Release Date: April 4, 2017
St. Martin's Griffin
Lover's Triangle #1
Contemporary Romance
Review copy provided by publisher

Liza’s Review:

The Billionaires is the first book in the new Lover's Triangle series from Calista Fox. I've enjoyed past books from Ms. Fox and was excited to dive into her new Lover's Triangle series.

Jewel, Rogen, and Vin have had history since they were kids. Before the feud between Jewel and Rogen's family occurred, Jewel and Rogen were childhood sweethearts that totally seemed like it was moving towards marriage even when they were teenagers. However, I also found myself liking that when Rogen and Jewel were apart, she found passion with Vin. I think because of the history between Jewel, Rogen, and Vin, I was easily pulled into their story together as adults.

The Billionaires is a super hot romance between Jewel, Rogen, and Vin. It seemed like once they decided to be together, they pretty much couldn't keep their hands off each other, or at least Rogen and Vin couldn't keep their hands off Jewel. Rogen and Vin are very much heterosexual and are absolutely never together in this story. Jewel also has trouble keeping her hands off Rogen and Vin. I did expect Jewel to be a bit stronger than she acted a few times in the book, but understood the new dynamic had to take some getting used to for her. I totally bought into this relationship between Jewel, Rogen, and Vin and enjoyed watching them figure out how to make it work. Especially in what seemed like a pretty conservative area of California. The reveal of the reason behind the feud between the families broke my heart while making me angry at the same time.

The Billionaires was a very enjoyable super hot read. While it isn't my favorite book from Calista Fox, it kept me engaged the entire time and I look forward to the next book in the series.


Rating: 3.5 stars (B-)

The Billionaires is a steamy second chance ménage. Jewel Catalano, Rogen Angelini and Vin D'Angelo are three childhood best friends who have been torn apart by the family feud between Jewel's and Rogen's powerful California families. Rogen and Jewel were each other's first loves. But, when his parents forced him off to boarding school because of their feud with Jewel's family, Vin, Rogen's best friend and Jewel's too, became much more than Jewel's friend. But, this relationship, too, ended and left Jewel devastated enough for her to leave for San Francisco and not come back very often to River Cross where their families reside and work.

Now, 10 years later, Jewel has come back to River Cross with an idea in her head and a proposition for Gian Angelini: he and his wife and son sign over to her their rights to a piece of land owned jointly by the Angelini and Catalano families, and in turn, Jewel will give him a rare bottle of Scotch distilled by his ancestors ages ago, a bottle he's never been able to get his hands on and desperately wants. As she's leaving, she runs into Rogen and the feelings and passion they had for each other when they were teens are still there and they end up in a steamy encounter. But, when she runs into Vin a short time later, her anger at him for having ghosted her 10 years ago on their prom night overwhelms her and ends with her slapping him (hard!!) across the face. Yep, poor Jewel, it seems her passion for both men still runs deeply within her and she can't help but want both men. When she has naughty, dirty sex with him in a public bathroom during a lunch the three of them are having, she knows something has to be done about the feelings she has for both men. But, it won't be easy, because their families have a huge secret that fuels the feud between them, and Jewel, Vin and Rogen must navigate their feelings when they aren't even sure what those feelings are precisely.

The three of them together are the perfect complement to the others. Of the three, I got Jewel the most. I love her, she's tough, feisty and compassionate. Rogen is the sweet, sensual lover who holds half of her heart with his slow burn lovemaking and shared memories. Vin is the broody, aggressive man who holds the other half of her heart with his edgy, demanding roughness. He was harder for me to connect to until it came to light why he had left Jewel heartbroken, and then I understood all his anger and hurt. As they embark upon their steamy, erotic relationship, I was on the edge of my seat just waiting for it all to implode. I certainly wasn't expecting what the big secret turned out to be, and it was a big one. But, it was pretty heart rending, and just brought the three lovers together even more and gave them something more to bond over.

I can't wait for more of this steamy, exciting world that Calista has written, bravo, Ms. Fox!

