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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Not gonna lie, this book made me laugh so much. God, I love Nico. It's not even his book
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
'Eva Winners proving once more for me, why she is one of my must-read and favourite authors. Contract of a Billionaire is one of her best books to-date, by far!' -TheBritishBibliophile
Thank you to Eva Winners for sending me an ebook Advanced Readers Copy as part of her ARC team for me to read and leave an honest review.
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As a (fairly) seasoned reader of Ms. Eva Winners, I'm always curious when approaching her next read if it's going to live up to her lawless 5-star author status I've personally bestowed upon her. Surely even for a run of five star reads, the luck has to run out sometime. Right? Wrong. Eva's luck continues here in Contact of a Billionaire , book one in the Billionaire Kings series.
If you've read Eva Winners before, you'll be familiar with the name Alessio Russo. If not, the latter name will be familiar with those who've read Sins of the Orchid , starring Amore Bennett's and Santino Russo. Alessio does not feature in the book, but that is where the Russo family name may be familiar to some of you.
Before I get into the nitty gritty (without spoiling anything), let me lay down for you all what tropes you're in for with Contract of a Billionaire :
✔ Strangers to Lovers
✔ Best Friend's Older Brother
✔ Single Parent
✔ Billionaire
✔ Mafia Romance
✔ Forbidden Love
✔ Second Chance
✔ Is it all as it seems?
Some tropes from the list have been kept secret, as they could potentially spoil it for those who've yet to read the story but let me tell you this...these aren't all of the tropes. What you'll actually read will contain this and so much more! This is a girth read, and like the man in it, there's plenty to offer within.
As you might of seen from the list of tropes, we're back with another Eva Winners mafia romance read. That, by no means, is a complaint. In fact, it's far from that. The mafia romance genre is perhaps what readers may know Eva most for and are familiar with in her works, and it's an area she very much exiles in and owns in her own right. There are tons of authors out there who produce countless books within this genre, with some echoing other reads quite closely in terms of subject matter, yet this isn't the case here with Eva. Contract of a Billionaire only reinforces the belief I carry about her. Contracts and billionaires go hand in hand and have been used and interpreted in numerous ways by other authors, but Eva gives us a story and then some that quite frankly, outshines the 'competition' as it were. This is no simple story about a contract and a billionaire, its a complex web of unending twists, turns, surprises and everything I've come to know and love about Eva.
'Then all hell broke loose'
It most certainly did. When I read this line in the blurb which finished it off with an air of open-ended mystery, I wondered to myself just how all hell would break loose and what it would take for peace and happily ever afters to be restored. I'm yet to not be blown away at how things are brought back around to that point. Things, at first, seem like they're getting further and further away from that glorious HEA but as always, Eva's adept skill never fails to bring that moment around at the appropriate moment. Even if we get a momentary 'gasp' moment before said sweet HEA finally happens. All in all, Eva has us--and me--hooked on every word until we know reach the climactic HEA.
And of course, an Eva Winners read wouldn't be one without a flashback bringing us back around to the present moment when we first join the story. No spoilers on that moment, or how long it took to get back to the present point, but I was looking forward to this and I wasn't disappointed in what happened to bring us back around there. Eva herself, never disappoints.
Contract of a Billionaire is officially up there with my top read of 2022, and an Eva Winners must read for anyone looking for everything that makes me proud to be a reader in this bookish community, and is most definitely worthy of being on everyone's bookshelves!
Five stars.
Thank you to Eva Winners for sending me an ebook Advanced Readers Copy as part of her ARC team for me to read and leave an honest review.
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As a (fairly) seasoned reader of Ms. Eva Winners, I'm always curious when approaching her next read if it's going to live up to her lawless 5-star author status I've personally bestowed upon her. Surely even for a run of five star reads, the luck has to run out sometime. Right? Wrong. Eva's luck continues here in Contact of a Billionaire , book one in the Billionaire Kings series.
If you've read Eva Winners before, you'll be familiar with the name Alessio Russo. If not, the latter name will be familiar with those who've read Sins of the Orchid , starring Amore Bennett's and Santino Russo. Alessio does not feature in the book, but that is where the Russo family name may be familiar to some of you.
Before I get into the nitty gritty (without spoiling anything), let me lay down for you all what tropes you're in for with Contract of a Billionaire :
✔ Strangers to Lovers
✔ Best Friend's Older Brother
✔ Single Parent
✔ Billionaire
✔ Mafia Romance
✔ Forbidden Love
✔ Second Chance
✔ Is it all as it seems?
Some tropes from the list have been kept secret, as they could potentially spoil it for those who've yet to read the story but let me tell you this...these aren't all of the tropes. What you'll actually read will contain this and so much more! This is a girth read, and like the man in it, there's plenty to offer within.
As you might of seen from the list of tropes, we're back with another Eva Winners mafia romance read. That, by no means, is a complaint. In fact, it's far from that. The mafia romance genre is perhaps what readers may know Eva most for and are familiar with in her works, and it's an area she very much exiles in and owns in her own right. There are tons of authors out there who produce countless books within this genre, with some echoing other reads quite closely in terms of subject matter, yet this isn't the case here with Eva. Contract of a Billionaire only reinforces the belief I carry about her. Contracts and billionaires go hand in hand and have been used and interpreted in numerous ways by other authors, but Eva gives us a story and then some that quite frankly, outshines the 'competition' as it were. This is no simple story about a contract and a billionaire, its a complex web of unending twists, turns, surprises and everything I've come to know and love about Eva.
'Then all hell broke loose'
It most certainly did. When I read this line in the blurb which finished it off with an air of open-ended mystery, I wondered to myself just how all hell would break loose and what it would take for peace and happily ever afters to be restored. I'm yet to not be blown away at how things are brought back around to that point. Things, at first, seem like they're getting further and further away from that glorious HEA but as always, Eva's adept skill never fails to bring that moment around at the appropriate moment. Even if we get a momentary 'gasp' moment before said sweet HEA finally happens. All in all, Eva has us--and me--hooked on every word until we know reach the climactic HEA.
And of course, an Eva Winners read wouldn't be one without a flashback bringing us back around to the present moment when we first join the story. No spoilers on that moment, or how long it took to get back to the present point, but I was looking forward to this and I wasn't disappointed in what happened to bring us back around there. Eva herself, never disappoints.
Contract of a Billionaire is officially up there with my top read of 2022, and an Eva Winners must read for anyone looking for everything that makes me proud to be a reader in this bookish community, and is most definitely worthy of being on everyone's bookshelves!
Five stars.
BRB. Dead after this book. I felt like I was reading this book for years when it was really just a matter of hours. So, so much happens! Very grump/sunshine vibes but so dark with the mafia/underground world tie in. There is so much depth in this story between Alessio and Autumn. It spans over 8 years and builds the whole story of the contract, Kol and then that wild ending. This is a love at first sight vibe so while they do have their ups and downs, they always come back to each other. I love a good political/ social justice under tone and the whole last quarter of the book really ran it home regarding gun control/trafficking. The entire plot is so much more than just smut (there is some- don’t get me wrong) and the book heavily intertwines with the authors other series if you love a good Easter egg or worlds intertwining.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes