PENTHOUSE PRINCE (NEW YORK ROMANCE #2)

My billionaire boss is keeping a secret. Me. 

Tristan James Xavier Bettencourt IV.

The prodigal son of a banking dynasty.

And my new boss.

With his silver tongue and dirty mouth,

he’s everything I’ve ever wanted. 

And the one man I’ll never have.

Some rules are as old as time. 

Girls like me don’t ride off into the sunset with men like him. 

Reina St James has a body made for sin,

and a face that could tempt the devil himself. 

As the heir to a financial empire, 

a scandal is the only thing I can’t afford.

But all work and no play

make this billionaire a very bad boy.

Reina is the one woman I can’t have.

And a temptation I can’t resist.

(This book is a completely revised and expanded version of Penthouse Player, which is no longer available for sale.)

Penthouse Prince 

A New York City Romance series Book #2

Contemporary Romance

Release Date: June 10, 2021

Review Copy Provided by the Publisher

Nikki's Review:

Let me start by saying...I love me some Tara Leigh! This book was a welcomed escape from the stay at home orders here in Toronto, which officially ended yesterday! After almost 2 months. This book was perfect for forgetting about the crap that is the world right now. 

Tristan. Gah! He is so amaze balls! Smart, sexy, and a whole lotta alpha. He definitely needed an equally smart, and all kinds of feisty, heroine like Reina. The flirty and witty banter between these two was highly entertaining and kept me grinning. 

I liked that Reina wasn’t willing to let anything get in the way of her dreams, even though Tristan tripped her up a few times. I mean, I probably would forget my own name if he shot me a lopsided grin from across the room. Although Reina is focused on her career you could really feel her vulnerability. She seems like she’s got it all figured out, but she’s kinda lost. She has baggage. But all that stuff just makes her more determined to come out on top of her career...and Tristan. 

Speaking of being on top...the sexy times were delicious! Tara Leigh always delivers in that department. Woohoo!

There’s definite conflict, and a lot of back and forth in this book. I imagine that a lot of women struggle with trying to balance a relationship and a career, and I’m sure many readers could relate to that. 

This book is wonderfully solid in the plot and writing. I felt the characters turmoil like it was my own, and the emotional pull was like a weight on my chest. Tara Leigh has hit it out of the park with this one! 

Review: 5 Stars (A+)

WITNESS PROTECTION WIDOW

Book description WITNESS PROTECTION WIDOW:

Can the witness protection program keep her identity secret?
After Allison James finally escapes her marriage to a monster, she becomes the star witness in the case against her deceased husband’s powerful crime family. Now it’s up to US Marshal Jaxson Stevens, Ali’s ex-boyfriend, to keep the WITSEC widow safe. But as the danger escalates and sparks fly, will Jax be able to help Ali escape her ruthless in-laws?

About the author Debra Webb: DEBRA WEBB is the award winning, USA Today bestselling author of more than 150 novels, including reader favorites the Faces of Evil, the Colby Agency, and the Shades of Death series. With more than four million books sold in numerous languages and countries, Debra's love of storytelling goes back to her childhood on a farm in Alabama. Visit Debra at www.DebraWebb.com

EXCERPT:

She shivered. The fire had gone out. She kept on her jacket while she added logs to the fireplace and kindling to get it started. Within a couple of minutes, the fire was going. She’d had a fireplace as a kid, so relearning her way around this one hadn’t been so bad. She went back to the kitchen and turned on the kettle for tea.

Bob growled low in his throat and stared toward the front door.

She froze. Her phone was in her hip pocket. Her gun was still in her waistband at the small of her back. This was something else Marshal Holloway had in­sisted upon. He’d taught her how to use a handgun. They’d held many target practices right behind this cabin.

A creak beyond the front door warned that some­one was on the porch. She eased across the room and went to the special peephole that had been installed. There was one on each side of the cabin, allowing for views all the way around. A man stood on the porch. He was the typical local cowboy. Jeans and boots. Hat in his hands. Big truck in the drive. Just like Marshal Holloway.

But she did not know this man.

“Alice Stewart, if you’re in there, it’s okay for you to open the door. I’m Sheriff Colt Tanner. Branch sent me.”

Her heart thudding, she held perfectly still. Branch would never send someone to her without letting her know first. If for some reason he couldn’t tell her in advance, they had a protocol for these situations.

She reached back, fingers curled about the butt of her weapon. Bob moved stealthily toward the door.

“I know you’re concerned about opening the door to a stranger, but you need to trust me. Branch has been in an accident, and he’s in the hospital undergoing surgery right now. No matter that his injuries were serious, he refused to go into surgery until he spoke to me and I assured him I would look after you, ma’am.”

Worry joined the mixture of fear and dread churn­ing inside her. She hoped Branch wasn’t hurt too badly. He had a wife and a daughter.

She opened her mouth to ask about his condition, but then she snapped it shut. The man at her door had not said the code word.