A fun read for when you're in the mood for a book that you don't have to think to much while reading, just about enjoying it.

Two characters both hiding for different reasons.
Great descriptions of Thailand and a different location for a fun romantic comedy.
This is a first book for me by this author and I will be keeping an eye out to see what else she comes up with.

The Billionaires by Calista Fox is part of the "100 Shades of Sin" erotica series where three longtime friends embark on a sexual relationship together after not seeing each other for more than seven years. Vin is the down-to-earth yet guarded, quintessential bad boy, who won't allow his heart to be captured by anyone. Rogen, the elite and ever romantic, sensitive man every woman would die for, wants to give his heart away, and Jewell, confident and assured yet confused, continually runs away in order to avoid the deep connection, inevitable heartbreak, and growing desire for both men. Unbeknownst to all three, their lives are about to change forever beginning with a lucrative business deal.

This is the first novel I've read by this author and I quite enjoyed it. It's descriptive, has a great storyline, and has developed characters with believable backstories. I didn't know what to think of the ménage a trois scenario, but quickly got over it. The sex scenes were vivid and hot! I will definitely be reading more from Calista Fox. There are a few mechanical errors; however, I'm sure these will be caught before the final publication. I rate this novel 4 out of 5 stars.

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Reviewed: April 15, 2017. Novel Publish Date: April 4, 2017.

Calista Fox is a new to me author, and this won’t be the last book of hers that I read. I was sucked in to the feuds that tore apart young lovers, and the family drama that sought to keep them all apart. If Romeo and Juliette were a hot-as-hell threesome in wine country, you would have the Billionaires.

After years apart, three best friends from childhood reunite when Jewel returns home to her family’s winery to pursue her dream of building on a plot of land jointly owned by the families. But her reunion with her friends and former lovers, Rogen and Vin, is not one she expected. Nor are the secrets that are revealed and the knowledge that none of them has been able to move on from their childhood romances.

I loved reading about the history of these three. They were always meant to be together, but time and circumstances conspired to tear them apart. I loved that each person was so different and brought a different aspect to the relationship, and I adored that they all seemed to be better when they were together than they were apart.

When it was all said and done, I did think the rationale for the “feud” was a bit thin. Nonetheless, the journey to get there more than made up for it with a smart story, fun characters, men that were divinely yummy and sex scenes hot enough to melt your kindle. Grab a glass of wine to set the ambiance and sink into this decadent treat!

muy caliente!! So Delish! If you are like me and love menage with a MFM, especially ones that are steamy and erotic, then look no further with this sexy romance read.
'The Billionaires' by Calista Fox is book One in the "Lover's Triangle" series. This is the story of Jewel Catalano, Rogen Angelini, and Vin D'Angelo who started off as friends when they were younger but a family feud had broken all that up. Rogen was Jewel's first love and now years later Jewel is looking to talk to Rogen's brother Gian about a deal for a piece of land for an exchange for a rare Angelini scotch. By now Jewel has grown into an assured woman but yet when she thinks back on her first love, she is transported to a time when she was a scared young woman, one whose body only answers a specific call and only two men have ever come close to opening her up for the chance to truly be happy and satisfied--Both Vin and Rogen have that other half of Jewel that makes her world come alive and her body only dial into them with only a code these two men have the code for. Each man is so different yet each man wants to cherish and protect their “Jewel”.
I loved the back story as read in this book and I love watching the twists and turns that allowed me to see if there would be an HEA for this M/F/M couple. Even though for a time, they were broken apart, true love plays a huge part of bringing them all together. I loved the drama and angst but I especially loved the passion and the sex, the more , the steamy it was and that was tops in my book. I cannot wait for book 2 in this series.


My rating: 4.5 stars ****
"I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***

When it comes to sexy and steamy reads, Calista Fox is in a league of her own. Even if I’m usually not a fan of menage stories, I found myself captivated by this sensual and romantic tale of never-ending love. It’s risqué, unconventional and sinfully seductive!

