Eric de Vries.Looks like millions. Worth billions.A body like the David with a mind to match. Unfortunately for this wayward heir, to keep his money, he needs a wife.And of all the women in the world, he chooses me. Too bad I’ve hated him for five years, since he took all my tears and tossed me away.The guy slept his way through half of New England and discarded women like hotel toiletries.Been … women like hotel toiletries.
Been there. Done that.
Still…what would you do for twenty million dollars?
Would you wear the dress?
Fake a smile for the man who broke your heart?
Or would you run far, far away?
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
I’ll see you at the church.
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I want to cry. The ending is not cool. You can’t just leave us there!!!! I know it’s part of a series but couldn’t the author have just eased us into it. Instead she pushed us off the mother effing cliff!!!
The Hate Vow is a legitimate seesaw of emotions. Or maybe a pendulum is a better example, swinging back and forth. No, it’s definitely one of those cute desktop toys with the silver balls hanging from strings. You take one and it smacks them all. The Hate Vow does that back and forth with the emotions, angst, and legit hatred. But my hatred goes not to the “obvious” parties but to the unsuspected lurkers. The rotten roots of this whole mess.
I’m so annoyed right now. I need more. I don’t want to wait. I need to know everything. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Enjoy the ride because that cliffhanger is a killer!
Reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
I just finished reading The Hate Vow and I LOVED IT! This book is my favorite right with Nico.
We first met Eric and Jane in the Spitfire trilogy. They were Skylar’s best friends. There was always so much going on with them, they’re fire, hot and cold, friends and lovers and then hate.
Their story brings them together with a predicament Eric is living and needs her help. Throughout the story we witness them falling in love again thru fighting and dealing with so much.
Nicole introduces bunch of new characters, some you’ll love and some you’ll hate if you’re like me. The book ends on a cliffy but it’s a delicious one (If we can call it that). I hate drama but the one displayed in this story is different, it’ll keep you hooked to the book.
I can’t wait for the other books.
This book is one I had to digest and mourn for a day before I could write a review. I LOVE you Nicole French! How did you write a book that knew what my heart needed? I was so totally enthralled with this book that I gorged on the pages until I got toward the end and then I tried to slow down so it wouldn’t end but I couldn’t because there was so much happening and I couldn’t put on brakes because my momentum was too fast! Now I know that was a mouthful right there but this book is all that and more!!
Jane is my hero. Quirky, pink cotton candy hair (what I have been wanting to do to my hair but I’m too scared), bold, brave, fearless, beautiful inside and out, loyal, but scared to trust. And Eric, perfect, beautiful too, a lot like Jane, his pretty girl. Together, they hate and love. They straddle that line and did for 3 years. But 5 years ago the red panties were the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Now Eric needs to get married and the only person he can imagine marrying is the woman he fights with as much as he loves. Jane and Eric together combust like Fourth of July fireworks both in the bedroom and out (on the kitchen counter, on the beach, wherever they feel the need) both physically and verbally. But Eric’s family are very uppity social snobs and they have run off weaker prey in the past. Can Jane win Grandmother Celeste’s approval and survive all the “mean girls” attacks? And can she and Eric survive without killing each other or burning each other up?
This is one of the best books I have read this year!! There is a huge cliffhanger at the end that made me want to throw my kindle across the room and pray that time flies for the next book in June! I’d give it 10 Amazing Stars if I could!!!
Eric and Jane’s love story is different. They love each other but they keep fighting then making up. But the attraction for eq h other is still there. Nice book.
I struggled to get in to this book, but I don’t ever give up in case it gets better. Thankfully this did. Jane and Eric have history which Jane struggles to forget, now, Eric needs to marry within 6 months so his family will get their inheritance, but this is a family he disowned 10 years ago. They are high society and Jane does not fit in this world. I found the racism hard to read, and the bullying of Jane was awful, and nearly broke her. Will they still get married? Will it still be a business transaction or for love? Just as I was not wanting it all to end, the finish came and I was like, nooooooo. Thankfully I can read book 2 straight away.
Eric de Vries has 6 months to marry and must stay married for 5 years to inherit the family company and prevent his family from being left penniless. Jane Lee Lefferts is the one woman in the world Eric can ever see himself marrying … too bad Jane completely and utterly hates his guts. Will Eric be able to charm the beautiful, sassy and stubborn as heck Jane into saying yes? Note: this story ends on a cliffhanger.
The Hate Vow has enough banter, intrigue, steam as well as twists and turns to ensure you stay glued to your seat. I can’t wait to read The Kiss Plot, Book 2 of the Quicksilver Trilogy.
