THE DANGEROUS BILLIONAIRE BY JACKIE ASHENDEN-BLOG TOUR

Navy SEAL Sullivan "Van" Tate has been called home to reluctantly inherit an empire and finds himself facing the most difficult mission of all: love.

Nothing about Sullivan "Van" Tate is what it seems. A Navy SEAL raised among the New York City elite, Van prefers heart-pounding action over a Wall Street corner office. But when his adoptive father dies and his business rivals move in to overtake his empire, Van must suit up to save the company and protect the one woman most forbidden to him…and the object of Van's most dangerous desires.

Chloe Tate is as ambitious as she is gorgeous. With a newfound independence, Chloe is no longer a prisoner on her father’s ranch. But everything changes when losing her father may also mean losing her life. Even with her survival on the line, Chloe can’t deny the burning attraction she feels the moment she locks eyes with Van, her rich, rough and ready, foster brother and the new head of her father’s company. Tall, dark, and muscled, he's the one man who she has no business being with. But how can she resist a Navy Seal Warrior when he’ll do anything to protect her?

Well, wasn't that fun.

Let's just be real.  You are here because of the story, the blurb is intriguing...but, the reasons you looked in the first place are the cover (because, hello) and the billionaire SEAL because, well, it's a BILLIONAIRE. SEAL.

If that isn't one of the things that got you here, turn right back around because this book is exactly what you expect.  It's hot, he's rich, he's super alpha, capable of leaping buildings in a single bound (wait, he was going down the building, but nevermind that detail, the meaning is there) and really into his woman.  Although, it does take him a bit to admit that to himself.

Van and Chloe are great for one another.  I loved the slightly forbidden aspect of them being pseudo siblings as he is her foster brother, but really, the connection is far enough removed that no one, but Van when he is trying to protect her, is going to care all that much.

You get what you are expecting with this book, a fun, hot sexy ride with a couple of characters you enjoy and who steam up the pages with their sexy times.  This is not my first book by this author, but it is definitely one of my favorites.  I am looking forward to the rest of the books in the series, because, well...Billionaire. Seals.

Enough said.

Author Bio:

 

Jackie Ashenden lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband, the inimitable Dr. Jax, and their two kids and two cats. When she's not torturing alpha males and their stroppy heroines, she can be found drinking chocolate martinis, reading anything she can lay her hands on, posting random crap on her blog, or being forced to go mountain biking with her husband.

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THE BILLIONAIRE BEAST BY JACKIE ASHENDEN-ARC REVIEW

Dark, tortured, and intimidating, these dominant billionaires will steal their innocent heroines' breath away. Overwhelmed by their desire to control their world, they push their heroines to explore their deepest desires. But even the most unworldly of heroines can unlock these billionaires' secrets.

Nero de Santis: Damaged. Bastard. Beast.

Nero hasn’t left his house in ten years—he demands the world come to him, and the world is only too happy to bend to the strong-willed billionaire. Ruthless, cold, and selfish, Nero wants for nothing and takes care of no one but himself. His last handful of assistants have left his house in tears, but the prim redhead applying for the job looks up to the task. Nero has spent his life shut within the walls he built, with no care to have more than a window to the outside world. But the fiery passion he senses beneath his reserved assistant’s exterior makes him want to break down the barriers he lives behind, and unleash the beast within.

Phoebe Taylor: Uptight. Misunderstood. Engaged.

Phoebe needs the obscene amount of money that comes with being Nero’s personal assistant for one thing, and one thing only—to pay for the mounting hospital costs that her fiancee’s two-year coma continues to incur. She’s heard rumors that the de Santis beast is a force that cannot be tamed—but even she isn’t prepared to handle the smoldering intensity simmering beneath his hard shell of feral dominance. Nero is hiding something, something he is fighting with every step he takes. Yet he can’t help but stake his claim on this woman who has shaken up his life, and Phoebe can’t believe this animal of a man is the one person to ever look into her eyes and see her soul. Nero wants to keep her. He wants to devour her. And Phoebe just might let him.

Swerve titles are some of my favorite of all of the erotic books available.  They are fun, they are well written, and most of all they are always really, really hot.

This was no exception.  This is the second in the series, and it is also a fairy tale.  But, an erotic retelling of one (seriously, does it get better than this?).  Add in the Beauty and the Beast, and, well, this is pretty much as good as it gets.

The writing was strong, and Jackie Ashenden is quickly going on the list of one-click authors.  Books like this, and characters like Nero and Phoebe are why.  I just liked both of them, a lot.  He was such a tortured soul, and you wanted things to be better for him.  Because you like him.

I also liked Phoebe.  I thought she was compelling and interesting.  I liked who she was and I liked the way she was written...you relate to her, and you understand where she is coming from.

It's so hard to write reviews without spoilers as I don't want to ruin the fun of the book for anyone else.  But I recommend this title and look forward to the author's next book.

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