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Tempted by Her Innocent Kiss by Maya Banks
4.0
I have joined Manali Dey, a friend on Bookstagram, for the #MillsandBoonReadathon for which we are reading 18 books, coz it's '18! This is Book 11.
For Devon Carter, Ashley Copeland is nothing more than a means to an end. So, he seduces her with the promise of love and happy ever afters because he wants to merge her Dad's company with his company in order to create the largest and most exclusive line of resorts in the world. But, all this is happening mainly due to terms set by Ashley's father. And she doesn't have an inkling about it. Devon doesn't like it at all, but he needs it for his business.
And then Ashley comes to know about everything, on their wedding night. She is as naive as they come, having grown up in a sheltered environment with too much of TLC.
This book is written from both their POVs. I loved Ashley's sweet nature. And her chatterbox self. Her open affection towards everyone is so contagious. And Dev, for all his deviousness, is attracted to Ash and a great self-critic. Ash confesses her love for him even before they are physically intimate. Their talks are something else, they seem to be totally compatible. The way Dev takes care of her is so sweet! And the Copeland family is charming, however grisly the deal sounded earlier. They are so big and boisterous. It would be lovely to have a family like that. And her quartet of friends is lovely too. Always have each other's backs.
The only thing that rankled me about this book was Ashley thinking,
"If he didn't want/love her, then one option was to become someone he could love." Change myself for a person I love so that he loves me back? Nah, not doing that. Mutually adjusting in marriage is okay, I guess, but complete change? Nope.
And then, "Could she make him fall in love with her?"
There is grovelling at the end, though it could have been more. And for the epilogue part, I think I'd have to wait for the next book. Sigh!
Also, nothing much was mentioned about Devon's background, his family. Knowing that about him would definitely have helped me to understand him better, what makes him tick, what drives him. Only in passing is it mentioned about his parents, his mother, not wanting him.
P.S. Rafael de Luca, Ryan Beardsley, Devon Carter, and Cameron Hollingsworth are business partners. And the books in the series are respectively about them.
I don't read books serial-wise half the time, and then I understand my folly. Bryony gives birth to a daughter (Rafe and Bryony, the couple from the first book.)
This is my second read by [a:Maya Banks|24978|Maya Banks|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1490067531p2/24978.jpg]. But, nothing can beat [b:The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress|4003551|The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress (Anetakis Tycoons, #1)|Maya Banks|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1542721229s/4003551.jpg|4049778]. It is my all-time favourite read in the M&B World, and I'm going to re-read it as a part of this readathon.
For Devon Carter, Ashley Copeland is nothing more than a means to an end. So, he seduces her with the promise of love and happy ever afters because he wants to merge her Dad's company with his company in order to create the largest and most exclusive line of resorts in the world. But, all this is happening mainly due to terms set by Ashley's father. And she doesn't have an inkling about it. Devon doesn't like it at all, but he needs it for his business.
And then Ashley comes to know about everything, on their wedding night. She is as naive as they come, having grown up in a sheltered environment with too much of TLC.
This book is written from both their POVs. I loved Ashley's sweet nature. And her chatterbox self. Her open affection towards everyone is so contagious. And Dev, for all his deviousness, is attracted to Ash and a great self-critic. Ash confesses her love for him even before they are physically intimate. Their talks are something else, they seem to be totally compatible. The way Dev takes care of her is so sweet! And the Copeland family is charming, however grisly the deal sounded earlier. They are so big and boisterous. It would be lovely to have a family like that. And her quartet of friends is lovely too. Always have each other's backs.
The only thing that rankled me about this book was Ashley thinking,
"If he didn't want/love her, then one option was to become someone he could love." Change myself for a person I love so that he loves me back? Nah, not doing that. Mutually adjusting in marriage is okay, I guess, but complete change? Nope.
And then, "Could she make him fall in love with her?"
There is grovelling at the end, though it could have been more. And for the epilogue part, I think I'd have to wait for the next book. Sigh!
Also, nothing much was mentioned about Devon's background, his family. Knowing that about him would definitely have helped me to understand him better, what makes him tick, what drives him. Only in passing is it mentioned about his parents, his mother, not wanting him.
P.S. Rafael de Luca, Ryan Beardsley, Devon Carter, and Cameron Hollingsworth are business partners. And the books in the series are respectively about them.
I don't read books serial-wise half the time, and then I understand my folly. Bryony gives birth to a daughter (Rafe and Bryony, the couple from the first book.)
This is my second read by [a:Maya Banks|24978|Maya Banks|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1490067531p2/24978.jpg]. But, nothing can beat [b:The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress|4003551|The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress (Anetakis Tycoons, #1)|Maya Banks|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1542721229s/4003551.jpg|4049778]. It is my all-time favourite read in the M&B World, and I'm going to re-read it as a part of this readathon.