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The Billionaire in Her Bed, by Regina Kyle is a contemporary romance filled with romance, secrets, and quirky neighbors.
Due to strive within his real estate company, Eli Ward decides to hide out for awhile, as he pursues his next project. When he moves into the building that he plans to buy, Eli is surprised to find his recent and absolutely memorable one-night stand.
Brooke Worthington, bartender and graphic designer, is shocked when Eli suddenly reappears in her life, especially when he wants to pursue her. However, both are hiding parts of their lives from each other, which leads to drama amidst their new romance.
The Billionaire in Her Bed is geared towards contemporary romance fans, especially those who appreciate small-town neighbor vibes in a city.
Note: I received this book from NetGalley, which is a program designed for bloggers to write book reviews in exchange for books, yet the opinions expressed in this review are my own.
I loved this story! Brooke and Eli were two people hiding from the world for their own reasons. Brooke because of the pressure and scrutiny of her family. Eli due to a perceived betrayal he is dealing with. While hiding out Eli finds that sometimes doing the right thing for people is just as satisfying as the next big deal. Brooke is the woman who taught him that and he'll do whatever it takes to keep her in his life. Will she want to be there when she discovers his secrets??
I definitely recommend this one. It's a great story with equally great characters. Don't miss it!
The heart is a tricky vessel. It's a central organ of the body that controls lives. It can be fragile, it can be strong, can feel with emotions that overpower. Can lift one up, tear down and be easily broken, but it's capacity for love is endless. Regina Kyle give this multifaceted treasure free reign in The Billionaire in Her Bed. One women's quest to follow her heart leads her on a trek of self - discovery. She finds herself, but at what cost. Caught between the people she loves and the man she wants is not the best place to be. Eli is a man with secrets and his biggest one is surely going to break her heart. The Billionaire in Her Bed takes soul stirring temptation to a whole new level.
Rating: 4.5/5
With both main characters keeping secrets, this just has to be a recipe for misunderstandings and a fun romantic read! Eli is undercover, wanting to purchase the block where Brooke and an assortment of other brilliant characters live. She’s the lynch pin in drawing the residents together into a supportive community who, together, are striving to protect their homes. Eli and Brooke have volatile chemistry, leading to an explosive romance. However, their secrets could also be a bombshell too far, one to blast their potential HEA out of existence. Can love find them a way?
This is a brilliant, fun read. I loved the banter between the residents, including the two main characters - they are all such a great supportive group! The development of the relationship between Eli and Brooke is great, complete with the help/interference/encouragement of the other residents, though when their secrets are revealed everything falls apart. The ending itself is delightful and I do hope some of the secondary characters will feature in future stories so this becomes a series where readers can keep reconnecting with them all!
I requested and was given a copy of this book via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion after choosing to read it.
Eli Ward suspects his best friend and business partner to be selling his company's secrets. He finds himself at a bar in Sunset Park, Brooklyn after he left his office needing for some space to think, and ended up spending the night with Brooke, the bartender.
Eli plans to stay in sunset park to scope out a prospective building he's thinking of buying to turn to luxury condos, and rents an apartment there.
What he's not prepared for is that Brooke is his next door neighbor and the one trying to save the building he's planning on buying.
What will happen when the secrets get exposed?
The billionaire in her bed was a fun fun fun read. The chemistry between Eli and Brooke is scorching. And I loved the secondary characters staying in the building and their quirks left me with a smile. This is my first book by Regina Kyle and definitely look forward to reading more.
The Billionaire in Her Bed by Regina Kyle is just the right touch.
Sexy, hot and definitely entertaining, this read will suck you in and keep you hooked until the very end.
Please note that an ARC was generously provided in exchange for an honest review of which this is both honest and completely voluntary.
What an unusual story about the surprises life can hand you when a wrong turn becomes oh so right! Eli and Brooke both want people to accept them for who they are and go a long way to accomplish that end... even if that means deceiving others.
