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The Billionaire and the Virgin
by Jessica Clare
Marjorie Ivarsson is the picture of naivete. A hardworking waitress raised by her grandmother, an evening playing bingo is her sort of socialising. But when she's invited to be a bridesmaid at her friend Bronte's wedding, she enters a whole new world.
Whisked away to the billionaire groom's private island, Marjorie is awe-struck by the glitz and glamour. But what dazzles her most is notorious playboy and hot-shot TV producer Robert Cannon.
After Marjorie saves Robert from drowning in the island's turquoise lagoon, she can't help but feel drawn to him. But she's not the only woman intrigued, and with his wild and womanising ways, they couldn't be more wrong for each other. With the blistering attraction between them becoming hard to ignore, and the idyllic, irresistibly romantic island as their playground - will opposites attract?
I got kind of annoyed at this one. I didn't absolutely love the The Billionaire Boys Club books, but I enjoyed it. So I was looking forward to reading this because it was new people but also included the other characters. But I was honestly a little disappointed.
Rob was a pig right up until the end when he "realized the error of his ways". Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that he was trying to be someone that Marjorie would want/be proud of but he was still a pig. In the other series, I did get annoyed with the guys, but that was mostly because they had an attitude of "I have lots of money so I can get whatever I want". They weren't necessarily pigs, they were just stupid. But Rob was just...ugh! And it wasn't even because of what he did (although that was a little pervy, NGL, and I liked when Marjorie called him on it). It was because of the way he kept thinking about Marjorie or the other girls who were throwing themselves at him. I was glad that he at least was all over Marjorie and upping her self-confidence. He gets points in that department. That was pretty much the only thing I liked about him: The way he didn't care that Marjorie was tall and he did everything he could to get her to stop hiding the height.
Marjorie was a little...well she wasn't exactly whiny, but I did get annoyed at the beginning when she spent so much time complaining about how she'd been made fun of for her height. I did like that as she spent more time with Rob and he continued to point out that he didn't give a crap about her height, he just liked her, her self-confidence skyrocketed. I also liked the way she helped Bronte with everything that she needed and then when she needed to, she also stood up to her (although that was more to Logan than Bronte, but still, she laid everything out there and wasn't going to let them take away her happiness).
I'm interested enough in some of the others to probably read the other books, but this was definitely a disappointing start.
Whisked away to the billionaire groom's private island, Marjorie is awe-struck by the glitz and glamour. But what dazzles her most is notorious playboy and hot-shot TV producer Robert Cannon.
After Marjorie saves Robert from drowning in the island's turquoise lagoon, she can't help but feel drawn to him. But she's not the only woman intrigued, and with his wild and womanising ways, they couldn't be more wrong for each other. With the blistering attraction between them becoming hard to ignore, and the idyllic, irresistibly romantic island as their playground - will opposites attract?
I got kind of annoyed at this one. I didn't absolutely love the The Billionaire Boys Club books, but I enjoyed it. So I was looking forward to reading this because it was new people but also included the other characters. But I was honestly a little disappointed.
Rob was a pig right up until the end when he "realized the error of his ways". Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that he was trying to be someone that Marjorie would want/be proud of but he was still a pig. In the other series, I did get annoyed with the guys, but that was mostly because they had an attitude of "I have lots of money so I can get whatever I want". They weren't necessarily pigs, they were just stupid. But Rob was just...ugh! And it wasn't even because of what he did (although that was a little pervy, NGL, and I liked when Marjorie called him on it). It was because of the way he kept thinking about Marjorie or the other girls who were throwing themselves at him. I was glad that he at least was all over Marjorie and upping her self-confidence. He gets points in that department. That was pretty much the only thing I liked about him: The way he didn't care that Marjorie was tall and he did everything he could to get her to stop hiding the height.
Marjorie was a little...well she wasn't exactly whiny, but I did get annoyed at the beginning when she spent so much time complaining about how she'd been made fun of for her height. I did like that as she spent more time with Rob and he continued to point out that he didn't give a crap about her height, he just liked her, her self-confidence skyrocketed. I also liked the way she helped Bronte with everything that she needed and then when she needed to, she also stood up to her (although that was more to Logan than Bronte, but still, she laid everything out there and wasn't going to let them take away her happiness).
I'm interested enough in some of the others to probably read the other books, but this was definitely a disappointing start.