🔖 REVIEW 🔖 Charmed by the Billionaire by Jessica Lemmon

Charmed by the Billionaire by Jessica Lemmon

Release Date: March 2nd 2021 by Lemmon Ink

Series: Blue Collar Billionaires #2

Pages: 284

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

The day you overhear your best friend say she’d like to have sex with you is a damn good day. But, hey, Cris always takes care of me at work. What’s wrong with me taking care of one of her needs? Besides, it’s only temporary.

One breathless encounter later, I learn two things: 1) We are compatible in ways that exceed our working relationship and 2) She’s chosen me to be her first. Most guys might balk at the responsibility. Not me. Put me in, coach.

But when it comes time to wrap up our sextra-curricular activities, my heart is doing its first ever free-fall. Now I’m scrambling to convince her she’s found her Prince Charming—spoiler alert: it’s me—and that forever isn’t a fairy tale.

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My Review:

From the eye catching cover to the intriguing synopsis, Charmed by the Billionaire did not disappoint at all. Lemmon delivers an incredibly romantic and steamy friends-to-lovers story that will have you hooked from beginning to end.

At the beginning of the story we get to meet, Cris Gilbert, who works for her friend and boss, Benjamin “Benji” Owen. As his personal assistant or life coach as he likes to call her, Cris spends a lot of time with Benji. They have known each other for ten years and it’s in that time that she slowly developed feelings for the man that she can’t have. He doesn’t acknowledge her beyond her role and Cris is ready to move on. Not only is there pressure to meet the right guy, but there is also the fact that she is a virgin and not very experienced when it comes to being with a man/dating. It’s when Benji offers to give her the pleasure that she’s never experienced before that changes her life forever. No matter how much they both try to not let it affect their friendship, once crossing the line new feelings start to resurfaced and Cris has to decide if she willing to let go of what she truly wants in future just to have Benji at her side or let him go.

As the adoptive middle child of the Owens, Benjamin “Benji” Owen works for the family business, Owen Construction. Having the luxury to work from home, Benji has developed a lot of routines with his best friend and life coach, Cris Gilbert. She keeps him on track on and off work. Although they’ve known each other for a very long time, he sees her as more than a best friend but deep down Benji knows that Cris deserves better. He didn’t expect to overhear her say that she’d like to have sex with him, but she does and he offers to take care of her needs temporarily. Little did he know that it would turn out to be so much more and he would have to decide if he can settle down with her or let her go before it’s too late.

I really enjoyed reading Charmed by the Billionaire, the characters were relatable and the realistic. We have to characters who have been there for each other for a decade and they have a strong bond already. So it makes their chemistry that much more sizzling when they decide to cross the line between friends and lovers. We get more background into their personal lives and how that affects what they want in the future. This presents an obstacle for them because they both envision different futures, but they want to be with each other so they have to learn how to compromise if they want to make things work. Although the story can be read as a standalone, previous characters from the first book are very much present in Cris and Benji’s lives. We get a sweet ending, but I have a feeling that their story is will continue and be interconnected with the next book in the series. The ending is still satisfying and I would highly recommend checking it out as well as the first book in the series, Once Upon a Billionaire. :)

**I received an advanced copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.**

My Rating: 4.5/5

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