I really loved and enjoyed this book. Really a great story and an even better series. I have enjoyed this series so much. Cant wait to read more.

Classic grumpy guy meets his match in a fun and slightly quirky (in this case determined and high heel clomping) woman he can't live without. Fun to read.

You know that saying “Dog that barks, doesn’t bite”? Well, these 5 words summon who Elijah Crane is; a man angry with the world but deep inside soft as a marshmallow. Personally, one of the most intriguing combination 😉 But let’s take it from the start…

The Bastard Billionaire is the third and new addition in the Billionaire Bad Boys series. Or as I call it, The Cranes Overload series. This time, we get to learn all about Eli, the third Crane brother who was serving the country in the army and he’s now back home. But with one leg less and uncountable amounts of anger, guilt and sadness flowing through his blood. Which leads to the record-time quitting of another after another after ANOTHER assistant his family assigns to help him. And obviously, he has a very very different opinion about that. Although, soon enough, he will get to feel what it’s like to walk into your house your other half. And… put you in your place nice and easy before you could say anything.

<b><i>She had a bark and a bite and wasn’t afraid to use either.</i></b>

The chemistry existing between them and the blinding sparks happening every time they were in the same room left me hungry for more. And as time was passing and they were coming closer and closer, the wild, primal attraction that was surrounding them was growing with lighting speed into the truest form of love. But like any real couple, they had more than their fair share of ups and downs. There were times where the things would get completely out of hand and the challenge of fixing them up would turn out to be more than a bit …. challenging. Although, those were the moments when, more than anything, these two would prove both to everyone AND to each other that what they had was utterly real, deep and undoubtedly worth every obstacle.

<b><i>His heart pounded so hard, he might never recover. He might never want to. </i></b>

Both Eli and Isa are two of the most headstrong, stubborn and hard-working characters I have ever had the chance to meet. But, do not let the exterior foul you. Underneath all this thick skin they show, they hide the softest, overflowing with love capacity, sensitive hearts. They just needed each other so they could find the courage to let them open and finally feel what true love feels like. And how hard they fight not only to find themselves again, but also so their love can last forever is more than heart-warming and wonderful to witness.

What makes Billionaire Bad Boys one of the best series I have read isn’t the intense loves stories each book introduces. What makes it great is all its stories is about family. Neither of its three couples wouldn’t be where they are without the powerful family bonds supporting them. They may not play the same important role to each one, but that doesn’t change the fact that more than the half percent of the transformation the characters go through is happening when the family bonds intervene.

Jessica Lemmon never stops surprising me with how surprising unsurprising each of her books is. Each story casts its own special spell and never fails to claims a piece of my heart. Just like Every. Single. of their characters. I can’t recommend Jessica’s books enough. She is a real talent and the way her minds comes up with ways to maneuver each story is really amazing.

4 Stars

I was pulled right into this story. The story has laughs, pain, secrets, and heartbreak.

Before reading this story please read the below books first:
The Billionaire Bachelor (Billionaire Bad Boys #1)
The Billionaire Next Door (Billionaire Bad Boys #2)

This is Isabella and Eli’s story. After being injured and discharged from the Marines Eli just wants to be left alone. His brothers want him to take a role in the family business but he has already gone through ten personal assistants. Isabella’s employment agency just can’t afford to lose the Crane’s business. She will just have take him on herself. If she can please him then she can secure her agency with the wealthy elite. But when they met sparks fly. Can they keep their hands off? Will she be able to work with him or will pleasure be all they can get to?

I loved these characters and the side characters. I felt I could connect with the characters and the story was a great read.


I recommend this book.

THE BASTARD BILLIONAIRE is book three in Jessica Lemmon's Billionaire Bad Boys series. This is my favorite book in the series. This story starts out with two alphas butting heads when savvy businesswoman Isabella Sawyer meets reluctant businessman, and grumpy wounded Marine, Eli Crane. As the owner of an employment agency, she has to take the place, and take on the challenge, of being the only assistant not scared away by Eli and his antisocial antics. I was worried at first that a big chunk of the plot would involve Eli not knowing that Isabella was hired by his family, but thankfully Jessica Lemmon goes in a completely different direction with her characters.

