Length: 40,000 words approx.
Cover Design: Meredith Russell
Blurb
Adrian has been as unlucky in love as his sister, but he doesn’t approve of hiring a boyfriend, whatever the reason. Until he meets Darcy. Then he comes to realize that love can happen in the most unexpected of ways.
One week. That is all the two men needed to fall in lust, but will they have a lifetime to fall in love?
**Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by Signal Boost Promotions for my reading pleasure in hopes of an unbiased opinion, a review was not a requirement.**
Darcy is the first book in a new series, Boyfriend for Hire by RJ Scott and Meredith Russell. When I read the blurb for this book it sounded like something that I would love. Though I did enjoy this story, for the most part, I didn’t love it. The book was chock full of characters that were easy to fall in love with, characters you could support and root for. The problem is that the “relationship” portion of this book was less than a quarter of the book so it really just failed to deliver on the instalove connection.
Really, had this book been longer I think it could really have been a terrific story! There was building up between Darcy and Adrian throughout Darcy’s contract with Adrian’s sister. We saw the men hiding their attraction and then acknowledging said attraction. But, the book is around 134 pages and too much time is spent leading up to their first date. Once that first date happened, everything sped by and the book was ending with a perfectly tied HEA bow. I would have loved less of Darcy’s fake relationship with Adrian’s sister and more of Darcy being in a relationship with Adrian.
Don’t get me wrong, this was an enjoyable story. There was attraction and chemistry between the two men. The anticipation of the relationship was there, which is why it felt like readers are shortchanged with such a tiny portion of this story actually being about the relationship. If you like angst in your books, this is not the book for you. This is a sweet story with a HEA, there’s no angst and struggles in this book. I love books like this so that’s not a negative for me. I’ll definitely check out the next book in the series.
Rating: 4 stars
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RJ’s goal is to write stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, that hint of a happily ever after.
RJ is the author of the over one hundred novels and discovered romance in books at a very young age. She realized that if there wasn’t romance on the page, she could create it in her head, and is a lifelong writer.
She lives and works out of her home in the beautiful English countryside, spends her spare time reading, watching films, and enjoying time with her family.
The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn’t like it one little bit and has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.
She’s always thrilled to hear from readers, bloggers and other writers. Please contact via the following links below:
Email RJ (rj@rjscott.co.uk)
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