Title: Bought by the Boss
Author: Stacey Kennedy
Publisher: Loveswept
Page Count: 200 pages
Genre(s): Romance
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Reviewer: ~Mary~
Rating: ✮4 Stars✮
~Synopsis~
What’s better than one bad-boy boss? How about two?
In a duet of naughty novellas, a charity date auction turns into all-out war when a pair of powerful corporate lawyers each buy the other’s assistant for a weekend of seduction.
HIS PRICE
I’ve wanted Aria Finley from the moment I met her. We flirt, we laugh, we connect. It could be perfect. She’s even best friends with my assistant. Problem is, she works for my archnemesis—Jackson Keller—and she’s the kind of girl who stays loyal unless you give her a reason not to. Besides my hard-on there’s something hot between us, and I won’t rest until I put my finger on it. So when I get the chance to buy Aria for the weekend at a charity auction, there’s no limit. I’m going to take her home and take what I want because I’ll make her want it too. And by Monday, she’ll know she’s mine.
DIRTY MONEY
Liam Maxwell thinks he can get to me through my assistant, Aria. Well, two can play that game. Now Mallory Beckett—Liam’s assistant and Aria’s best friend—is mine for the weekend. Only she has no idea who bought her at the charity auction. This is going to be worth every penny. But soon I realize that Mallory has been waiting for my touch all along. What starts as a fling turns into something more. From the beginning, I was so focused on stealing her away. I never thought about the fact that I’d drown if I lost her. Now the game has changed. And she needs to know that she belongs to me.
This was some unexpected story, for me at least.This book it divided into two stories, completely different but at the same time completely the same. Since it’s my first read of this author, I didn’t know what to expect, but I was pleased…I don’t know if it was me, my mood, or the book itself…For me was just the right book at the right moment.
The first story of the book is…His Price…Once upon a time, over ten years ago, Liam and Jackson were best friends and roommates at a law school. Now, they are the greatest enemies…Liam buys Aria, Jackson assistant at a charitable auction. Aria is a little in love with Liam since the first time she saw him, three years ago, but she never answered his advances. Yes, she was attracted to him, she flirted with him, but she is loyal to Jackson, she loves Jackson like a brother.
Liam always wanted to revenge on Jackson, and when he first saw his assistant, Aria, he knew what he wanted to do. But after he got to know her a little better and he spent more time with her in the meetings he started to feel more for her and to be really attracted to her, and Aria responded to his attraction. So after three years, this auction was his opportunity to prove Aria that he really wanted something serious and he wasn’t looking for revenge…And ohhh baby, how he proved to her…
The second story in the book is Dirty Money… and is the story of Jackson and Mallory. For 3 years Mallory is Aria best friend, and Liam’s assistant, and more than that to him, a best friend. Jackson doesn’t feel guilty for what he did to Liam ten years ago, so when Liam bought Aria, his assistant at the auction, Jackson bought Mallory, Liam’s assistant, just to despite and hurt him. He keeps his identity as a secret buyer until his encounter with Mallory. His intention was not to hurt Mallory in any way but he plays a game and Mallory plays a different game…And at the end of the weekend with Mallory, his life is changed forever.
I liked Liam and Aria connection and relationship, and definitely Liam’s dominant side. Holly hell it was Hooot…I liked Jackson too, but although he seems rougher on the outside, he wasn’t. In his relationship with Mallory, they were equally dominant and I was expecting that Jackson will be more dominant than Liam…The book kept my attention and curiosity…It was a sweet book and I liked both stories.
If you’re looking for a sweet, hot romantic and peaceful book…this is the book!
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