His Forever Family

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His Forever Family

Sarah M. Anderson

Harlequin: 2016, 256 pages

Reviewed by Jessie Park

Billionaire Marcus Warren and his executive assistant Liberty Reese were on their usual morning run, reviewing the day's schedule, when they find an abandoned newborn.  Suddenly seeing the maternal side of Liberty, Marcus beings to realize that Liberty is more than just his assistant but someone honest, someone who he could have a real future with, and not someone looking just for his money.  But Liberty doesn't want to get involved, she's worked too hard and too long to give up her security.  She wants her past to stay in the past but it gets more and more difficult to resist him.  His Forever Family is a quick read and it does contain some sexual content.  Readers should be aware that it is a Harlequin romance so the cliches will be abundant.  

The Billionaire Takes a Bride

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The Billionaire Takes a Bride (Billionaires and Bridesmaids #3) 

Jessica Clare

Intermix: 2015, 256 pages

Reviewed by Jessie Park

While this book is the third in the Billionaires and Bridesmaids series (which itself is a spin-off series from her Billionaire Boys Club series), readers do not have to read the books in order.  This story focuses on Sebastian Cabral, a billionaire whose family is obsessed with being famous and filming everything for their reality show, The Cabral Empire.  Sebastian wants nothing to do with it and needs a way out of it.  Chelsea is a soap-making roller derby gal who has suffered a severe trauma in her past.  She hates being alone and now her best friend is moving away.  Chance throws them together but Sebastian and Chelsea agree to enter into a marriage of convenience in order to help them both.  But as time passes, Sebastian and Chelsea both wonder whether their sham marriage is more real than fake.  Normally Clare's books are fun, sexy (note: there is strong sexual content) reads but this one is a little different.  Readers should be aware that certain conversations could be possible triggers for those who have experienced sexual assault but there is more humor than sadness in the book.