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pe2305's review against another edition
4.0
Four years ago Molly was stood up on her wedding day by the love of her life, Jackson. Now he's back, standing in front of her telling her she's in danger because of his association with her and his involvement with the Russian mafia. Can Jackson protect Molly while trying to prove to her that he loves her and only left to protect her?
I enjoyed this book, even if it seemed a bit rushed - Molly and Jackson were having hot and heavy sex on her desk within a few hours of Jackson arriving. That being said, it was a fun story, well written with some suspense and plot twists I didn't see coming. I would recommend.
I enjoyed this book, even if it seemed a bit rushed - Molly and Jackson were having hot and heavy sex on her desk within a few hours of Jackson arriving. That being said, it was a fun story, well written with some suspense and plot twists I didn't see coming. I would recommend.
patticorrea_ecbc's review against another edition
5.0
Love this series. I also totally love every book that Elise Faber has written. The Billionaire's Club is great, and Bad Wedding was just perfect. A second chance romance with a bit of a twist. Super fun, especially when you take all the luscious baking that Molly does, makes you want to find a bakery and get a Lemon Poppy Seed muffin. Such a great book.
heather_whit's review against another edition
4.0
This is a second chance romance that stars Jackson and Molly.
4 years ago Jackson walked away from Molly without looking back. After years of being hurt and angry Molly decides she needs to cut all ties with him. Problem with that is Jackson doesn't feel the same way. Once they are "reunited" they both have to face some cold hard truths about what really happened between them. Molly still being very attracted to Jackson, and Jackson revealing the real reasons why he did what he did. Questions arise like Can she trust him? and Can she make herself vulnerable to him again? Jackson wondering if he can make her see that they are meant for one another. Follow along as these two rediscover what was lost and find the love they both know they each have for one another.
4 years ago Jackson walked away from Molly without looking back. After years of being hurt and angry Molly decides she needs to cut all ties with him. Problem with that is Jackson doesn't feel the same way. Once they are "reunited" they both have to face some cold hard truths about what really happened between them. Molly still being very attracted to Jackson, and Jackson revealing the real reasons why he did what he did. Questions arise like Can she trust him? and Can she make herself vulnerable to him again? Jackson wondering if he can make her see that they are meant for one another. Follow along as these two rediscover what was lost and find the love they both know they each have for one another.
ssrosepetal's review
5.0
I love second chance romances, especially when the heroine is feisty. And Molly was definitely one feisty lady. She knew who she was and what she wanted and she wasn't afraid to speak up. It hadn't always been that way. Four years ago she had been devastated and broken. She was finally in a great place when her past came barreling in. Jackson had been a broken man himself. However he was also a man in love who found himself in a bad predicament. The only way he could keep Molly safe was to break both of their hearts.
I find that each book in this series just seems to get better and better. Molly has been in the background of a lot of the past books. So I was excited to see she was getting her own book. I adored Jackson and Molly. I loved watching them get to know one another again, even under hard conditions. I especially loved watching Jackson develop into the person he needed to be in order to fully love Molly. While there was a bit of drama it was very low key compared to these two falling in love again. I'm so glad they finally got their HEA. Now I look forward to the two new books hinted at in the epilogues. *I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book for my honest and unbiased review.*
I find that each book in this series just seems to get better and better. Molly has been in the background of a lot of the past books. So I was excited to see she was getting her own book. I adored Jackson and Molly. I loved watching them get to know one another again, even under hard conditions. I especially loved watching Jackson develop into the person he needed to be in order to fully love Molly. While there was a bit of drama it was very low key compared to these two falling in love again. I'm so glad they finally got their HEA. Now I look forward to the two new books hinted at in the epilogues. *I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book for my honest and unbiased review.*
mflake's review
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
ohthesheenanigans's review
3.0
Jumping into this read, I liked the direction it was heading: tarnished relationship, left at the alter, loved one targeted by the mafia after a deal goes wrong, potential second chance romance before hitting the 18% where I was left WTFing with the random ass sex scene I was not expecting.
