Her (Not So) Rich Billionaire Playboy

by Amberlee Day

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Inspired by Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey

Beverly Tune is a bookstore owner with a very active imagination. When she accompanies her aunt on an American castle tour, she stumbles into wealthy, handsome playboy Ned Sterling. Or was meeting him not a coincidence at all? Beverly’s quick to conclude that the flirtatious Ned is both full of himself and hiding a secret agenda.

Ned expected to inherit the family castle, but when his mother died without a will, the entire estate went to his ambitious, money-hungry father. Ned’s goals revolve around protecting the castle and his heritage, and he hopes Beverly’s aunt can help him. He doesn’t mean to give Beverly mixed messages, but how else can he keep her close enough to help his cause and far enough to keep her from being a distraction?

When Beverly’s imagination gets her in trouble with Ned—again—they both have to face what they’re willing to change if the connection between them will have a chance to grow.

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Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance

Subgenre

Billionaire, Destination / Vacation, Small Town

Series

Destination Billionaire Classics • Book 3

Audience

Adult

Bell Peppers

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Profanity

1 None

Violence

1 None

Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco

1 None

Publication Date

July 2, 2018

Language Versions

English

Fiction Form

Novel

4.68 stars: Her (Not So) Rich Billionaire Playboy by Amberlee Day

Beverly is somewhat reluctantly helping with her great-aunt's research on West Coast castles; she's attracted to Ned, who manages the Demander Castle hotel, but they also butt heads fairly often, mostly over the way he prefers history and she prefers mystery, to the point that she starts seeing it everywhere.

Notes from February 2019:

Plot and Setting: 4.7 -- This is a creative modern-day adaptation of Austen's 'Northanger Abbey'. I was glad it didn't stick too rigidly to the original, but instead blended the key themes and situations into a story that would be enjoyable whether or not you were familiar with the classic it pays homage to. Some timeline confusion near the end.

Characters: 4.8 -- Characters are interesting, realistic, and appropriately developed. I don't really get couples whose arguing turns into love, but the relationship between Beverly and Ned did seem to work. I appreciated that there's a bit of redemption for Ned's dad, without it being some sort of unrealistically miraculous transformation.

Mechanics and Writing: 4.7 -- A handful of word or punctuation errors. Well-written.

Redeeming Value: 4.5 -- Clean. No scandalous, illegal, or immoral behavior -- though Beverly does let her imagination prompt some suspicions in that vein. Definitely a bit of a lesson there about not letting your imagination run too wild. Also promotes maintaining historical integrity and preserving family history, as opposed to forgetting the past and blindly modernizing.

Personal Enjoyment: 4.7