Blurb:
F*ck Prince Charming. Sometimes, you need a Magnificent Bastard.
Face it, ladies: love sucks and then you cry…while your ex rides off into the sunset banging your best
friend.
But why let a break-up end in tears when it can end with sweet revenge? Enter Magnificent Bastard
Consulting and me, chief executive bastard. I’ve got it all—looks, brains, a heart of gold, and the killer
instinct guaran-damn- teed to make your ex regret the day he said goodbye.
With the help of my virtual assistant, I’ve built an empire giving broken-hearted women the vengeance
they deserve, while keeping myself far from the front lines of the heart. Life is a bowl of cherries, until
my virtual assistant shows up on my real doorstep for the first time, begging for a Magnificent Bastard
intervention of her own.
Damn… She’s a bona fide sex kitten.
I pride myself on being a true pro, but pretending to be her lover soon leads to giving it to her good,
hard, fast, and up against the wall. And somewhere between getting balls deep in my sweet and sexy
assistant and watching her ex beg for a second chance, I break every last one of my damn
rules—professional and personal.
So what’s my next move? Fight for the girl who makes me want to get up on a white horse and ride to
her rescue, or stay a Magnificent Bastard to the end?
Warning: MAGNIFICENT BASTARD is a stand-alone erotic romance told from the
hero’s point of view. No cliffhanger. Lots of dirty talk.
Review:
Ahhh, one of my favorite tropes! The boss-assistant romance. So. Much. Fun.
Yet, at first, I didn’t think I was going to like the book. The prologue made the hero, Bash Prince, sound
arrogant instead of alpha. It’s a fine line, for me anyway. But I also knew the prologue was sort of like
reading the brochure for his business, so of course he’s going to proclaim himself pretty much God’s gift
to women if he’s selling you on using him to get back at an ex. Then there was the use of the word “slut”
that didn’t pass my slut-shaming litmus test, and shortly after that a quip about a tired stereotype aimed
at the LGBTQ community. I considered putting the book down, for good, but didn’t think making that
judgment at the 10% mark gave it a fair chance.
So, I read on – and things markedly got better once the virtual assistant showed up. Bash proved himself
to be a stand-up guy. And our heroine, Penny, while maybe a bit flighty, gave as good as she got. In all
ways, people. ALL WAYS.
My favorite things about this story were the humor and the hot, hot, hot sex scenes. (Though I do wish
we’d gotten a full scene devoted to the blowjob in the shower instead of a flashback—nitpicking, I
know.)
If I hadn’t had sex in nearly three years, I would be trembling in a corner somewhere, jerking off and
crying in a nest I’d fashioned from a stack of old Playboy magazines and my own tears.
There were lots of funny moments like this, making me laugh out loud and then having to hide my
Kindle when the kids asked what was so funny.
I bend closer until I can feel her increasingly rapid breath warming my lips. “I’m happy to strip you bare
right here. Right now. Lift you up on this counter and fuck you until you come so hard you see Jesus.”
“I’m Jewish,” she murmurs, swallowing hard.
See what I mean about the humor?
If you like the boss-assistant trope wrapped in a sexy and humorous story, Magnificent Bastard should
be on your list.
Three Loves
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About the author:
Lili Valente has slept under the stars in Greece, eaten dinner at midnight with French men who couldn’t be trusted to keep their mouths on their food, and walked alone through Munich’s red light district after dark and lived to tell the tale.
These days you can find her writing in a tent beside the sea, drinking coconut water and thinking delightfully dirty thoughts.
Visit her at www.lilivalente.com
An icon in western romance, Diana Palmer has been writing with Harlequin since 1980 and has published over 180 titles, with over 61 million books sold! When not writing, Susan’s hobbies are gardening, knitting, crocheting, astronomy, archaeology and animals. She also has dogs, cats, birds and lizards.