By the title I thought this would be very formulaic. However, the twist and turns along with developed characters make this worth the read.
What can I say, I just love cheesy romances. And The Billionaire in her Bed just fits the bill. We have two people (hot Eli and sassy Brooke) who both withhold some of their personal info, which results in funny situations.
Brooke doesn't know the hot guy from the bar where she had a one night stand with, is in reality the one and only famous Eli Ward. And Eli doesn't know that the sassy bartender, who he can't seem to forget is actually the woman who is trying to prevent him from buying and investing in the building he has his eye set on.
The storyline is a lot like the movie: You've got mail, one of my favourites. So yeah, I really enjoyed this book. Cosy, funny and heart warming. So four out of five stars from me and a thank you to Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for providing the arc.
a unique romance with a good solid enjoyable plot. I enjoyed it a lot.
Not read much by this author before but I think that is going to change now that I have had the pleasure of reading this story. It's a story that hooks you in right from the beginning and doesn't let you go.....in the end you just want more from this author and this amazing book. Definitely deserves 5 star would recommend
What a great story this is, it hit all the high notes for me. First there's Eli and a wild cast of characters, Brooke hotel heiress who has shunned her family business in favor of living in the Bronx, slinging brews a few nights a week while working of her latest book and did I mention Eli? Right, Eli.
Brooke lives in a old building in the Sunset Park neighborhood of the Bronx. She works part time at a local bar, where she meets Eli. As soon as he walks in, she knows he doesn't belong there. He's dressed to nicely and screams money. He also awakens feelings she thought were long past dead.
Mentally she counts the days, weeks, stops when she gets to months. She flirts a little, he flirts back and he helps her close the bar and they steam up the office in back.
Brooke lives in an old building that has a laundry list of things that are wrong, the owner disinterested in repairs and there are only a handful of tenants. Brooke is determined to keep things together and while parts of the neighborhood are being revitalized, they are worried they'll be out on their backsides when the owner sells the building. The cast of characters that live in the building provide the best comic relief in this book, along with Eli and Brooke.
Within a few days Eli is moving into the building. To be closer to Brooke, also to go off radar to figure out who the mole is in his company that is tipping off another big developer in the city and he fears it is his partner and best friend. Meanwhile Brooke, doesn't know who he is, that he's rich (think Forbes) and that he's a developer. They carry on a relationship for several months growing closer, until one night at a required to attend benefit by her parents, she is dumbfounded to see Eli as the host and Spokesperson for the charity. Leaving the stage his sister warns him off there is an angry brunette looking for him and she turns and flees and here comes Brooke. Angry, hurt and the whole gamut of emotions. She half listens to Eli, but doesn't fully hear him out. She leaves, telling him to flake off. Determined to garner support not just from the tenants but the neighborhood, she plans on holding a meeting and will do everything in her power to keep Eli from booting them out of their homes.
Meanwhile, Eli is a bear to be around. Brooke holes up in her apartment and doesn't leave, hasn't showered and is living on junk food. The neighborhood meeting soon approaching, can Eli present his plan for the building? Can he win Brooke back over? What about the mole in his company?
And what will become of Brooke and Eli?
You have to read this book. It has a little bit of everything the banter was hysterical, a little mystery as a small subplot, a crazy group of tenants, some delectable steam and Brooke and Eli. You find yourself hoping things will work out for them. It isn't often I get invested in the end result of the story, this one roped me right in!
Great story Regina!! I loved it!
**arc from NetGalley and Entangled in exchange for an honest review**
Graphic designer and part-time bartender Brooke Worthington has a torrid one-night stand with a mysterious stranger who walks into her seedy bar in Sunset Park one night. She never expects to see him again so imagine her surprise when he turns out to be her new neighbour.