What starts out as a somewhat antagonistic relationship at the very beginning, takes a sharp detour into the realm of simmering sexual tension. Lemmon definitely brings the heat in THE BASTARD BILLIONAIRE. Isabella and Eli begin a sexually charged game of tit for tat that gets them both worked up. One of the things that elevates this story for me, is the way that Eli and Isabella quickly, yet very organically, grow to like each other. Having the main characters have a friendship as well as an attraction makes me like them more. Both Isabella and Eli enjoy being independent, and that independence is both one of their greatest assets as well as something that they struggle with when it comes to being in a romantic relationship. I like how the heroine and hero both have some of the same struggles and baggage from former relationships. These things they have in common help stitch them together, and provide each other with a rare confidant and somebody who understands them like no other. Lemmon does an amazing job of balancing the romance and relationship drama with Eli's unresolved issues from when he was a soldier. I love how Eli and Isabella are able to empathize with and respect each other.

THE BASTARD BILLIONAIRE has sparks, sizzle, and sensational storytelling. Isabella's friend and Eli's family try to encourage their fledgling relationship and offer unsolicited, and often amusing, advice along the way. Lemmon packs emotional punch along with the red-hot romance. The ending of THE BASTARD BILLIONAIRE provides a satisfying cap on this fiery and deeply enjoyable romance. As a fan of Jessica Lemmon and her writing, I look forward to her next book.

I love Elijah Crane!I love Jessica Lemmon and her books!She could probably write some technical manual too and I'd still read it happily.
The Crane brothers have ruined my life.I don't know what I will read next after this.I guess I'll just console myself with the fact that she has another set of books coming out soon.(Hint hint : please release them soon!)

Eli has just returned from Marine life.He was injured and now has a prosthetic leg.Not only does he have to deal with the loss of a limb and a life that he lived for, but also the guilt about surviving while his friends didn't.Now his family is trying to bring him back by getting him to work for the company.But he isn't interested in that and he needs to resolve so many things before he can even decide on what to do.So he keeps scaring off his PA's like a beast.

Isabella is losing all options.Eli keeps sending off all the PA's that she sends, and since she needs the Crane family name to bring up her concierge service business to an even bigger level,she is ready to be his PA for a while till thins get settled.She has singlehandedly started and grown her business to this level, despite the scorn from her family who look down on her for not following the successful family business and marrying the "perfect" fiance.So she isn't going to lose it over a man who just likes to act all scary to avoid things.
But will she lose her heart?

I love how Eli and Isabella fit with each other perfectly.Though they weren't looking for someone, they were just what the other needed.I loved how she put him in his place and managed to get the work done!
And it wasn't like he was super mean either.He was just a little surly,rude and jerk-ish.The chemistry between them was off the charts!They're my favorite couple now(Yep!They've over taken Reese and Merina)!
The way in which they helped each other and made each other better was beautiful.Eli is lucky to have a family like the Cranes and each brother even luckier for the women in their lives.Their mother's death has impacted each one of them differently, and they have things to work through before they're ready.But in the end it's all worth it!
It was lovely seeing Reese,Merina,Tag,Rachel and Papa Crane again!Ill surely miss them!

If you haven't read any of these books yet, then please do!They're all standalones and very well written with the right amount of everything!There's no way you wouldn't fall in love with these books!

