Book Review: Bought by The Billionaire Rancher by Marian Tee
- Kristen Lewendon
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min read
Evergreen's Mail-Order Brides Book 4
A nanny with the boss' wedding ring...
Billionaire oil baron Logan Hardwall may be the last bachelor standing among San Antonio's Finest Eligibles, aka SAFE, but it didn't mean he was ready to get leg-shackled like his other friends and believe in all that true love sh*t.
When he suddenly found himself in need of a wife to take care of his orphaned nephew, Logan began his hunt for the perfect mail-order bride. She had to be good with kids, but she also had to understand her place in his life, and that was not as his loving wife.
She might warm his bed, wear his wedding ring, and be able to spend his money at will, but other than that...she was just the nanny, and that was all she would ever be.
Note: This is a STEAMY MODERN-DAY ROMANCE set in small-town Texas. It is 100% insta-love with no cliffhangers and a guaranteed happy-ever-after.
My Review:
I picked this book up because I liked the sound of the plot. The premise of the whole series sounded like so much fun. I got to the end of this and felt just kind of… meh. Maybe this didn’t work so well for me because it’s so different from the styles I most often read. It’s not a goofy comedy. I suspect the places where I laughed the hardest weren’t even supposed to be funny. It’s not a complex thriller, nor was it a deep emotional drama. I like grand sweeping plots and big angsty emotions with rich twisted rabbit warrens of double-crosses and counter plots. In fact, the more like reality TV the story is, the more I love it. It’s also possible that this book was too short for the story the author was trying to tell. The characters fell a little flat for me. She’s an angel and he’s a jerk; though, that made for some dramatic blowups and groveling in the end. The fully omniscient viewpoint that bounced around from person to person, never settling on one for any length of time drove me batty. I found it very difficult to keep track of exactly whose perspective we were watching from. There were also several spelling, grammatical, and continuity errors. Seeing as they seem to be the same ones that have plagued the rest of the series, the author may need to consider using different editors. This wasn’t my particular cup of tea but judging by what others are saying about the book, it has its fans. If you’re looking for a quick steamy read, give it a try, it might be yours. I received a complimentary copy of this book through Booksprout.
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