The Angelini and Catalano families are owners of famous vineyards, neighbors and bitter rivals. Jewel Catalano’s relationship with Rogen Angelini and his best friend Vin d’Angelo is complicated by misunderstandings and family feud. Rogen and Vin were Jewel’s childhood friends and teenage loves.
Several years later, Jewel has become a successful businesswoman. She is fiercely independent, confident, bold and determined. She wants to develop a property co-owned by the Angelinis and the Castalanos, and strikes up her own deal with Rogen. Rogen and Jewel were estranged from each other, separated by their family feud and entangled feelings. They are both heirs who want to go into business together, to create their own legacy. They intend to let go of the past and move on.

Rogen’s parents became Vin’s legal guardians after his parents died. Although his loyalty to Rogen’s father can’t be doubted, he is still deeply affected by Jewel. Rogen and Vin are best friends who both fell in love with the same woman, and their long buried feelings are unchanged. Jewel is drawn to both of them. Her relationship with Vin is tumultuous, he is broody, intense and commanding. With Rogen, everything is easier, he is amiable, sensitive and nice. Jewel is their ultimate fantasy woman and they both envision having a permanent relationship with her. Obviously, the threesome needs to work out a new dynamic to their complex relationship and hope that their parents will finally accept to bury the hatchet.

In true Calista Fox’s style, The Billionaires was compulsively readable, exceptionally hot and simmering with sexual tension and deep feelings. Since reading her Bayfront novellas, her books have become a guilty pleasure of mine and I can’t wait for more. If you enjoy elegantly written menage stories, with engaging characters, I definitely recommend this book.

I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, and voluntarily reviewed it.

Title: The Billionaires
Author: Calista Fox
Publisher/Year: St Martin's Press 4/4/17
Length: 245 Pages
Series: The Lover's Triangle #1

Overview

In this novel perfect for fans of Lora Leigh, Maya Banks, and Shayla Black, Calista Fox delivers a sexy and sensuous friends-to-lovers tale with a delicious love triangle twist.

Jewel Catalano, Rogen Angelini, and Vin D'Angelo had been childhood best friends, spending every possible moment with one another. Rogen became her first love, the first one to show her what pleasure could be. Until a volatile feud erupted between their powerful California wine country families and she and Rogen were torn apart from each other. What she didn't expect was to find comfort and passion like she had never known in Vin's arms and bed. But when that too ended in disaster, Jewel moved to San Francisco to work for the Catalano empire. Years later, a series of daring acquisitions brings Jewel back to River Cross, the hometown where Rogen and Vin have recently returned as well. Jewel has the curves, the smarts, and the success to bring any man to his knees—especially the two men who remained best friends and still burn to possess her.

Mixing family business with erotic pleasure ignites a smoldering love triangle. But in order to pull off the bold deal that will build the trios’ own legacy and to stay in their heady, sensual paradise, they must discover what true love really is—or lose everything their hearts' desire...

My Thoughts

First off i should thank the folks at Netgalley for getting me an ARC to read of this series introduction. What we have here is an interesting tale of 2 past relationships merging into an interesting Menage, all with a family feud thrown in the middle.

We start off this new series with Jewel, a woman who's part of a family dynasty, and yet someone who's trying to make a name for herself. she's back in River Crossing, her family home in the hopes of striking a deal to get a piece of land that's been left barren because of a family feud. Of course, Rogen, the son of another well known family is also interested in the same piece of land. and the challenge of course is that it's barren land because their parents were intending to do a business deal 15 years prior that ended up going wrong, and for many reasons unkown, they aren't allowed to touch it.

Jewel's a shrewd business woman and has a plan to get the land, and just when she thinks that she's been able to make the deal, she learns that it's going to blow up in her face. The saving grace though is that the same night that she strikes the deal with Gian, Rogen's father, she connects with him and all the past heat between them ignites hotter than you can even imagine and we see something amazing start.