You can also find my reviews of the other books in the series here:
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1681775569">The Billionaire Bachelor</a>
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1792801653">The Billionaire Next Door</a>

The Bastard Billionaire is the third installment in the Billionaire Bad Boys series. It is the story of the last elusive Crane brother, Eli.
Eli suffered a career ending injury that has made it hard to reacclimate into society. His brothers try to help by getting him to work with them. The only problem is that he makes every personal assistant they send his way packing just as quickly. That is, until the owner of the employment agency decides to step in and take the position herself to save her business. Isabella is the one girl he doesn’t want to send away. But will mixing business with pleasure cause them problems?
I really enjoyed this book! Eli has been a mystery for this entire series so it was nice to finally get his story. The chemistry between Eli and Isabella was flaming hot and it was fun to read.

When I first stared this book I thought this was not going to be what I expected but it was so much more! I loved the characters, how they connected and the pull between Isabella and Eli.

Eli was a hard ass solely because of the tragedy he faced in the service. He was injured while on tour and never got over the fact that two of his friends died. The guilt he carried for the deaths has pulled him into a depression that he can't and doesn't want to get out of. His life is not of the core but his family business, where he doesn't want to be.

Eli is hard to work with and chooses to be the hard ass that everyone hates so his assistants walk away but when Isabella comes to the "rescue" he has finally met his match.

Isabella is a no nonsense type of girl who will not take crap from anyone and she will fight for what she wants. The strain on her relationship with her family only makes her stronger and pulls her into Eli's world.

The dynamic of Eli and Isabella is so good. There is joking, protectiveness and laughter when it needs to be. The pull between the two of them is undeniable and once they get together, it's explosive.

I loved this story and I can't wait to read the first two books in the series and more books by Jessica Lemmon.

(I will be sharing a BIT of a spoiler about the ending later but I will be giving you fair warning so you can read some of the review if you want and then stop at the *s)

I’m thinking that Isabella needs to hire some people with a little more backbone. What we see of Eli isn’t all that pleasant but he’s carrying a lot. He’s struggling to find his way again and unfortunately his family keeps pushing him to be what they want him to be. Granted he’s a TERRIBLE communicator and is keeping a lot to himself so they don’t know what is going on with him. I get why he’s not sharing but it might make his life a little easier if he’d just be a little more forthcoming with those that love him :)

Buuuut, that would mean that he’d never have met Isabella. And she’s exactly what he needs. She’s not going to take his crap. Instead she’s working hard to make things work with the Crane company and, as she gets to know him better, for Eli himself. He’s sexy and troubled and all sorts of growly but what he really needs is someone to push him, stand up to him, and support him. It’s a fine line she has to dance on but she’s got the guts and smarts to do it.

**I’m kinda giving away a little bit of a spoiler next so if you don’t want to know any more STOP HERE**

Kinda like with The Billionaire Next Door I was a little confused toward the end. I think that if we’d be given a better look at Isabella’s relationship with her ex and why she would feel like she HAD to have a commitment right then (when I’m pretty sure they were only a few weeks into knowing each other) it might have been different. But really I just wanted to give Eli a hug and tell him that I’d give him the time that he needed. But once she gets her head out of a place it isn’t supposed to be then she definitely makes up for it well.

**End Spoiler**

As an ending to Lemmon’s series about the Crane brothers The Bastard Billionaire is a winner. Eli is deliciously gruff but redeemable and Isabella is a strong match for him. She helps him figure his new life out and learn to embrace the future. Bringing the fun, heat and tons of emotions, Lemmon proves once again that she’s a fabulously talented author!

Iam love the Billionaire Bad Boys series by Jessica Lemmon so when I got to read a copy of The Bastard Billionaire early I was so excited . I dived into this book as soon as I could and I loved it !

I was so excited! when I realized that this was Eli's books , I have been really eager to find out more about him from the first time I heard about him . Reading about Eli and Isabella was just so much fun .When you first look at them they look like complete opposites but as they become closer you begin to see that they are more similar in ways that you dont expect and also absolutely perfect for each other. I loved every minute of there love story I smiled ,I laughed , I fanned my self lol and I was even worried when they were fighting , I was so invested in these two characters .I felt that Jessica Lemmon created a wonderful love story between Eli and Isabella and I had the biggest grin when I saw how there story wrapped up, It was perfect .I also loved that we got to to see what the characters from the other books in this series where up to .There was so much happening in this story and I loved that .I could not but this book down it was so so good.

