Connecting with a sugar daddy is reserved for a certain kind of woman. But some men make you yearn to be that kind of woman . . .Marissa Roy never thought she would do it. Until she finds herself overwhelmed by debt, college costs—and a vengeful ex-boyfriend determined to ruin her financially. But once she meets multi-millionaire Vince Taylor, the thought of sleeping with her hot benefactor is a … her hot benefactor is a major turn-on. Except Vince has one condition to their dating contract: he wants her by his side, but not in his bed. Finding sex was easy, he said, finding someone he could trust was not. Still, his hungry gaze tells Marissa otherwise . . .
She’s the perfect escort—a natural beauty with the kind of savvy discretion that will keep his personal life out of the tabloids. Only Vince doesn’t expect his body to pulse every time Marissa steps into the room, every time she stands close. Too close. He doesn’t expect to find himself pulling her into his arms, night after night after night. Suddenly he can’t get enough of her intoxicating body. And once he’s broken that rule, it’s only a matter of time until he violates his vow to never, ever fall in love . . .
Praise for Christine d’Abo’s 30 Days
“Romance fans will delight in this sweet and spicy expedition.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Readers will be blown away. . . . A sizzling hot, completely fulfilling and satisfying read!”
—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars
“Sexy, fun and deeply emotional. Bravo!”
—J. Kenner, New York Times bestselling author
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Marissa is a girl whose is trying so hard to right the wrongs that have hit her in life. Going to college is a big expense, add in a ton of creditors her ex defaults on, leaving her holding the bag! The creditors have started threatening her more and more, but what else can she do? She is working double shifts and going to school. There’s not more time left. She remembers a friend gave her a possible way to make good money. Millionairesugardaddy.com. She takes a tough step, not seeing any other way, and enrolls.
Vince is at his wits end regarding his father. He meddles in everything and pushes the envelope regularly. When he hears he booked time with a girl from millionairesugardaddy.com, he knows he can not stand by and let him wreck some girl’s life. He takes his place for the meeting determined to pay her for her time and send her on her way. No harm done. Only she is not what he expected. She’s goodness and light and smart too! Definitely more than he bargained for. Before he realizes it, he comes to an agreement with Marissa for some society functions in exchange for paying part of her debts. Oh and he decides that sex is off the table. He wants the arm candy not the commitment. Sex he says is easy, someone to trust is not. They shake on the deal.
Both of them have been hurt in the past and are very jaded. Those insecurities rear their ugly heads. And even though rules are in place, things veer rather quickly from the plan.
I enjoyed reading about Vince and Marissa! I liked them together. I also liked the secondary characters for the most part. There was some suspense along with this budding romance, which I found very believable. Marissa was a strong girl and had no problem calling Vince out on his a**hole behavior when needed. He found her refreshing because most people just go along with the man with the money. Marissa cared about him-not his money.
An overall interesting concept and intriguing story.
plot repeated endlessly. hard to finish. started skipping ahead
Sugar Sweet by Christine d’Abo is the First book in the Sugar series. This is the story of Marissa Roy and Vince Taylor.
Marissa is in need of money after a bad breakup where her Ex is putting her in this financial mess. Work several jobs and going to school isn’t making the collectors happy, so when a friend suggested the a “Sugar Daddy’ type website for quick cash…she goes for it.
Vince’s tries to keep his dad in check but their feelings for each other have never really been close. Now his father is talking about hiring a college girl to play as being his girlfriend to try a secure a deal. Vince argues with his father about doing this until his father tells him to do it. Vince ends up agreeing which puts him meeting Marissa. Sparks are flying left and right but he tries to sit to his ideal of her just being for show and no romance or physical touching. But the sparks just keep getting bigger until they go up in flames.
Can’t wait for the next book in this series….loved it!
3.5 stars
I enjoyed the concept of this story, and I assume the series as a whole will run with the idea. Instead of a regular dating site, the characters use a sugar daddy site. NOT an escort site, although there is some fears and stigma that go along with the idea of getting a lot of money to be arm candy for a rich person.
Marissa is a super-likable character. She tries so hard to take care of her own problems…even with the problems shouldn’t even be hers but were thrust upon her by bad people in her life. She may have had her moments of weakness in her life, especially when it comes to her ex-boyfriend, but she’s learned her lesson and is not the shrinking violet she first appears to be. She’s going to do what needs to be done to take care of her problems while also going to school to better her life.
Of course, the multimillionaire Vince is not quite as likable at first. But once he confronted by someone who doesn’t bow down at his feet we get to see his true heart. Marissa truly brings out the best in him, against his own better judgement even. It was fun to see such a strong and in charge business man get bossed around by Marissa occasionally. He had his alpha moments, but he really tried so hard to pull back those instincts in most matters.
There are things I didn’t quite understand about Vince, his father, and their companies. At first I really wanted to understand and thought I needed to understand the whys and hows. And, in fact, I couldn’t understand why Vince didn’t more deeply question his father’s insistence on how they were dealing with their mutual investment. Then, I relaxed and decided to just go with the flow. They whys and hows were not really that important to the overall story. Just the fact that Vince’s dad is a real jerk is enough for the reader to know.
What did continue to irk me throughout the story was the awkward language at some points. And some totally mis-used words. Now, this story takes place in Canada so there are some slight differences in what we, in the United States, call things. That is not what I’m talking about. My hope is, since I read an ARC of this story, there is still some editing that will be done before publication. Even if these things are not caught, this is still a great story.
Christine d’Abo is a new-to-me author and I’m looking forward to reading more by her. Especially the next book in this series.
**I received an ARC of this book courtesy of Net Galley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely**
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