If that weren't good enough, feeling the chemistry between them leap off the pages, Vin,Rogen's best friend and psuedo brother shows up and there's clearly a history between him and Jewel as well, and we see that she slaps him upon sight, and things go on an interesting path from there.

The rest of the story we see Jewel trying to make her deal happen, while also finding out that the heat and chemistry that she has with Rogen is back with even more passion. We also learn that the hatred that caused this slap on sight from Jewel to Vin is fueled by their own passion from years past, and well, the threesome is born.

I'm a fan of good writing when we get the chance to have trios, however there were instances when i think that the heat could have been taken a bit hotter and further. The story was maintained even without the extra umph and i'm quite interested to see where things go now that there's a hint that we're going to learn what caused the riff between families.

All in all, a nice intro to a new series and i can't wait to see what's next. there are so many secondary character's that we've met that i feel like spin off installments are due. Enjoy!

The Billionaires (Lover's Triangle #1) by Calista Fox is book one in her new series. A star-crossed, friends-to-lovers romance with a love triangle twist.

Jewel Catalano, Rogen Angelini, and Vin D'Angelo were childhood friends growing up. Jewel and Rogen even fell in love, but a huge family feud between their parents ripped them apart. Rogen was sent away to school, while Jewel and Vin remained behind finding comfort and a new love between them. However, for reasons unknown, Jewel and Vin also were separated.

Years have passed and now the three friends/lovers are all back in their hometown of River Cross. The chemistry and unresolved feelings amongst the three of them are high. Add in Jewel and Rogen's mutual goals to create names for themselves outside of their parents vineyards, as well as, healing whatever caused their parents' feud.

The story was very much driven by sexual passion, and if you are looking for hot and heavy on every page then this is the book for you. Jewel has a different relationship with Rogen and Vin separately, which ends up being more complimentary than combative, but it definitely takes a character as strong as Jewel to hold up to it all. The eroticism is sizzling but the good ol'. love story standing the test of time, definitely is what makes the book come together. Though I'll admit, the drama and angst about the past, especial between Jewel and Vin, was a little more than I prefer, but overall, The Billionaires by Calista Fox was an enjoyable novel and I would happily recommend.

(I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book I received from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my open and honest review.)

Calista Fox delivers a passionate,intense,hot and delicious story.The Billionaires has an interesting plot,awesome characters and some twists to keep you surprised.
Jewell, Rogen, and Vin, have known each other all their lives.I loved reading about the history of these three.
The chemistry amongst these three is so good.You can feel them and become a part of their story.
If you are looking for a sensual,erotic and passionate story this is perfect for you!

I liked it. The connection between the three was believable, and the tension was well done. I only wished the sex scenes were hotter. Overall this was a lush, unbelievably sweet and sexy read which tugged at my emotions and had me rooting for Vin, Jewel and Rogen to find their happy ever after together.

Calista Fox is a new-to-me author. I’ve never read any of her books until now. I always enjoy finding new authors. In Calista Fox’s book The Billionaires I was introduced to three characters that are all friends or who used to be all friends. They grew up together. Now there is a family feud that separated them from each other. There’s also the issue of the female character falling for one of the guy friends and then falling for the other. Bring on the love triangle twist fest in The Billionaires.

I don’t want to get into much details because this book definitely is juicy in details. Some details involving the family drama between the feud between Rogen’s parents and Jewel’s parents and others being some very sexy details.

Some of the items I really enjoyed in The Billionaires:

-The crazy love triangle between Rogen, Jewel, and Vin. These three have drama from the past that they have deal with first before making an actual love triangle.

-Friends that become lovers. I always enjoy these kind of stories. Although, these friends became lovers way beforehand, but ended up breaking away for awhile. Their reunion is absolutely priceless though.

-Suspense of wanting to know the drama between Rogen and Jewel’s parents. Readers won’t find out until the end about the drama, so you will be left wondering why the drama is happening.

-The determination of Jewel of trying to acquire the land that both her parents and Rogen’s parents are not budging on to develop. Jewel doesn’t want to give up, which is why I really liked her character.