During their reunion, there was barely any groveling or talk of reconciliation before the characters randomly kiss that eventually led them to have hot office sex. It escalated so fast, I was completely thrown by it that I couldn't help but actually laughed out loud. It was so out of the blue considering the main characters have gone four years without seeing one another and to then be in each other's presences for a mere few hours before that all happened?! Yeah no, I wasn’t feeling that.
That said, if we over look that particular scene ‘Bad Wedding’ was a decent nice second romance filled with hot steamy scenes, scorching chemistry, endless drama, and the perfect amount of suspense.
joreadsromance's review
5.0
Unexpectedly enjoyable
5 stars
This is my first [a:Elise Faber|8892745|Elise Faber|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1476382734p2/8892745.jpg] book and it was not a disappointment - I enjoyed it from the first page to the last.
The unexpectedness in this book was because I thought I knew what I was getting - a cute second chance romance. And I was very happy with that fact. So colour me surprised when the Russian mafia show up in the book and suddenly there’s guns and dodging bullets and big scary dudes and hiding out with some shadowy secret agent operatives! This was not what I was expecting…but I ain’t mad. It wasn’t dark and dismal (like I expect any book that includes the word ‘mafia’ to be (sorry!)) - and the main focus of the story was definitely still the love story between Molly and Jackson. It actually turned into a bit of a fun romp - and I loved that.
Before it got to that point, I was already impressed with how easily Ms Faber pulled me into the story. The chapters are short and snappy - easily giving you that ‘oh, I’ll just read one more’ idea until you look up and the book’s nearly done. I never got bored and kept on wanting to find out what would happen next.
The story is written in third person, past tense in the heads of both Molly and Jackson. That being said, I was firmly on team Molly to begin with and was as annoyed at Jackson as she herself was. I didn’t agree with his motives or his decisions regarding the wedding - but I slowly forgave him just as Molly did. It was cleverly done.
This is the 9th book in the Billionaire’s Club series but, as I mentioned, this is the first I’ve read of Ms Faber’s so I obviously haven’t read any of the rest of the series. At the beginning of this book there’s a list of who’s who from the series so far and that gave me the fear - I would NEVER remember all these names or how they were interconnected. I actually don’t think there were any cameos from any of these people so I needn’t have worried. Regardless, this book stands completely alone so no other books are required to enjoy this one.
Having said that, the secret agents appear to be getting their own spin-off series and I while Molly and Jackson’s part in the Russian mafia is over, I suppose the overall threat from the group hasn’t really gone away which will probably be picked up in the first of the aforementioned KTS series, [b:Riding The Edge|54452265|Riding The Edge (KTS #1)|Elise Faber|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1606865898l/54452265._SY75_.jpg|84975715]. And I probably will pick that one up, too, as I loved Dan. He reminded me of FBI agent Doug Matthews from McMillions - who I have a (not so secret) crush on!
There’s not much sex in this book - so when it does happen it’s explosive! A bit of angry sex when Molly and Jackson re-meet after 4 years. It was near the start of the book and while it was very hot, the fact that there’s not much after that fact is something I didn’t even realise until I finished the book. I love me a bit of sex in a book and I didn’t miss it as there was so many other things going on. During the sex - and in discussions afterwards - there’s a bit of backdoor access tinkering but nothing you can’t gloss over if that’s not your thing. And there's plenty of intimacy, kissing and the like to keep everyone, including me, happy.
I loved both Molly and Jackson as characters. I especially liked the honesty between them, especially on Molly’s end, in that she realised that after her wedding-that-wasn’t, she grew and became so much more. Jackson was proud of her and, you know, I was, too. I actually found her quite inspiring.
And I also really liked the fact that Jackson (and on occasion Molly, too) used many, many terms of endearment. It was sweet and really spoke of the deep feelings that Jackson still held for Molly. I read a book last week that made me #TeamHug - now I’m also #TeamEndearment.
There are three epilogues for this story - love me an epilogue - but only 1 for this particular story. One then sets up the next book in the series, Bad Engagement, which again sounds like a fun, fake-relationship romance - that’ll probably turn into another fun romp. The third sets up the KTS series as above.
