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In Flight by R.K. Lilley

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In Flight (Up In The Air, #1)
Grade-A-
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-High
Series-Up In The Air #1
Reviewed by Kay

Out of five stars, I would say this is a 4.5 star book. It missed a five star or A+ because of my discomfort with some of the sex scenes. James Cavendish is a billionaire who has a taste for kink. Hardcore BDSM to be exact. He doesn’t date or do relationships. At least, he didn’t until he met Bianca Karlsson. Bianca works as a flight attendant and waits on him in first class. She captures his attention and he propositions her. Bianca is a former victim of violence from her youth but strangely enough, she is drawn to James as a submissive.

This novel is about their relationship evolving in ways they both never saw coming. I liked but disliked both characters for different reasons. I liked James’ possessiveness and tenderness but disliked the fact he likes to hurt women during sex. I liked Bianca’s friendship with Stephan but not her free acceptance of James’ dominance. This story had good flow and I enjoyed the author’s voice.
I am excited to read the next book in the series.

Taken By Him by Red Garnier

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 Taken by Him (The Billionaire's Club #2)

Grade-A
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-None
Series-The Billionaire’s Club #2
Reviewed by Kay

This second installment in the Billionaire’s Club features the man-whore, Luke Alexander Preston and executive Peyton Lane. They both are on a hiatus from their regular lives. Luke, from sleeping with everything that moves and rehabbing from a gunshot wound. Peyton wanted a vacation so she could do something she has never done, have a fling with a man she’s not likely to run into in the circles she keeps.

She meets Luke after he runs into her literally. From there they are hyper aware of one another. A fling starts that will end in two or three days time with no strings attached. This story worked for me so much. It was funny, a little sad and a whole lot sexy. Very descriptive love scenes, a favorite of mine. This was a short read and there could’ve been more story but with this for some reason I didn’t care about that. I will definatley be reading the other books in this series and may go through the author’s backlist. This is on my best of 2013 list.

Stranded with a Billionaire by Jessica Clare

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Stranded with a Billionaire (Billionaire Boys Club, #1)
Grade: B
Hotness Level: Inferno
Kink Level: No Kink
Genre: ContemporarySeries: Billionaire Boys Club #1
Reviewed by Anne

So, there’s this billionaire (Logan) who doesn’t really do relationships.  He’s in a secret billionaires’ club. (The club is the secret, not their billionaire status.)  He buys a hotel and goes to visit it.  While he’s there a hurricane blows in.  He ends up stranded in a hotel elevator with a woman (Bronte) who giggles when scared (and the hurricane is scary!) Also, Bronte thinks he’s the hotel’s manager, not the owner. Logan’s never met a woman who didn’t know who he was.  And every woman who has known who he was has wanted him for his money.  So it’s very refreshing to him to spend time with someone who thinks he’s a regular guy and still likes him.
 
Logan falls for Bronte pretty quickly.  She’s falling for him as well, but is thrown for a loop when he reveals his billionaire status.  While she’s still reeling from that reveal, he also shows her he’s an ass.  And while he’s reveling in being an asshat, patting himself on the back for how lucky she must feel now that she knows he’s loaded…  Bronte takes action.  And her action really, really surprises Logan.  And the story takes off from there.  Logan is stumbling over all the problems having money has brought to his life.  Bronte is struggling with not being overwhelmed by Logan and all his bags of money.  It’s a romance, so it’s a given that these two will work things out, but *how* they work them out was delightful to read.  My favorite line sums it all up:

“I’m serious, Logan. I want to date like normal people. Not like a billionaire and the waitress he just bought.”

There were some weaknesses.  Honestly, I didn’t really get the significance of the super-secret billionaire’s club.  I’m not sure what exactly they did, and if what they did was legal or illegal.  There were times where Logan was downright stupid about their relationship. I wasn’t always happy with how Bronte handled things either.  But while I was reading it was very believable, and even looking back, it strikes me that this is pretty much what it would be like if *I* were dating a billionaire.  Seriously, I gave it some thought, and I hope I would handle things as well as Bronte!  So, despite some weaknesses, this was overall a very good book for me.  
 
Also, besides Logan and Bronte, there is plenty of sequel bait in Logan’s secret billionaire club.  The set up between the very scarred Hunter and Bronte’s writer friend have me itching to read the next book in this series.  I’m not a big billionaire book fan, but I really enjoyed this one!