booksandcoasters96's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
what_alice_saw's review against another edition
3.0
Kindle ebook
I don’t know how I feel about this one. On one hand, it’s a steamy good time. On the other hand, all the harassment the heroine has gone through is just always on the mind. It was very sad. I know it’s great when the hero steps in & admits his love & longing, but it would be even better if the h could see that she didn’t deserve the harassment in the first place. I never felt like she really got it.
I don’t know how I feel about this one. On one hand, it’s a steamy good time. On the other hand, all the harassment the heroine has gone through is just always on the mind. It was very sad. I know it’s great when the hero steps in & admits his love & longing, but it would be even better if the h could see that she didn’t deserve the harassment in the first place. I never felt like she really got it.
anabelsbrother's review against another edition
2.0
I love both Matt and Bryn as characters, but I don't love the plot, seems too rushed for me.
cocktailsandbooks1's review
4.0
Matthew Deluca works tirelessly trying to make his newly acquired Napa Valley winery a success in Monica Murphy’s Savor. Bryn James, his secretary, is the woman behind his success as they work hard to prepare for the grand reopening. Both are attracted to each other, but know that being employer and employee can make any relationship awkward. Also at play is Matt’s determination to win a bet that he has going with his two best friends, and he stands to win over one million dollars if he does not have sex or fall in love in the next forty five days.
Although I liked the book with parts that I really enjoyed, the characters made it really hard to love the book. Bryn is very insecure, and about halfway through the book you want to shake her. She has been through a lot due to her good looks but she fails to see how her new circumstances are any different than the old circumstances. Matt is so busy trying to overcompensate for the wrongs that his father has committed that he seems to take it to the other extreme. They have a good working relationship that has great potential, but they spend so much time dancing around each other that the ending seemed rushed and prevented a good book from being a great book.
Reviewed by Lucy for Cocktails and Books
Although I liked the book with parts that I really enjoyed, the characters made it really hard to love the book. Bryn is very insecure, and about halfway through the book you want to shake her. She has been through a lot due to her good looks but she fails to see how her new circumstances are any different than the old circumstances. Matt is so busy trying to overcompensate for the wrongs that his father has committed that he seems to take it to the other extreme. They have a good working relationship that has great potential, but they spend so much time dancing around each other that the ending seemed rushed and prevented a good book from being a great book.
Reviewed by Lucy for Cocktails and Books
booksuperpower's review
4.0
Savior by Monica Murphy is a 2014 Avon Impulse publication. I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Matthew DeLuca followed in his father's footsteps and became a major league baseball player. Out to prove he is not like his father, Matthew is proud of his accomplishments until he blew out his knee. Now he is starting over in the business world which led him to purchase a Napa Valley vineyard that had been foreclosed upon. The only person remaining with the vineyard was Bryn James who would be his assistant.
Bryn was adamantly opposed to any kind of office romance. She has been burned by that type of relationship before. So, instead of calling attention to her assets, she tries to hide them by wearing drab, loose fitting clothes and tying her hair up in a tight bun.
Matthew is puzzled as to why he can't stop thinking about his assistant. She is certainly not his type and she seems to go out of her way to look as plain as possible. But, she smells so good and there is something about her that he just can't put his finger on.
So, for months Matthew and Bryn stick to business and while they have a nice work relationship, neither of them want to get involved, despite their attraction to one another.
Matthew's sister in law has other plans. She knows Matthew has a thing for his assistant and begins to work on giving Bryn a makeover... and it works , a little too well.
I love these Billionaire e-series novellas from Avon Impulse. Bryn is the small town girl that is sort of out of her element in Matthew's world. As a person that has spent more time in small towns than large cities, I can attest to the feeling of intimidation that can cause. Being around the type of money and the fame that goes along with being involved with Matthew would make any normal girl feel the way Bryn did, at least a little. Add to that all the problems Bryn has had with men in the past and you have a woman suffering from a few insecurites. Matthew is living in the shadow of his famous and bad boy father who has an atrocious manner and likes to try and control Matthew's life and who also embarrasses the entire family.
Matthew wants a woman that will love him for who is inside and not for his money or fame and so far he hasn't had any luck with that. This leads Matthew to confidently make a million dollar bet with his best friends. If he keep his hands off women and manage not to fall in love in the next 45 days, he will walk away with a million dollars? Will he win or lose?
An quick, fun, and sexy contemporary romance- this one gets an A.
Matthew DeLuca followed in his father's footsteps and became a major league baseball player. Out to prove he is not like his father, Matthew is proud of his accomplishments until he blew out his knee. Now he is starting over in the business world which led him to purchase a Napa Valley vineyard that had been foreclosed upon. The only person remaining with the vineyard was Bryn James who would be his assistant.
Bryn was adamantly opposed to any kind of office romance. She has been burned by that type of relationship before. So, instead of calling attention to her assets, she tries to hide them by wearing drab, loose fitting clothes and tying her hair up in a tight bun.
Matthew is puzzled as to why he can't stop thinking about his assistant. She is certainly not his type and she seems to go out of her way to look as plain as possible. But, she smells so good and there is something about her that he just can't put his finger on.
So, for months Matthew and Bryn stick to business and while they have a nice work relationship, neither of them want to get involved, despite their attraction to one another.
Matthew's sister in law has other plans. She knows Matthew has a thing for his assistant and begins to work on giving Bryn a makeover... and it works , a little too well.
I love these Billionaire e-series novellas from Avon Impulse. Bryn is the small town girl that is sort of out of her element in Matthew's world. As a person that has spent more time in small towns than large cities, I can attest to the feeling of intimidation that can cause. Being around the type of money and the fame that goes along with being involved with Matthew would make any normal girl feel the way Bryn did, at least a little. Add to that all the problems Bryn has had with men in the past and you have a woman suffering from a few insecurites. Matthew is living in the shadow of his famous and bad boy father who has an atrocious manner and likes to try and control Matthew's life and who also embarrasses the entire family.
Matthew wants a woman that will love him for who is inside and not for his money or fame and so far he hasn't had any luck with that. This leads Matthew to confidently make a million dollar bet with his best friends. If he keep his hands off women and manage not to fall in love in the next 45 days, he will walk away with a million dollars? Will he win or lose?
An quick, fun, and sexy contemporary romance- this one gets an A.
poisonivy70's review
2.0
Last book in the series, Matt DeLuca is trying to get out from under his womanizing loser of a father. He played professional ball until a couple of years before the start of the book, but he blew out his knee, so he decided to purchase a winery in Napa Valley to make his mark. Bryn James, described as a Angelina Jolie lookalike, is trying to play down her looks, tired of being the girl who’s hit on and treated as a tramp before she even says a word.
I liked Bryn and Matt, though their romance seemed to take a long time to get moving. There’s alot of time spent denying feelings, trying to do the right thing. I think it was meant to build angst, but instead, it felt a bit contrived.
As a series, I liked Bryn and Matt much more than Gage and Marina, but Ivy and Archer would be my vote for the best romance through it all. Overall, it was light fluffy reading, - easy to read, easy to forget. The writing wasn’t terrible, but it lacked anything to distinguish it from other standard billionaire romance series.
I liked Bryn and Matt, though their romance seemed to take a long time to get moving. There’s alot of time spent denying feelings, trying to do the right thing. I think it was meant to build angst, but instead, it felt a bit contrived.
As a series, I liked Bryn and Matt much more than Gage and Marina, but Ivy and Archer would be my vote for the best romance through it all. Overall, it was light fluffy reading, - easy to read, easy to forget. The writing wasn’t terrible, but it lacked anything to distinguish it from other standard billionaire romance series.
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