Jane and Eric have their work cut out for them with this intriguing story of hate and love, redemption and temptation, revenge and regrets. But there is way more than meets the eye with the DeVries clan and what is Jane’s mother hiding? There may be way too many secrets that will derail the plans Eric has for the rest of his life. Do they hate each other, do they love each other, will they do anything in order to protect each other? Find out for yourself in this riveting story of people who are different and those who can’t abide by anything not perfect in their eyes.
Eric and Jane have a love hate relationship, but mostly hate. Eric is put in a difficult decision and needs Jane’s help. 20 million to marry him. Can they be together and not fall ? Great characters and storyline. Highly recommended. There is a cliffhanger, but book 2 The Kiss Plot is out.
Very absorbing read. Book #1 of a Trilogy with cliffhanger ending.
Well edited.
Eric and Jane met in law school. Eric liked Jane. Eric pursued Jane. Jane let her own insecurities and assumptions cost them the better part of 8 years.
Eric has been estranged from his family for several years. His grandmother is dying and decides to blackmail Eric into returning to the family fold. He must get married in the next 6 months, or no one in the family gets anything. It is not chump change we are talking. So, Eric goes to Jane – the only person he wants to try and help him. Bonus, he’d get Jane – at least for a while. After much sparring, wavering, and a rather large enticement, Jane agrees to a fake marriage. But, Jane does not fit in to Upper Crust New York Society. Her pink hair certainly stands out. She finds herself trying to stand against a society that does not believe she is the right person for a prince of a guy like Eric. Meanwhile, Eric finds himself standing against members of a different society set against his marriage. Why? He has no real idea. Will Eric and Jane be able to withstand the onslaught of criticism, negativity, and threats? Will Eric ever get Jane to believe in his love? Will Jane ever get out of her own way?
Overall, I really liked this book – after all, I read this one and Book #2 in one day. The intrigue, the action, the push and pull between Eric and Jane were all very good. However, I really wanted to tell Jane to grow up already! She rails against double standards – why should she be shamed for enjoying her conquests when men aren’t shamed for theirs? And yet. She breaks up with Eric, goes back to Chicago, and promptly takes home a one-night stand. Eric follows her, finds her with said one-night stand, tells her he loves her anyway, is rejected, and returns to Boston. Jane realizes she’s made a mistake, takes off to Boston to patch things up, finds a pair of red panties, throws them at Eric, and storms back to Chicago. And she’s mad because he slept with someone she didn’t even see! But don’t use a double standard on her. Just wow. And that doesn’t even take into account all the anger she feels because she thinks everyone judges her because she’s half-Korean, likes to dye her hair crazy colors, and has her own fashion sense. She assumes she knows what’s in everyone’s mind because some stupid kid in high school was a jerk. Jane is nearly 30. On the outside, she’s fierce, brave, and feisty. On the inside, she’s too busy making assumptions and believing people won’t love her to accept the love Eric so desperately wants to give.
But, the storyline. Intriguing. Roller coaster. Will Jane get out of her own way? Will Eric’s patience run out? Will they fulfill the terms of the will? Will outside forces keep them apart? What happens next? Read The Kiss Plot next to find out more! Enjoy!
Hold onto your hats ladies – you are in for a bumpy ride!! With honest to goodness in your face characters like Celeste and playboy man-whore in Eric and sarcastic and take no prisoners Jane this was an awesome book. I was sucked into the story right from the beginning and ate up the pages like a starving woman. The give and take, the love and hate, the hot and cold as well as the enemy to lover threads makes the reader a captive audience. I cannot wait for the next in the series.
Money doesn’t always get you everything! Ashley@Carolina Chic’s Read
Eric the heir who has to come home to help the family with it fortunes. Jane the eccentric girl from the wrong family. Can these two find happiness? Will the family name be more than Jane can handle. The ending will have you wanting more! What will be next for these two I can’t wait to read the next book!
The Hate Vow by Nicole French is the first book in her Quicksilver series. A friends to lovers to enemies to lovers romance. Sounds complicated? It’s not and it is so hot seeing these two verbally spar with each other. Eric de Vries has to find a wife and be married within the next six months and stay that way for five years in order to inherit his family’s company. Per his grandmother’s dying command. The first and only person he goes to is the woman he cut out of his life completely five years ago, one Jane Lefferts. With her life at a turning point, Eric’s offer couldn’t have had better timing, however, after everything he put her through in the past – she is loathe to say yes. The battle then begins for Eric to reveal his true feelings for Jane, for Jane to realize who her allies are and to put her needs first, even if one of those needs is to love Eric. Told in dual POV with a cliffhanger ending, this story will keep you fully engaged needing to know exactly who is behind all the scheming and why. Enjoy!
