From New York Times bestselling author, Samantha Towle, comes a new sexy, romantic suspense standalone novel…Daisy Smith has spent eighteen months of her life paying for a crime she didn’t commit. Now out of prison, she has only one focus—to get back custody of her younger brother, Jesse, who is deep in the foster care system. Desperate to rebuild her life and show the system that she is … and show the system that she is responsible enough to care for Jesse, she takes on the only job available to her—working as a maid at the Matis Estate.
On day one of her new job, Daisy meets Kastor Matis, the only son of the owners and her new boss. An enigmatic, handsome Greek god of a man, Kas is closed off, cold, and…well, kind of a bastard.
The more time Daisy spends around Kas, she starts to see there might be more to him than just his cold, bastard ways. He may actually have a heart beating in that frozen chest of his.
But Kas has secrets, too. Secrets that he’s determined to keep.
Secrets make Daisy curious.
And you know what curiosity can do…
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Before I started reading this book I knew that this book would be a little different then Samantha Towle her other books but after reading it, I can only say that I love it just as much as her other books. Yes, it was a little different then her other books. Yes, it had a difficult theme in it and that made it emotional and dark at times but because of Daisy Smith her character the story wasn’t as dark as it could have been.
I read on the internet that some people weren’t really happy with the ending and I can understand that but for me, it was the ending that Daisy, Jesse and Kastor needed.
For some people life isn’t about rainbows or unicorns. For some people life is hard and a daily struggle against poverty. A reality for Daisy Smith, luckily she can count on the love of her younger brother Jesse and her friendship with Cece to make life a little better for her. Her love for her younger brother has giving her a purpose in life. A purpose to make a better life for him and her. But life isn’t always fair and trust can be broken. Just when Daisy thinks that she’s on right pad for a better life, Daisy gets accused of a crime that she didn’t commit.
The only mistake that she made was trusting the wrong person. Now, 18 months later, Daisy has paid dearly for that. She didn’t only lost her freedom for 18 months but because she was send to prison she also lost the custody of her younger brother Jesse. Determined to get custody back of him, Daisy will do anything to achieve that, even put up with her broody but handsome new boss, Kastor (Kas) Matis.
In any other circumstances Daisy would try to put as much distance between her new boss and herself but that is hard to do when you are cleaning the house where he lives in! But through different situations Daisy discovers that Kas isn’t always as cold as he seems. Somewhere in this cold man there is still some kindness and gentleness to find. The more time they spend together, the more Daisy is wondering about Kas, his past and what he is hiding from her. (Because it becomes more and more obvious that he is hiding something from her.) But does she really want to get to know him? Isn’t it better to stay away from him and focus on getting her brother back? Can she really trust men after what happened to her the last time she trusted one?!
But Daisy is curious and sometimes that can get you into trouble. In Daisy’s case, it will change her life forever.
Like I said before, I really liked Daisy and her best friend Cece. Daisy may be poor on money but she has a best friend with a heart of gold. Daisy had so much to give but life has been hard for her. The POV was told for her perspective what I really liked. Some stories need that suspense, that secret that keep you guessing.
Kas his parents weren’t poor but that didn’t mean that life has been kind to him. No, life has hurt him in a way that has left him emotionally broken. We all need a purpose in life, some people want lots of money, some want love and some need revenge to survive. The question then is, what happens when you had your revenge? What will you do next?
I absolutely loved this book, and am giving it 5 Stars, which is a rarity for me. It was totally original, never a dull moment, complex plot yet easy to follow without getting lost. I plan on reading more books by gifted author, Samantha Towle.
DEVOURED this book! Such addictive writing. Kas was such a multi-layered, flawed character that I loved immediately. Few twists and turns that I didn’t see coming. Ultimately such a beautiful love story. Fully recommend
How could someone be so attached to someone after being betrayed and he is such a jerk. High school at the best. Couldn’t finish it.
Couldn’t putindown, some very surprising twists.
This book was so good!! Read it!
I think this book was more of a dark romantic suspense.
3.5 Kas-Hole Stars
Unsuitable was my first book from Samantha Towle. Daisy is Serving 18 months for a crime she didn’t commit. The day she walks out a few woman the only concern she has it to get her brother out of foster care and back with her. To do this she has to get a job and be on her best behaviour. She has a long road ahead of her, but that’s all she cares about.
She gets a job from her parole officer cleaning Kastor’s house. From her first day working here her boss seems he has it in for her. He’s moody and Daisy is not sure if he hates her and just doesn’t care enough to have any feelings towards her.
I’m poor and a criminal; therefore, I’m beneath him. I’m beneath everyone. I’m branded for life. I was always poor. Now, I have the criminal tag to go with it. Well, aren’t I a perfect catch?
Kastor Matis is dark, moody man who spends his days either working out, in his office or making things hard for Daisy. He is so hot and cold with her from the start. He’s keeping secrets from her and he knows he should stay away from her but Daisy seems to be irresistible to him. Watching the push and pull between the two was a page turner.
However there where a few things that frustrated me with this book. One being the story is set in London, England but Samantha’s writing seemed to be very American. The American phrases with the British slang thrown in was very mixy matchy! She should have stuck with one of the other.
Secondary characters are a big thing for me and there was potential with Cece and Jude they just weren’t developed enough for this to be the case. The ending was my favourite and I also think the Epilogue could have been way better. These few things aside it was a good story and I did really enjoy it.
Wonderful!
I loved this story! I loved the characters! They both seemed real and honest. I could not put this book down. I never knew what was coming. Loved this!
I liked the story line..but too much sex would have been a good book otherwise…
I loved The book. Great story with ups and downs. A must read
Good book. Would recommend the book to everyone
I loved the characters in this book.
She goes to jail for a robbery she was set up for and he hires her as his maid at his estate as part of a prison release program. She lost custody of her brother while she was in jail and is grateful for the job so she can get him back. He is mean to her and then so nice. He does some kind of Ninja training. She is attracted to him but it appears he is a hot mess. They start a relationship but almost immediately she catches him in a big lie. When he was young he and his prom date are viciously attacked in a park. She is raped and killed and he is left for dead.
Sort of sick.
Totally unexpectedly great book
Kas is a jerk one minute and a sweetheart the next – he seriously gives you wiplash
Daisy – what a wonderful charecter, after being treated by the world so badly she was still beautiful!
the story was different and awesome. I loved this & couldnt recommend it higher!
My past experiences with this author have made me appreciate ‘Unsuitable‘ even more, hence 4 stars. It’s like it was written by someone else (sorry, not sorry).
Maybe hard work repays more?
For one, I didn’t have big problems with her writing and if there were typos and mistakes, I didn’t notice any.
Secondly, no male POV here, THANK GOD. She shouldn’t write them because she *caaan’t* write them. Period.
Moreover, I think her comfort zone is manwhoreness or manwhoring or manwhore zone or whatever. I know it’s not that, but I’m still serious here – all her heroes are manwhores. At least the ones I had the “pleasure” of reading.
Unbelievable, I know, but ‘Unsuitable‘ is a manwhore free zone.
“Kas is literally the most complex character I have ever written. He broke me and then put me back together with his inner beauty. I adore every complex part of him. I hope you do, too.”
He is also the best hero she’s ever written, imo. I really loved him. See?! It is possible to have a good hero without him whoring around, for God’s sake.
It wasn’t by any means a perfect reading, but it was so refreshing compared to her previous work that I’m genuinely impressed.
I hope she will stop writing manwhores. ‘Unsuitable’ proves she is better than that.