AN OUTLANDISH BID by EJ BROCK

Book Blurb:

LIEUTENANT TAYLOR has spent his life haunted by the tragic loss of his mother. His babysitter, Mama Peaches, stepped in and filled the void. As loving and maternal as Peaches was, he never got over not being able to fix his mother. Subconsciously driven by the fact that he couldn’t save her, he has spent the last twenty years buying and fixing old houses. With more money than he can spend, he moves from Southlake Park to New York City, in search of a topnotch Investment Banker.

OCTAVIA WASHINGTON is a much sought-after Investment Banker. She has cultivated a semi-symbiotic workaholic relationship with Lieutenant. So much so that they are both unsuccessful in their personal love lives. Lieutenant’s nerves are rattled when he gets a call from Peaches about participating in a bachelor auction. He does not want to be sold like fresh meat, but he feels obligated. So, he comes up with a scheme in the name of Ms. Octavia Washington.

Will they be able to pull the wool over Mama Peaches’ eyes? Or will the wool finally be pulled off of their own…

Release Date: April 4, 2019

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Review:

I’ve been looking forward to the novellas in this series for a few months now. Although the books are connected via the bachelor auction, each novella is independent of each other.

It’s nice to read about more mature characters still trying to find love. These characters are established in their careers and have slowly over the last ten years, evolved their lives around each other.

This story is mostly Lieutenant’s journey to rid himself of his childhood trauma. It has been holding him back from finding real love. He doesn’t even realize that he already has it with Octavia. He moved to a different city to be with her. He claims it is for his job, but I think he had already started having feelings for her back then.

The auction is sort of the cherry on top. It’s used more as the celebration of their relationship instead of the start of it, like the other books in the series.

This is a new author for me and I enjoyed this story enough to try some of her other works.

Favorite Scene: Chapter 16

I won’t spoil it, but get the tissues ready.