The Bastard Billionaire was a sexy ,fun , emotional story .It makes me sad knowing that this is last book in the series but happy because I know that all of the Crane Brothers got there versions of Happily Ever After . I cannot wait to see what Jessica Lemmon writes next .If you love all these things in your books. you should definitely pick up a copy .

4.5 stars

The Bastard Billionaire was everything I was hoping for, Eli's story was just perfect.

The writing was beautifully done, the storyline was emotional, amusing and hot! Once I started reading I couldn't put The Bastard Billionaire down. I was so caught up with Eli and Isa I found myself turning the pages late into the night until I finished!

I loved watching Eli and Isabella/Isa's relationship develop. They were complex characters who I easily connected with. I felt their passion, and I felt their pain, especially Eli's.
These two had such a strong attraction/connection it was impossible for them to deny the feelings that grew stronger every day.

sa was the perfect woman for Eli, she brought out feelings Eli had denied himself and overtime he started to enjoy life again.
All because Isa wasn't scared to push at his walls and ignore his grumpy a** lol

Another plus for me, was catching up with the previous couples. It was fun watching them all interact and seeing how life was treating them.
I especially enjoyed the scenes between the brothers and their father. They made me laugh with their antics & banter and they made my heart melt when they opened their hearts to Eli.
By sharing their feelings they were able to convince him he too deserved his Happily Ever After.

Overall, the Billionaire Bad Boys series has been a very enjoyable read. Author Jessica Lemmon has given us entertaining storylines and wonderful, memorable characters that will bring out all the feels with their story.
Each book can be read as a standalone and I highly recommend them all!

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This was a really good read, I loved the characters and the story and thought that it was a great follow on book from The Billionaire Next Door. Really enjoyed the book - 5 stars

This book was given to me for an honest review.

3 stars

I liked reading another take on how marines handle losing legs and friends. Usually you see less of that, but with this story you see more.I have to say Eli was tough character to like at the beginning. Eli has a lot of problems since he came home. One is trust. He doesn't trust anyone and he is just plain mean. He had gone through assistants because he didn't want to be nice, he wanted to be alone. He is was one tough character to want to pull for through the book. He just was not a happy man. He had lost a lot and I did see where he came from but his personality was a complete turn off. He has demons he has to to deal with and that is when he will become a better person. After he yells at his 11th assistant his brother has to call the agency and find a replacement. Isabelle, the woman that runs it, has had enough, she is going to go in and fix the problem. Eli is not expecting what he gets from Isabelle, and Isabelle never expected what she saw in Eli. They will have problems from day one but Isabelle is not going to give in, her company needs this to succeed. Isabelle just will have to break down his walls. They are going to fight, but its not going to be enough for Isabelle to walk away. When their defenses come down they will see who both of them really are. They will see that need each other.

Isabelle is a strong person I really enjoyed her in this book. I loved how she brought the best out in Eli. She may have been strong but there are parts of this story that make her very vulnerable. She is a force to be reckon with. Eli's temperament is really a difficult read in this book. He's cold, he's hot, he wants what he wants and at times doesn't care who he hurts. I was not a fan of Eli even later down the way. It was good book and I enjoyed reading it but at times it felt long winded and I did skip through a few pages to finish the book.

I hope the the author finds her audience for this book. She writes brilliantly and I hope for the best for her.

Review by Amber for Love Romance Books
Isa owns a company who provides personal assistants to the the corporate elite of Chicago. She started Sable Concierge with one employee, herself, and has grown to over 30 employees. She does her job well, and has a great reputation the she is determined to keep.

