Title: The Billionaire's Virgin
Series: Billionaire Fairy Tale #1
Author: Jackie Ashenden
Genre: Fairy Tale Romance
Rating: * * *
Publishers: St Martin's Press
(Jan 10, 2017)
Ebook: 179 pages
ISBN: 978-1250136749
FTC Disclosure: ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley
Book #1 in the intensely sexy Billionaire Fairytales by Jackie Ashenden where sometimes dark and tortured, sometimes bad boy and charming, but always dominant and sexy billionaires steal their heroines' breath away.
Xavier De Santis: Charming. Disgraced. Playboy.
The headlines are always shouting about the excesses of the so-called Prince Charming of the De Santis family. Problem is, Xavier is everything they say he is.
But now he's gone too far, and he has has been ordered to clean up his image. Volunteering at a homeless shelter, Xavier sees a bright light amidst all the bleakness. An angel whose luminous face and tragic beauty call to him in ways he can't explain.
Mia: Homeless. Vulnerable. Virgin.
When the shelter Mia calls home closes, she is left with nowhere to go. Nowhere except the luxurious, glorious palace of a home where Xavier De Santis has invited her to stay. This too-handsome billionaire is dark, dangerous... and also too good to be true.
Surely Mia can indulge in her fantasies and escape the hardness of her daily life for just one night?
As one night turns into two, Mia knows that eventually, the magic will end. She can't keep the beautiful clothes. She can't keep the soft bed. And most of all, she can't keep the hard, handsome man who makes her crave his touch with every breath she takes.
Mia doesn't belong in his world. But as Xavier tempts his rags-to-riches heroine with exquisite pleasure and heady desire, Mia may have no choice but to surrender to him completely.
Jackie Ashenden's novels have been described as "Dark, explosive, and gritty, with a splash of dominance." (Publishers Weekly, starred review on In Bed with the Billionaire) and The Billionaire's Virgin delivers even more of that delicious combination.
Xavier De Santis: Charming. Disgraced. Playboy.
The headlines are always shouting about the excesses of the so-called Prince Charming of the De Santis family. Problem is, Xavier is everything they say he is.
But now he's gone too far, and he has has been ordered to clean up his image. Volunteering at a homeless shelter, Xavier sees a bright light amidst all the bleakness. An angel whose luminous face and tragic beauty call to him in ways he can't explain.
Mia: Homeless. Vulnerable. Virgin.
When the shelter Mia calls home closes, she is left with nowhere to go. Nowhere except the luxurious, glorious palace of a home where Xavier De Santis has invited her to stay. This too-handsome billionaire is dark, dangerous... and also too good to be true.
Surely Mia can indulge in her fantasies and escape the hardness of her daily life for just one night?
As one night turns into two, Mia knows that eventually, the magic will end. She can't keep the beautiful clothes. She can't keep the soft bed. And most of all, she can't keep the hard, handsome man who makes her crave his touch with every breath she takes.
Mia doesn't belong in his world. But as Xavier tempts his rags-to-riches heroine with exquisite pleasure and heady desire, Mia may have no choice but to surrender to him completely.
Jackie Ashenden's novels have been described as "Dark, explosive, and gritty, with a splash of dominance." (Publishers Weekly, starred review on In Bed with the Billionaire) and The Billionaire's Virgin delivers even more of that delicious combination.
Billionaire Fairy Tale
1. The Billionaire's Virgin (Jan 2017)
2. The Billionaire Beast (Mar 2017)
2. The Billionaire Beast (Mar 2017)
REVIEW
I liked this book even though at the same time it had a mild creep factor to it. Xavier had an ick factor to him that was a bit uncomfortable. I'm sure it was just that he felt almost stalkerish to me. And I definitely did not like the way he pretty much forced his will on Mia.
It was a twisty retelling of Cinderella and as a novella, you did not have to invest much time in it. I loved the character Mia and was on her side throughout the book, Xavier not so much.
I liked this book even though at the same time it had a mild creep factor to it. Xavier had an ick factor to him that was a bit uncomfortable. I'm sure it was just that he felt almost stalkerish to me. And I definitely did not like the way he pretty much forced his will on Mia.
It was a twisty retelling of Cinderella and as a novella, you did not have to invest much time in it. I loved the character Mia and was on her side throughout the book, Xavier not so much.
Jackie has been writing fiction since she was eleven years old. Mild mannered fantasy/SF/pseudo-literary writer by day, obsessive romance writer by night, she used to balance her writing with the more serious job of librarianship until a chance meeting with another romance writer prompted her to throw off the shackles of her day job and devote herself to the true love of her heart writing romance. She particularly likes to write dark, emotional stories with alpha heroes who've just got the world to their liking only to have it blown wide apart by their kick-ass heroines.
She lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband, the inimitable Dr Jax, two kids, two cats and some guppies (possibly dead guppies by the time you read this). When shes 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.
She lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband, the inimitable Dr Jax, two kids, two cats and some guppies (possibly dead guppies by the time you read this). When shes 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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