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Series: Invested in You, #1
Traits & Tropes: billionaire hero; heroine with a secret
Publication Date: 02.10.20
Genre/Setting: Contemporary
Rating: 4 stars!
Fresh out of grad school, Vanessa Lang has been hired for her dream job as an analyst at Stone Corp. Unfortunately, her kleptomaniac mother is caught shoplifting soon after and the investigating detectives strikes a deal with Vanessa in exchange for her mother's freedom: find evidence of insider trading within the corporation. But as she grows closer to the attractive CEO, Sebastian Stone, things become more complicated and soon Vanessa has to choose between her mother and the man she's come to love.
I enjoyed this story, but I wanted to shake Vanessa at times. She brought a lot of her problems on herself by withholding the truth and failing to trust Sebastian, especially after how much he proved himself. This made it a bit hard for me to really connect with Vanessa, but Sebastian was great and luckily Vanessa recognized this too and fixed her mistakes eventually. The timelines had me a bit confused as to how much time had actually passed and law enforcement gets a bit of an unnecessarily bad rap here, but the villain was sleazy and awful in the most delightful way. The premise was a bit unbelievable, but that far-fetched element made this feel a bit whimsical and helped me get into the book and remember it was still fiction; this is sometimes difficult for me when it comes to contemporary and probably why I don't read it much. I enjoyed Sebastian as a hero and liked him and Vanessa as a couple, though I would've liked to see more of a resolution between them and his dad at the end. This was a premise I haven't read before and I appreciated its ambitious originality. All in all, this was a solid debut effort from a promising new author and I'll be keeping up with her next releases.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I enjoyed this story, but I wanted to shake Vanessa at times. She brought a lot of her problems on herself by withholding the truth and failing to trust Sebastian, especially after how much he proved himself. This made it a bit hard for me to really connect with Vanessa, but Sebastian was great and luckily Vanessa recognized this too and fixed her mistakes eventually. The timelines had me a bit confused as to how much time had actually passed and law enforcement gets a bit of an unnecessarily bad rap here, but the villain was sleazy and awful in the most delightful way. The premise was a bit unbelievable, but that far-fetched element made this feel a bit whimsical and helped me get into the book and remember it was still fiction; this is sometimes difficult for me when it comes to contemporary and probably why I don't read it much. I enjoyed Sebastian as a hero and liked him and Vanessa as a couple, though I would've liked to see more of a resolution between them and his dad at the end. This was a premise I haven't read before and I appreciated its ambitious originality. All in all, this was a solid debut effort from a promising new author and I'll be keeping up with her next releases.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3179994516
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