Page turner full of emotion!
Nicole French is a new to me author, but I am sure glad I found her. Eric and Jane are not your average couple. They have history and it is not good! They need each other but don’t necessarily like each other. It is a rollercoaster to get them where they need to be. I don’t want to give away too much, but this is a great storyline to get lost in next to the pool or at the beach!
Oh lordy, I’m loving Eric and Jane, they fascinated me in the Spitfire series with their hot and cold-push and pull and Jane with her insults toward Eric, you just knew there was a story to their madness-lol I’m so hooked on this couple and I know when it’s all said and done with the Quicksilver books to follow, they will be my favorite as a couple, individually Nico still holds my heart.
*** 4.5 Stars ***
The Hate Vow (Quicksilver Book 1) by Nicole French is a contemporary, enemies to lovers, second chance, billionaire romance. As the first in a series, it does end with a cliffhanger. It is told almost entirely from the first person point of view of the heroine, Jane Lefferts, with occasional interludes from the third person point of view of the hero, Eric DeVries.
The story opens up with a meeting between Eric and his grandmother. He has been estranged from the family for 10 years, and she has summoned him to a meeting to tell him she’s ill and wants him to take over the family business empire. She stipulates that he must get married within the next 6 months and stay married for at least 5 years in order to acquire the multi-billion dollar company. Eric doesn’t want anything to do with the business, but she also states that if he refuses to do as she asks, she will sell off the company leaving everyone else in the family penniless.
Jane and Eric were in a relationship in college that ended so badly that they have avoided each other for years. So when he seeks her out offering millions to enter into a marriage contract, she is stunned. Jane doesn’t really want to get involved with him again, but she could really use the money. Will Jane agree to the arrangement? Will her relationship with Eric remain a business agreement? Or will old feelings resurface? Can Jane and Eric let go of the past and start over? Will his family accept her? Or will they drive her away for good?
I loved this highly addicting story! Once I started reading, I had difficulty putting it down. Eric and Jane were fantastically flawed characters – realistic, and likeable. I enjoyed their chemistry along with the mystery and intrigue of the many secrets weaved throughout the story. This sexy, suspenseful book is the first I’ve read by the author, and it won’t be the last.
This is one of those romances where there is a fine line between love and hate, and sometimes that line gets blurred. Eric and Jane are one of those couples that you want to tell to either do it or don’t do it, but DO SOMETHING! They are like oil and water, or maybe oil and oil or water and water, but either way they are passionate in a very explosive way. Their chemistry is off the charts and their story had my emotions all over the place. I can’t wait to see where their romance takes them.
Holy crap. What just happened!? This story just sucked me into it, I forgot I was reading. You ever read books like those? Where you are so absorbed into the story that you blink and realize where you are? You realize it is all in your head and you weren’t watching tv but you were really reading a book? The Hate Vow just did that for me. Sucked me in and spit me out!
Jane and Eric are old lovers turned enemies, back to lovers. There is passion, hate, adoration, pain, lust, lies, secrets, and sin.. Everything you could possibly want in a book.
I am so glad The Kiss Plot is released after reading this. I don’t think I could wait another second to see what happens next. While you are reading this review, I’m downloading book two!! I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have! 5 STARS TO NICOLE!!
Absolutely in love with both Jane and Eric in this book. Nicole French has knocked it out of the park with the characters and the storyline. Jane is this witty, no nonsense, crazy cool chick and Eric is the man that loves to swoon. Together the chemistry is off the charts!!!! I loved the interactions between Jane and Eric, they have this uniqueness about their relationship that makes you unable to put the book down. I got to read both book one and two together and OMG book two is going to wow the crap out of you. AMAZEBALLS!!!
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this story – not that I thought I would hate it, but I really love this book! Nicole French is a great author and The Hate Vow was perfect for me! I read this is one sitting! FIVE STARS!!
First, I have to make note that I love characters name in The Hate Vow. Sounds so prestigious and you know there is going to be a lot of problems coming our way. Nicole French hits every detail I am itching to reveal in this book.
The characters made me go into an emotional turmoil. I loved to hate Eric. Then I became obsessed. Jane is ready to take on a new (and pricey) challenge. Like they say there is a thin line between love and hate. That fits these characters down to the “T”.
The ending has me devastated. I am not sure what to expect, but there will be serious drama. I love the beginning of this duet! I cannot wait for MORE!