Penthouse Player
Billionaire Bosses #1
By Tara Leigh
Release Date: September 5, 2017
St. Martin’s Press, SWERVE
Tour Host: Barclay Publicity
Source: ARC provided by publisher
Abandoned by her mother and spurned by her father, Reina St.
James is tired of being treated like a dirty little secret. It wasn’t easy
making her way into the high-risk, high-reward Wall Street world ruled by
financial kings and trust fund tyrants. But now that she’s got a
stiletto-clad toe into one of the swankiest firms in
Manhattan, Reina is determined to prove she’s more than just a pretty face
hiding an ugly past.
For Tristan Xavier Bettencourt IV, escaping the shadow cast
by generations of family fortune has been difficult, and success hasn’t come
without sacrifice. Tristan has always put business before pleasure… Until
Reina’s curved lips prove an invitation he can’t resist.
Walking away from their explosive night together won’t be
easy, even if the heat between them might consume both of their careers. Will
Reina and Tristan risk everything by betting on each other?
*ARC provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest and unbiased review*
Penthouse Player is the age old story of the guy from wealth, getting involved with the girl with nothing, but with a HUGE twist, so if you are looking for a light hearted tale, where you are cheering for the underdog, this book is for you!
Tristian Xavier Bettencourt IV is determined to prove he is more than just a trust fund baby, in the shadow of the family fortune, but that he is a talented wall street titan in his own right, but when he met Reina, he knew he wanted her too!
Reina St. James is a girl that lost everything, and one that had to fight for everything she had. Being rejected by her biological father, abandoned by her mother, and though she lived with the man who had be her true father, when he passed, she was force into the shadows, so he didn't disrupt the lives of the ones that were supposed to love her.
But now Renia is finally happy! She is working for Tristian, and also in a relationship with him to, will the people who want to keep her in the shadows succeed in taking away her only joy?
Penthouse Playboy is a well written book, with great character's and big surprises. The author has managed to take a well used, almost Cinderella storyline and has reinvented it, and made it her own.
The book is a true joy to read, and I can honestly say I count put it down, which is why I give Penthouse Player 4 stars.
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“Obviously, something needs to happen between
us. Soon. Preferably tonight, actually.”
Endorphins ping-ponged through my body like the
ball in an old-fashioned arcade game. I’d tried to deny the chemistry between
us, then suggested we ignore it. But to hell with that. It just wasn’t
possible. I found my voice. “Someplace with a bed, or a couch.” I shrugged. “At
least a rug, maybe a table.”
Tristan chuckled, attempting to finger-comb his
hair into place. “Last time I checked, my apartment had all four.”
“Good. We can’t be seen in public together. At
least not outside of the office.”
“About that. Bettencourt has more than one hedge
fund you can work on. I’ll set you up with another portfolio manager or have
you assigned to marketing or research, whatever you want.”
I shook my head. That wasn’t what I wanted at
all. “No. Please don’t. Your strategy is the one I feel most closely aligned
with. I applied to Bettencourt, hoping I’d have the opportunity to work on the
Millennial Fund. This doesn’t have to be an either/or situation.” Taking a
breath, I debated whether or not I should even verbalize the thoughts racing
through my mind. Spit it out, already. I forced words through my mouth
in a rush. “Let’s just have sex tonight and get it out of our system. Then we
can pretend it never happened and focus on work.”
An aristocratic eyebrow arched upwards. “You
think that’s all going to take? One fuck and we won’t ever need to do it
again?”
I grinned at Tristan’s outraged expression. He
even wore indignation well. “Okay, fine. Maybe we’ll have to do it more than
once. But I just started here, and I intend to come out on the other side of
this internship with a job offer. And I want it because I’ve proved myself on
the Bettencourt trading floor, not in you bedroom. No one can know about us.”
Tristan scowled. “Is there someone else? Maybe
not a boyfriend, just a friends-with-benefits kind of thing? You seem pretty
eager to keep us in the dark.”
It’s what I know. “Don’t be ridiculous.”
Tristan tucked in his shirt, adjusted his
sleeves. Skepticism darkened his eyes. “Casual sex, no strings attached. That’s
what you want?”
“I’m not exactly the next Mrs. Bettencourt,
Tristan. I highly doubt your socialite stepmother would approve of me.”
“Why?” Tristan seemed less than eager to take my
words at face value. “Because you want to do more with your life than plan
overpriced parties with bad food and watered-down drinks?”
I looked down, a blush coloring my cheeks. If he knew that even my own
mother wouldn’t be seen in public with me, he would feel differently.
“Something like that.”
Tara Leigh attended
Washington University in St. Louis and Columbia Business School in New York,
and worked on Wall Street and Main Street before “retiring” to become a wife
and mother. When the people in her head became just as real as the people in
her life, she decided to put their stories on paper. Tara currently lives in
Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband, children and fur-baby, Pixie.
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