly didnt seem to have a chance. I felt especially for Devin, as he had been lied to from the start, as Elly was there undercover and representing herself falsely. I did like the story very much and was one I could not put down for fear I would miss something. I love books like that. So much tension, quite hot in places. Devin and Elly certain were ideal on paper, although I was wound up in the deceipt in the relationship. The book just cant help pull the reader in and not let go till the end.
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ONE MAGNIFICENT EXPERIENCE!!!
Spectacular! Annie is kicking ass and taking names, putting this gem through its paces, throwing this piece of perfection into a tizzy, melding it together piece by piece seamlessly. A churning vortex of surprising events forge ahead with this action packed, hard hitting, pulse racing, heart pounding, adrenaline pumping, nailbiting, block buster, keeping you riveted on a razors edge. Meting out striking, well rounded scenario’s, that punch dead center with such exuberance and style, grounding in it’s strength and awe inspiring in it’s depth. Combating the drama, intrigue, secrets, tension and soaring suspense, blasting this baby to life spectacularly. Add distress and turmoil, along with perplexing situations and a boatload of trouble, tosses this baby into the eye of the storm, bursting it into a tailspin with an astonishing culmination. Blundering through the trials and tribulations, stunning twists, sharp turns and thin lines, test our characters in ways they could have never anticipated. The attraction and chemistry sizzles from the pages and suck you in so deeply until you feel the heat and electricity thrumming through your veins. The characters are authentic and genuine with depth and qualities that transform into outstanding personalities. The scenes are so colorfully descriptive it gives the illusion you were right there in the middle of ground zero with them. Remarkable job Annie, thanks for sharing this little treasure with us.
The second chance story between Devin & Elly jumps off the pages from the beginning of the book with explosive chemistry & secrets. Chemistry that keeps both Devin & Elly thinking about the other all the time but Elly had a secret she’d afraid for Devin to discover. They’re thrown together during a business deal where Devin discovers Ellys secret is he has a two year old daughter named Lizzy he knew nothing about. Fate keeps them together & Devin is determined to be a father to his daughter one way or another. Devin & Elly fight their chemistry but they give in & realize how much they really love each other. This is a great second chance story with amazing characters & off the chart chemistry & an adorable two year old that steals many scenes throughout the book. I totally loved this book.
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Devin invests in companies when they start up and it has made him millions. In one such company, he hired an intern Elly to help out. Later, he discovered she stole all the information and took it to her father. Three years later, Elly is back with her daughter in tow…more specifically, Devin’s daughter too. She kept it from him and moved to California. Her father asked her to come back to help with this deal otherwise the company will bankrupt. The only problem is is that Devin is bidding for the same contract. They see each other again and make a deal. One night and she gets the contract. Only, things did not work that way! Her father shortchanged the contract. So, she went back to Devin to get help. Only now, all the secrets and lies are about to be spilled. What will happen? Can he forgive her even though it was not her fault? Can he forgive her for keeping their daughter a secret? Moreover can she forgive herself? This has a HEA and steamy scenes. I received this via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.