Overall, this was a fabulously fun romp of a second chance romance and I loved every minute of it. It wasn’t what I anticipated but in the end I got something I hadn’t been expecting but ended up enjoying even more than I probably would have. 5 stars and I will look out for other books by [a:Elise Faber|8892745|Elise Faber|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1476382734p2/8892745.jpg] in the future as I loved her style. Recommended.
heather_whit's review
4.0
This is a second chance romance that stars Jackson and Molly.
4 years ago Jackson walked away from Molly without looking back. After years of being hurt and angry Molly decides she needs to cut all ties with him. Problem with that is Jackson doesn't feel the same way. Once they are "reunited" they both have to face some cold hard truths about what really happened between them. Molly still being very attracted to Jackson, and Jackson revealing the real reasons why he did what he did. Questions arise like Can she trust him? and Can she make herself vulnerable to him again? Jackson wondering if he can make her see that they are meant for one another. Follow along as these two rediscover what was lost and find the love they both know they each have for one another.
4 years ago Jackson walked away from Molly without looking back. After years of being hurt and angry Molly decides she needs to cut all ties with him. Problem with that is Jackson doesn't feel the same way. Once they are "reunited" they both have to face some cold hard truths about what really happened between them. Molly still being very attracted to Jackson, and Jackson revealing the real reasons why he did what he did. Questions arise like Can she trust him? and Can she make herself vulnerable to him again? Jackson wondering if he can make her see that they are meant for one another. Follow along as these two rediscover what was lost and find the love they both know they each have for one another.
bookcaseandcoffee's review
4.0
This is Jackson and Molly’s story. Four years ago, they were engaged and on the threshold of marrying. That is until Jackson never showed up for their wedding day. After years, Molly has turned her Bakery in to a huge success. Molly is ready to cut the final tie between her and Jackson. She is ready to buy him out of her Bakery. Jackson isn’t ready to let Molly go. Even though he has left he has still always kept tabs on her out of safety and love. Molly doesn’t really forgive and forget Jackson for what he did four years ago. As soon as Jackson saw those papers and Molly's demands, he refused. Now he is back to convince her to give him another chance.
This story was not just a typical second chance romance. There were reasons Jackson didn’t show up for his wedding day. I don’t agree with how he handled things, but I get it. As you get to know Molly you are rooting for them. You want them to be able to move past the threat and find their HEA. I really liked Molly. She is strong and sassy. She is being her best self-making a success of things since experiencing the biggest heartbreak of her life. Like many of us she wonders if thing would be different if she and Jackson had made other choices. The biggest thing is she has become more self-reliant. She does not need Jackson to provide for her or take care of her.
This Book was a great Contemporary romance read for all the rom-com lovers out there. This is a quick and easy read; it can be read as a standalone or as a part of the series. Be prepared for a strong and sassy Female Lead who doesn’t know how to give up! This story is told in dual perspectives. We come to expect from Faber this is a fantastic example of contemporary Romance!
This was 4/5 Read for me. Second Chance romances are not my favorite and I think Jackson might have needed to be smacked upside the head.
This story was not just a typical second chance romance. There were reasons Jackson didn’t show up for his wedding day. I don’t agree with how he handled things, but I get it. As you get to know Molly you are rooting for them. You want them to be able to move past the threat and find their HEA. I really liked Molly. She is strong and sassy. She is being her best self-making a success of things since experiencing the biggest heartbreak of her life. Like many of us she wonders if thing would be different if she and Jackson had made other choices. The biggest thing is she has become more self-reliant. She does not need Jackson to provide for her or take care of her.
This Book was a great Contemporary romance read for all the rom-com lovers out there. This is a quick and easy read; it can be read as a standalone or as a part of the series. Be prepared for a strong and sassy Female Lead who doesn’t know how to give up! This story is told in dual perspectives. We come to expect from Faber this is a fantastic example of contemporary Romance!
This was 4/5 Read for me. Second Chance romances are not my favorite and I think Jackson might have needed to be smacked upside the head.
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