Max Riley is the man of your dreams. Or at least he will
be, for a price.
As his alter-ego Mister Romance, Max is a drop-dead
gorgeous escort who makes romantic fantasies come to life. No sex,
just swoon-worthy dates to die for, and the cream of New York's
socialites can't get enough. Whether they want a dominating
billionaire, bad boy with a heart of gold, hot geek, sexy biker, or
best friend who loves them from afar, Max can make it all happen,
but he's careful to keep his real identity a secret.
Enter investigative journalist Eden Tate. Having caught
wind of the urban legend of Mister Romance from a lovestruck
client, Eden is determined to publish a scathing expose on Max and
his ability to swindle lonely society women out of their
fortunes.
Desperate to protect his anonymity and his clients, Max
challenges Eden to give him three dates. If she doesn't fall in
love with him, she can run her story with his blessing. If she
succumbs to his charms, the story dies.
Cynical Eden has no doubt she can resist his fake romance
personas, but when the real Max admits he’s falling for her, she
has to decide if the professional liar is telling the truth, or if
the passionate man with the mysterious past is just one more
character designed to con her out of her career-making
story.
Don’t miss this sizzling new standalone from the
internationally best selling author of Bad Romeo, Broken Juliet,
and Wicked Heart.
My Thoughts
I fell in love with Leisa Rayven a while ago. Bad Romeo is still one of my favorite books ever. It’s a lot more complicated to write about an author who has a special place in your reading list. You want to do them justice and at the same time to stay true to the story.
“One day you’ll meet a guy who will
change your mind about men, and when that happens I’m going to
laugh, and gloat, and probably make a laughy-gloaty YouTube video
to commemorate the occasion.” “Doubtful.”
We all have great expectations after reading Bad Romeo,
but Mister romanceis nothing like it. Or, for me it wasn’t.
First of all Mister romance is a funny book. It also has an
emotional feel, but I smiled a lot when I read this book and my
eyes didn’t lose a tear. Max and Eden’s story is full of good
jokes, teasing, stubbornness, denial and intense love.
“Toby, first of all, you don’t ‘do’ crime; you commit
crime, and the only person committing anything this morning will be
me. You’re just my distraction. And second of all, never in the
history of the world has any criminal thought to themselves, ‘Hmmm,
you know what this felony calls for? A nice camo cardigan.’ Where
on earth did you even find that thing?”
I don’t know about you, but I figure I could be an amazing
detective, because I knew who Max was since the beginning. And i
agree with Eden, Max is too self-confident, but Eden needed a hard
lesson about love too. I think these two were made for each other.
Well, it is a romantic book, what could you expect.
“I’m saying that everyone is someone’s monster, and
I’m no exception.”
Eden Tate loves her sister Asha, and her grandmother,
therefore she doesn’t need anyone else. Because being single is for
the best, right? You use men and don’t give them the opportunity to
use you and hurt you. That’s Eden’s motto: don’t open up because
you will get hurt.
Asha is a romantic and tries her best to make Eden at least
try to have a relationship. When Eden finds out about this Mister
romance, an escort that doesn’t give sex for money, but makes women
feel confident about themselves for cash, she knows that maybe this
is the opportunity she needs to shine like a reporter. But Max
Riley has an interesting proposition: three dates, if she falls for
him she’ll give up her story, if she doesn’t he’ll give her his
clients list. How hard can it be fora woman who doesn’tbelieve in
love not to fall in love for the first time?
“You believe I’d hurt you? I’m insulted. Do you think
I’m some kind of thug?” “Of course not. I’m sure you’re a perfectly
nice psychopath. But FYI, if you take a single step toward me right
now, I’ll scream so loudly they’ll hear me back in
Manhattan.”
Both Max and Eden pissed me off. He is too confident and has
some cold demands and she is too skeptic. I think he falls in love
way too fast. At least Eden is constant, she doesn’t believe in
love even when she is in love.
“Sweetheart, I’m a person who cries at everything, so
I’ve learned to cry at nothing.”
While both Max and Eden have emotional life stories it didn’t
make me cry. I felt sad for Max, i could feel his torment somehow,
but Eden left me cold. As I said, this story is funny more than it
is emotional. It has everything to make it a great book, I don’t
regret reading it for a secound, but I can’t say that I would read
it again, either. I recomand it for all those who love Leisa’s
books and for those who miss a good laugh. Books tend to be very
tragic these days and we all need to smile more.
Happy reading!
“You should be. If you’d captured it on camera, you
could have made me an internet sensation. How dare you deprive me
my fifteen minutes of public humiliation?”