The Billionaires includes MFM (because of the crazy love triangle) and very crazy amount of sexual scenes between the characters. LOTS of crazy amount of sexual scenes, which is why I placed a content warning on the book. It’s a VERY hot sizzling book.

I give this book 4 stars and highly recommend it to readers out there that enjoy menage romance stories.

Second chance romance that swept me off my feet. Wow! What a story. I don't want to say too much to give the story away. But it is a story to read. Sexy and hot the whole way through the book. It's about two families that have been feuding for 15 years and the children were ripped apart because of it. But then everyone reunites and a joy ride begins. Great writing that kept me hooked from page one. I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy.

BRAVO! This is my first book by Calista Fox and it was AMAZING! The story features Rogen Angelini, Jewel Catalano and Vin D'Angelo. These men were so different from each other but complimented each other in the bedroom during a ménage. I can tell you that Jewel is a VERY lucky woman. All that delicious attention poured all over her by both men *sigh*

Great story line with fantastic characters. Sizzling bedroom antics, family loyalty, a great mystery as to the 15 year feud between the Angelini and Catalano families and running through it all is a beautiful love story between three people.

This is a must read! I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS STORY FROM COVER TO COVER!

Scandalous! Sex and love. The fued between two families takes a turn no one expects when Jewel Catalano crashes an Angelini party and meets up again with Rogan and Vin.

Nothing says hello like a slap in the face and Vin knew he had it coming. But Jewel wasn't prepared for the feelings she would have when she saw Rogen again. But she won't let anything get in her way of convincing Gian Angelini to sign over his land to her.

This is a blistering ride of sex, rumors, fueds, and friendship.

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Billionaires by Calista Fox
Lover’s Triangle #1

Jewel Catalano, Vin D’Angelo and Rogen Angelini all have been friends in the past – intimate friends. All three are involved in wine making dynasties and amicable till it all blows up. Years later the threesome ends up together and find there is attraction aplenty that leads them to a sensual and steamy ménage situation that eventually provides a HEA for the three of them. Simple, somewhat predictable but also entertaining story with plenty of adult interaction for those who are looking for such a story.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC – This is my honest review.

3 Stars

This is the first book by this author that I've read and it definitely wont be the last. This is a very steamy read. This author had a fab way of mixing plenty of steamy scenes with hidden surprises. The characters were fantastic and had amazing chemistry. I can't wait to read more from this author in the future.
Highly recommended
I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book

This was such a fun read. I have enjoyed other Ménage à trois stories by Calista Fox but I have to say that this was my favorite one.

Jewel, Rogen, and Vin have a past, Jewel dated both men and loved them, at different times, she also had her heart broken by each of them. Now fast forward seven years, Jewel and Rogan's families are in a feud but they co-own a large area of property that Jewel wants to purchase from them. Will the families go along with her plan? If things were only that easy!

Vin and Rogen enjoy sharing women but neither of them have ever committed to a relationship other than with Jewel, I found this rather interesting especially since it had been so many years since either of them have seen her, but I guess the heart knows what the heart wants....and the three of them will never be the same once they go with what they all truly want.

Things heat up rather quickly in this story but it didn't feel rushed I guess that is because I was fully aware of their past relationship. I will say though that was shocked me was the reasoning behind the feud, I did shed a few tears because seriously how could I not when a mother spills her guts about what happened so long ago...WOW, talk about emotional!!

This was a fantastic start to the Lover's Triangle series and I look forward to seeing what comes next.

Jewel, Rogen and Vin were childhood friends until they grew up and things changed between them and Rogen became her first love. When her relationship with Rogen blew-up she found comfort in Vin’s arms but that too ended badly. Jewel moved away to work in her family’s business. Now Jewel is back in her hometown with a plan in motion to end the families feud. When Jewel, Rogen and Vin reunite, sparks fly, can they find a way to make this unusual relationship work? I really liked this drama filled steamy read. Entertaining and very sexy.