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A review by gamz
The Bad Boy Billionaire's Wicked Arrangement by Maya Rodale
4.0
4 Pretending but Falling in Love Stars
“It’s not real, Jane.
It doesn’t mean anything, Jane.
Two words, Jane: Cubic Zirconia.”
This first installment of a three part series is the modern day version of The Wicked Wallflower.
Jane Sparks was jilted six months ago for being a good girl. The humiliation of being jilted Jane motivated her to move from her hometown in Pennsylvania to New York City. She is now an assistant Librarian at The New York Public Library. She wears sweater sets, dresses from J-Crew and pearls. Jane desperately needs to break out of her “good girl” image. She gets the perfect opportunity when she meets Duke Austen, the Bad Boy Billionaire at a Hush Party held at the library. She follows him into the Stacks where after an embarrassing meeting she ends up pressed against the bookshelves getting the kiss to end all kisses. Unfortunately a phone calls interrupts their kiss and it all comes to a quick end. Until…
At lunch following day with her best friend Roxanne, while moaning about having to go to her upcoming high school reunion and seeing her ex, Sam’s, dating history on Facebook, Roxanne helps her out by unsubscribing her from Sam’s status updates. But while on Jane’s Facebook page, Roxanne finds a friend request from Duke Austen, gets all excited and helps Jane out by she updating her Facebook page with:
“Jane Sparks and Duke Austen got engaged”
And of course, she tags Duke.
Duke is a genius who started and lost two profitable start-up companies because he likes to party too much. His reputation hinders him when he tries to sign on investors for his newest idea. He needs to change his image and do it fast. So when he sees Jane’s Facebook update, he grabs it for what it is; a golden opportunity to show his prospective investors that he has changed. He convinces Jane to play his fiancée for a weekend so he can win the investors over. In exchange, he will go to her high school reunion with her as her fiancé. However, their weekend turns into a lot more than they expected and now, they are both unsure where they stand with each other.
Silly and fun are what this book is. It truly is taking the plot of The Wicked Wallflower and tossing it into modern-day New York City. All the fun geek sites are mentioned, and NYC and the Social Media sites are the perfect backdrop for this fast paced story of a fake relationship played out on the internet.
I totally enjoyed reading this first part of the trilogy and cannot wait to see how it all plays out! A definite Must Read!
“It’s not real, Jane.
It doesn’t mean anything, Jane.
Two words, Jane: Cubic Zirconia.”
This first installment of a three part series is the modern day version of The Wicked Wallflower.
Jane Sparks was jilted six months ago for being a good girl. The humiliation of being jilted Jane motivated her to move from her hometown in Pennsylvania to New York City. She is now an assistant Librarian at The New York Public Library. She wears sweater sets, dresses from J-Crew and pearls. Jane desperately needs to break out of her “good girl” image. She gets the perfect opportunity when she meets Duke Austen, the Bad Boy Billionaire at a Hush Party held at the library. She follows him into the Stacks where after an embarrassing meeting she ends up pressed against the bookshelves getting the kiss to end all kisses. Unfortunately a phone calls interrupts their kiss and it all comes to a quick end. Until…
At lunch following day with her best friend Roxanne, while moaning about having to go to her upcoming high school reunion and seeing her ex, Sam’s, dating history on Facebook, Roxanne helps her out by unsubscribing her from Sam’s status updates. But while on Jane’s Facebook page, Roxanne finds a friend request from Duke Austen, gets all excited and helps Jane out by she updating her Facebook page with:
“Jane Sparks and Duke Austen got engaged”
And of course, she tags Duke.
Duke is a genius who started and lost two profitable start-up companies because he likes to party too much. His reputation hinders him when he tries to sign on investors for his newest idea. He needs to change his image and do it fast. So when he sees Jane’s Facebook update, he grabs it for what it is; a golden opportunity to show his prospective investors that he has changed. He convinces Jane to play his fiancée for a weekend so he can win the investors over. In exchange, he will go to her high school reunion with her as her fiancé. However, their weekend turns into a lot more than they expected and now, they are both unsure where they stand with each other.
Silly and fun are what this book is. It truly is taking the plot of The Wicked Wallflower and tossing it into modern-day New York City. All the fun geek sites are mentioned, and NYC and the Social Media sites are the perfect backdrop for this fast paced story of a fake relationship played out on the internet.
I totally enjoyed reading this first part of the trilogy and cannot wait to see how it all plays out! A definite Must Read!