Eli came home from his military service a broken man. He lost both his leg and some good friends overseas, and is having trouble adjusting to his new life. His well-meaning brother keeps sending him personal assistants to help him with the adjustment, but he doesn't want them around. Eli scares them all off, hoping each time his brother will get the hint.

After hearing the complaints of multiple Sable Concierge employees, Isa decides the only solution is to offer herself for the job of Eli's PA. When she meets the guy in person, she doesn't know what to expect. She is immediately attracted to him, but is determined to keep things professional. Eli, however, is determined to get closer to his mysterious new PA.

I would give this book 3.5 stars. I liked how Isa wouldn't take any flack from Eli. I also liked seeing Eli transform from someone so wrapped up in his own pain into his own man. I was given this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you Forever (Grand Central Publishing for providing an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

We’re down on the last Crane Brother, Elijah Crane. He’s a former Marine who’s rough on the edges. While serving his country, an incident change his life when a grenade blasted ending up him losing his leg and lives of his fellow mates. What he’d been through was difficult, grieving for loss, suffering a mild PTSD and coping with disability. It affected him emotionally making him brooding, sad and irritable. Since he’s discharged, his brothers encouraged him to participate in their family business and they hired assistants to help him. Unfortunately, all of them drove away by his rudeness… except for one lady.

For all the well trained and efficient assistants she sent were fired, the owner of the Sable Concierge, Isabella Sawyer decided to be Elijah’s personal assistant so as not to lose her long time wealthy client. Given with her experience, she thinks she can handle the bastard billionaire. He can fire her multiple times but she’s too driven to quit easily.

When pot meets kettle, things can get more interesting. I have a soft spot for brooding heroes. They’re mysterious, flawed and closed off but they can surprise you with their true persona. Elijah is a sweet, edgy and romantic man. Despite of his flaws and vulnerability, he truthfully expressed his feelings. I love his character growth throughout this book as he dealt with his personal issues. Among the female protagonists in this series, Isabella Sawyer is my favorite. She’s fierce, independent, passionate and enthusiastic. I love she exhibits patience and understanding towards Eli. They may have arguments every now and then but it’s amusing to see Eli met his match. The chemistry between them develops with intensity and their intimate moments blazed with hotness.

This book is wonderfully written, emotionally stirring and worth devouring. I enjoyed Elijah and Isabella’s story very much.

This is the third book in the Billionaire Bad Boy series and each book is a stand-alone. It is the first book I have read by Jessica Lemmon and I enjoyed it so much I now want to read the first two books in the series.

This story is about Elijah Crane, a man devastated by war and trying to come to terms with his new life after being in the military. Now that he is no longer in the Marines, Elijah’s family insists he work for Crane hotels, the family business. Elijah grudgingly takes the job and vents his frustrations on his personal assistants.

Isabella is trying to establish her personal assistant company, Sable Concierge, but Elijah keeps scaring off everyone she sends to work for him. Isabella can't fail and lose the Crane account, so she decides to become Elijah’s personal assistant. Elijah tries to run Isabella off but his surly attitude doesn't bother her. Isabella is gutsy and self assured and even though Elijah continually tries to fire her, she does not let him intimidate her. Elijah has met his match when he meets Isabella.

Underneath all Elijah’s gruffness, there is a sensitive and likable guy. All he wants is to be left alone but his meddling family is constantly interfering and bothering him. Elijah is attracted to Isabella but he is dealing with so many issues, he is afraid to take a chance with her. He is no longer the self assured playboy he was before he fought in the Middle East. I liked Elijah once I got to know him. He has a bad attitude but it is easy to feel sorry for him and understand his feelings. Elijah has a closed heart and it isn't easy for him to open up and let isabella in. He is afraid of commitment and uncommunicative and Isabella has to decide if she is willing to wait around for him to decide what he wants. Elijah and Isabella have a lot of chemistry and are good for each other and I was rooting for them to work things out.

