The Bachelor’s Promise
Bachelor Auction, #3
by Naima Simone
Publication Date: August 29th 2016
Genres: Adult, Entangled: Indulgence, Contemporary Romance
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The Book Junkie Reads . . . The Bachelor's Promise (Bachelor Auction, #3) . . .
"He'll never trust the daughter of his enemy." So he thought. He never had his resolved tested this way before and with something that he wanted very much. I had fun with this one. More than the other two books in this series. The whole family drama, second chance, never again, deathbed promise all makes for an intense read with two characters that just could not figure out if what they was doing was what they wanted.
Noelle came across as a bit of pain. She had to work hard to get my vote. Aiden had me from the opening pages. I'm just not sure about Noelle almost 50% of the read. Things them began to come together for me with her. Aiden had a lot that he needed to overcome. He did not want to feel the way he was for Noelle but the heart has a way of wanting what it wants.
Betrayal, lies, family, trust all melds into a should I. . . shouldn't I. The back and forth POV makes for a more involving read that allows for glimpses into more of both Aiden and Noelle. There are depths not exchanged but viewed thought their eyes only. Rich and engaging. Bachelor Auction, #3 has become my favorite of the three thus far. I look forward to what else and who else become the next bachelor up on the block.
**This ARC was provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.**
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Aiden
Kent never expected to see Noelle Rana again. He’s determined to keep his
distance from the beautiful enigma wrapped in denim and leather. He can’t trust
anyone with the last name Rana. But he made a promise to his dying mother, and
it isn’t long before Noelle invades his personal space. He can’t stop thinking
about the exotic beauty’s alluring curves.
He
wants the daughter of his enemy, and he’s determined to have her…if only for
one night.
If
Noelle wants to move forward with her life, she must make a deal with the
devastatingly gorgeous, broody millionaire Aiden. He made a promise years ago,
and she’s come to collect—even if it means facing down the only man who ever
broke her heart. And there’s a really good chance he’ll do it again.
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EXCERPT
“What exactly do you want from me, Noelle?”
Aiden shifted forward, his tone hardening, the patrician lines of his face
sharpening.
Noelle inhaled a deep breath…a big mistake.
His clean, fresh, rain-and-earth scent filled her until she could practically
taste it. Taste him.
The hell? Where had that
thought come from? Whatever feelings she’d once had for him had been ground
under the heel of humiliation, rejection, and pain.
“I need you to pay my graduate-school
tuition.” She paused. “For Boston University.”
“Boston University,” he repeated, ice
dripping from each syllable. “You’re applying to Boston University.”
“Have applied,” she corrected, voice soft.
Wary. “And have been accepted with a partial scholarship. I start in January. I
can cover all of my other expenses. Only the rest of the tuition has to be
paid.”
“What are you playing at, Noelle?” he
growled. Anger seemed to radiate from him, beating at her. “Of all the cities
and colleges, you choose here? Do you
think I’m stupid? I’m not one of your father’s marks. You can’t con me. What
else aren’t you telling me?”
“Nothing,” she insisted, insulted. “I have an
apartment and a job. I arranged those before I left Chicago. I’ve been
providing for myself and others for years without your assistance, and I really
don’t want it now, but I have no choice.”
Screw this. Yes, her father hadn’t been a
model citizen—unless it was a citizen of the Cook County DOC. But she wasn’t
him. Damn if she’d let him—him—make
her feel…dirty. Unworthy.
She stalked forward, allowing anger and
hurt—yes, damn it, hurt—to propel her forward when caution would’ve been
prudent…safer.
“Look, believe what you want. I could quote
the damn Bible from Joseph to Jesus, and it wouldn’t change your opinion or
erase your suspicions. But if you think coming to you and asking for help was
easy, then all those millions have made you soft in the head.” She snorted,
shaking her head. “At this moment, though, I need you to keep your promise to Caroline
more than I care about offending your tender sensibilities with my presence.
She wanted me to have the money. So how about this? Send the tuition payment
directly to the university, and you don’t have to worry about seeing me again.
You can go on pretending I don’t exist, and I can forego the pleasure of you
staring at me like I’m something you scraped off the bottom of your shoe.”
Giving him a tight smile, she pivoted and
marched for the door, desperate to escape the room before she did something stupid…like
allow the tears stinging her eyes to fall. Damn it! She’d been teased, bullied,
and sneered at more times than she could remember, much less count. Yet none of
those mean girls or leering guys who assumed she was an easy fuck just because
of her last name had been able to drag one tear from her.
Only Aiden possessed that power.
Damn him.
“Noelle, we’re not finished. Don’t you walk
out that door.”
Like hell she wouldn’t. She was a grown-ass
woman. Self-sufficient. Mature.
So she did the only thing a grown-ass,
self-sufficient, mature woman could do in her situation…
She flipped him off and walked out.
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Then he serves up a little blackmail...followed by a marriage proposal Sydney
has no choice but to accept.
Sydney has been controlled
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business, she is once again forced to do her duty for her family. But worse—oh
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Lucas is determined to
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Author
Info
Naima Simone’s love of romance was
first stirred by Johanna Lindsey, Sandra Brown and Linda Howard many years ago.
Well not that many. She is only eighteen…ish. Though her first attempt at a
romance novel starring Ralph Tresvant from New Edition never saw the light of
day, her love of romance, reading and writing has endured. Published since
2009, she spends her days—and nights— creating stories of unique men and women
who experience the first bites of desire, the dizzying heights of passion, and
the tender, healing heat of love. She is wife to Superman, or his
non-Kryptonian, less bullet proof equivalent, and mother to the most awesome
kids ever. They all live in perfect, sometimes domestically-challenged bliss in
the southern United States.
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