Eli Ward is a real-estate mogul from Manhattan but his last few projects have all been snatched from under his nose by a competitor, convinced he has a mole in his organisation her decides to let no-one know about his new projects, something that he thought of when his hot one-night stand let slip about Fairway Supermarkets sniffing around the neighbourhood. Eli decides to go undercover to acquire an apartment building which he will develop into luxury apartments in what looks like an up-and-coming area. He first attempts at going incognito fail spectacularly when he turns up wearing his designer-label clothes but gradually he gains the trust of his neighbours, all whilst planning to move them into alternate accommodation. But the longer he spends with his neighbours the more he comes to question his business model.
This felt like a mash-up between the character played by Sandra Bullock in the film Two Weeks Notice and an episode of Undercover Millionaire. Brooke has a heart of gold, she's surrounded by cliches of rom-com - the gay couple and the single mom - she actually comes from a wealthy family but has rejected their cold snobbish attitudes, she's confident and kind and sexy and talented. Eli, on the other hand, appears to be a kind-hearted man with blinkered vision about his business until he learns to see the other tenants as 'real people'.
I liked this but it was a little too on the saccharine side for me, a bit too 'nice'. In my opinion it slipped from a romance into an unrealistic, idealised fantasy. I like a bit more grit and real life in my romance. Recommended if you need to read about nice people getting their rewards.
This was a really enjoyable quick read, loved the hero and heroine they were so cute together, there were some great secondary characters that really completed the story making it a great sometimes hilarious read.
A big thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for the ARC for my honest review. First time reading this author. This is a one-night stand that turns into lifetime commitment. It was a fun fast read with likable characters. Cute story that I think most romance readers would enjoy.
Brooke is tending bar at a rundown dive bar when Eli wanders in. He's not their typical customer and immediately catches Brooke's eye. Before long, they've had a one night stand, but then Eli, a wealthy real estate developer, has rented an apartment in the run down building where Brooke lives, totally throwing a wrench into Brooke's life.
Eii's plan is to stay under the radar and hide from the saboteur damaging his company while working on his latest project to tear down Brooke's building and build expensive condos. You know what they say about the best laid plans...... Nothing goes as intended and before long he's found himself enmeshed within the lives of the residents and Brooke.
This is a sweet and sexy romance that fans of the genre will love. I really enjoyed to sparks between Brooke and Eli, but loved their interactions with the other residents. Put this one at the top of your TBR list, you'll be glad you did.
It's a good story. It's well written.
This is a road well traveled story line, rich hero unknown to heroine and they fall in love. How does he tell her who he is, what he is up to?
The difference in this story is the heroine is wealthy and the hero doesn't know it as well so issues are a bit different.
If you like this type of story-line then this is a good one to add to your collection.
Eli ends up in a bar and has a one night stand. He has to go undercover to see who is causing problems for his business. A must read.
3.5*
While I don't personally like the cover of this book it did catch my eye and drew my attention to the blurb, so I suppose when you think about it did its job perfectly.
Eli Ward is an incredibly successful real estate mogul but after his last three deals have gone south he suspects a mole in his company. He needs to get away, to think and work out where to go from here which is how he finds himself in a run down bar in Brooklyn.
He walked into Flotsam and Jetsam to use the phone but ended up spending time with the beautiful bartender Brooke.
Brooke may be beautiful but she's also no idea who he is and for the first time in so long he knows someone is with him just for him, not his money or status just him and that's intoxicating.
Eli decides to hide out in Brooklyn and do some recon on the old candy factory in Sunset Park he wants to buy and turn into luxury condos.
The building is currently made up of ageing apartments hanging on without a super to fix the problems.
Since Eli needs to lay low he rents one of the Sunset apartments and discovers Brooke also lives there.
Eli spends more and more time with not only Brooke but the other tenants as well and this changes the man and his plans.
This is a lovely little romance filled with some interesting characters (Chris and David were my favourites) which made me smile and even laugh on occasion.
It's obvious how this book is going to go, we know when Brooke will discover Eli's deception and what will happen but it doesn't matter this is just a nice sweet easy read.
I voluntarily read a review copy kindly provided by NetGalley and Entangled Publishing LLC.