Not only did I enjoy the two main characters, this story also has some entertaining secondary characters. The Cranes have a good time together and there is a lot of good natured bantering between them. They are funny and love to give Elijah a hard time but they are also there when he needs them. THE BASTARD BILLIONAIRE is smoothly written with funny lines and interesting characters.

Wow, so this one was a doozy. I read and absolutely LOVED the first book in this series, and was naturally curious about Eli the brother serving overseas. I always knew it was coming, since this trilogy features the Crane brothers, so when this one showed up in my mailbox, I had to read it.

Eli is back home from the war after going through a horrific experience. When his two friends die trying to save him from an explosion, Eli not only loses his leg in the incident but himself as well. Now he is back home and Reese, his older brother wants Eli to take over as the COO of Crane hotels – which Eli has no interest in doing.

So Reese hires a company to provide assistants to Eli in hopes of forcing him to do the work, but all the women that show up at his door, go running in terror from the big bad monster holed up in his cave, until of course the owner of the company makes the appearance herself.

Isa doesn’t like that every assistant that she sent over to Eli Crane doesn’t make it past a day or so. Since she has a reputation to uphold the owner decides to do the job herself, if only for a couple of days.

Sparks fly, tempers flare, the two butt heads. Eli has finally met his match.

Guys, let me tell you. I absolutely LOVED the way this book started. I loved Eli and his grumpy bear persona and I loved Isa and her not taking crap attitude. There was a push and pull between them that was so entertaining. I found the entire thing ironic since Isa walked away from her family business and was trying to basically force Eli into his family business. The tension was great and then after they got together everything fell apart for me.

It ended falling flat, a bit boring and overall repetitive. I was expecting more and the way the book started, I thought there would be more. This book had SO much potential, but it almost felt like the author switched gears midway and went back to the comfort of her formula by the end of the book.

There was a plotline in the beginning of the book that was kind of left unexplored. There is a rocky relationship between Isa and her parents, and her parents don’t like the Cranes and how they built their money. Isa’s parents always wanted her to take over the business, but when she didn’t, they gave it to her ex-boyfriend. Well, at the celebration dinner for him, her mother wanted to force the two together, but Isa shows up with Eli to stick it to her parents. I felt like more could have been done here, but there was no more mention of her parents how disgruntled they are.

I was also surprised where the author decided to take Eli’s future. Eli joined the military and never really had an interest in Crane Hotels, so I didn’t understand nor liked the ending. Eli started his own thing called Refurb and it was a charity for veterans that need help getting around the house. I LOVED that, I was really hoping his future was more focused on that.

And of course, this is where the formula kicked in. Eli doesn’t know what he wants for his future, even though EVERYTHING is going great between him and Isa and like the other book – he ends up hurting her. Big surprise there, I swear I rolled my eyes at that.

I wanted to love this more. The big and I started off on a great note, but then it got boring, I started skimming, and some things that actually had potential were left on the sideline and the author went to her safety zone.

Overall, good… Nothing amazing, did not find this mind blowing, but I enjoyed the writing, and the characters and it was a pleasant read for the most part. I enjoyed it well enough to give it 3 stars.

received in exchange for a honest review

Eli is complicated. Delicious but complicated. You get ripples of who he is throughout so its like you jump on those snippets like a dog with a bone. He is kind and thoughtful but also broody and surly. He is dealing with so much and trying to navigate his way back from where he was. From the violence he was mired in by being a marine and its hard to come back into a world where you live and others you considered brothers aren’t. He harbors guilt over what happened to fellow brothers in arms and it eats away at him. So much so that he does halt his life it seems. He doesn’t want to move on. He is though through the charity he is setting up to help others like him and through Isabella.

I had so much fun reading the banter between Isabella and Eli. I loved seeing him in his quest to get rid of PA’s. That was a hoot. This burly man truly wanting to be alone but not. He felt guilt over his family hovering over him actually more like he loves them but needs space. He needs time to breathe and find his way.

