Book Blurb:
Restaurateur and bartender Blaine Davis has avoided contact with the father he’s hated since childhood. When a bombshell brunette shows up, clearly a fish out of water in his sleepy little town, Blaine is suspicious. But he finds it impossible to stay away from the most intriguing woman he’s ever met.
Beautiful socialite Catherine Fairchild has been given a mission: help a powerful billionaire reconcile with his son. In exchange, he’s going to make all her money problems go away. But Catherine starts to feel too much for the one man who sees beyond her pretty face to trick him into joining the shallow, selfish world that ruined her.
Release Date: May 11, 2014 (3rd Edition)
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The Billionaire’s Secret is book 4 in the Seduced by the Billionaire series. I wasn’t sure how the author was going to redeem and give a HEA to Catherine. Catherine was introduced a few books back, and let’s just say she is not a well liked character, at least I didn’t like her. Granted, she was put in a bad position, but it seemed she had been making bad decisions and enemies her entire life.
Once again, the old adage of don’t judge a book by it’s cover, is true. We finally learn of Catherine’s backstory and why she is the way she is. Her home life was basically a grooming stage for her to snag a rich husband. She was told she had nothing to offer except her looks for so long, by people who were supposed to love and support her, that she believed it. It takes a small town of nosy neighbors, a kleptomaniac, and one hunky bar owner to show her that she can do amazing things on her own and doesn’t need a man to take charge of her life.
As much as this was a love story between Catherine and Blaine (the hunky bar owner), for me, this was more of a self discovery of self. A woman finally coming into her own and realizing her worth. There were a few scenes that mad me angry, cry, and applaud. To change my feelings of dislike of a character, to one that I am rooting for, is definitely is due to the writing by the author. My favorite book of the series.
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