Isabella is smart, fun, stubborn and just what Eli needs. She stands up to him and doesn’t back down. The attraction between them wow just wow. These two burn holes in the kindle with their tension and heat. what I love the most is she sees Eli the man and not the injured hurting vet. She sees him and treats him like she would anyone else that was acting like he was.

Watching these two is hot and entertaining. Seeing Eli’s interactions with is family is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Heartbreaking because of the loneliness and pain he feels and heartwarming because of the love and protectiveness there. Each character has a distinct personality that when together they give endearing and fun moments. Isabella and Eli fit together perfectly. He shows her love, respect and equality. She shows him it is okay to move on and be who you are. She shows him love and doesn’t see him as anything but Eli not injured Eli just Eli and that warms the heart.

A fun wildy sexy and entertaining book about a man in pain and lashing out at others over guilt that shouldn’t be and a woman who tames the man while falling in love. We also get a glimpse on how the man deals with survivors guilt but also gets the courage to face his fears and past so he can move on and forgive himself but also let the love of a woman in. This is the story of Eli and Isabella and how they discover themselves and fall in love. we get some heated moments and fun times. Great banter and love is felt throughout the book.

Jessica Lemmon wraps up and concludes the The Billionaire Bad Boy Series with Elijah Crane’s story in The Bastard Billionaire. Eli is a former Marine who has been honorably discharged after an accident that left him with a missing limb. As a civilian, Eli’s family wants him to take an active part in the family business and so his family assigns him a personal assistant to help out. But Eli is a mean stubborn beast who easily scared off all his personal assistant well except Isabella Sawyer.

Isabella sees through Eli’s rough cranky personality. She constantly challenges Eli and puts him in his place. She is one personal assistant that Eli can’t seem to get rid of. Good thing too because Eli finds her attractive. There is something about Isabella that challenges him and he enjoys the fact that she can stand up to him. So what happens when Eli and Isabella finds themselves crossing the lines of business and pleasure? Will Eli be able to let Isabella in? And will Isabella show Eli that he is not broken?

The Bastard Billionaire is a sexy, emotional and heart-filled romance that was beautifully well written and executed. Jessica Lemmon brought forth two strong independent characters who are wildly attracted to one another and who were able to break down each other’s exterior walls. The beast definitely found his beauty in Isabella. So if you are looking for a story that was thoughtful and had lots of interwoven themes of family, love, and new beginnings then this book is definitely for you.

Let me start by saying that I'm a sucker for a wounded hero so when I picked up The Bastard Billionaire, I knew that I was in for one long night because I wouldn't be able to put it down! I yelled, cried, laughed and sighed throughout the entire book and loved every minute of it.

Eli Crane is mentioned in the other two books and gets his big reveal at the end of The Billionaire Next Door. I knew that I would love his story but I had no idea that his character would have so many layers. He's a brother, a solider, a friend, an entrepreneur but most of all he's a man with a broken heart looking for a way to mend it. Like all of the Crane brothers, Eli has yet to fully reconcile with the loss of his mother. To cope, he alienates himself from his family and builds walls around himself to keep anyone from really getting close to him. You see, he has learned that closeness equals loss. He's happy just living his life in solitude, firing every darn assistant his brother sends along to assist him with his Crane Industries duties....until Isabella Sawyer walks into his world.


Isabella was everything that I love in a heroine. She walked in and let Eli know that she was not afraid of him and thus he would be unable to push her away. With each day, she breaks a little more of his resolve to live in solitude. She gets Eli to open up and to reengage in life. I love that she was patient but firm and that she had the ability to see past his anger to the heart of a man suffering from depression and loss.

The Bastard Billionaire was a heartwarming story of finding true love and learning to move past grief and pain. Jessica Lemmon weaved her magic with this one and allowed the romance to build slowly. The characters had an instant attraction but neither acted on it instantly. Instead they had a slow build which added so much more to the overall story line.