Tyler Marek, (35-36 years old) CEO of one of the biggest industries in the world, perhaps running for the senate, is a possessive, controlling, kind, and amazing alpha male. He is sexy, hot, smart, drop dead gorgeous (at least that's how I picture him), stylish, great body, rich, and I can go on and on...but I won't, I need to get this review done. i couldn't connect with the characters at all, especially the heroine. i didn't really like her but i also didn't dislike her (confusing? i know im sorry). i just reaalllyyy could not connect AT ALL. but the hero was alright. he was pretty likeable but nothing special or memorable compared to other Penelope Douglas' heroes.

Looking up at me, she shook her head. “You’re wrong,” she argued. “Being a man is having the wisdom – and the courage – to make the right choices.” Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Librarians Group is the official group for requesting additions or updates to the catalog, including: With Rival, Madoc was so much fun, and I probably had the most fun writing him more than anyone. He is a fantastic character, and I loved his humor. But I also constantly wondered whether I should take this chance or that, knowing how people were going to critique it. With BULLY, I was ignorant, and with RIVAL, I was aware, so I was nervous. It was a different experience. I don't think I could not enjoy a book by this author, there is always a perfect balance of everything I love in a book. A gorgeous forbidden romance, I highly recommend it.

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I really would put even more quotes but then this would be a hell of a long review LOL Also, I liked the building of Tyler and Christian's (his son) relationship. It starts very badly because Tyler was very young when Christian was born and did not take care of him emotionally but it all ends good. I'm looking forward to future works from Penelope Douglas. I was hoping for a secondary character spin-off but after that twist, I don't think that'll be in the cards. But I can still hope... Easton and Tyler’s romance is forbidden from the start, but that only makes them want each other more. No matter how hard they try, that can’t fight that pull that brings them together. Easton doesn’t do relationships do to her past, and Tyler is a single dad trying to make his relationship with his son right. It’s doomed from the start, the two of them, but they can’t stay away. It will be months before their paths shall cross again. By then Easton is a college graduate embarking on her career as a history teacher at an elite private school where Tyler’s somewhat estranged fourteen-year-old son attends.

I listened to the Audible version of this book and have to say that I enjoyed every last minute! Despite being predictable, this story held my attention from start to finish. I smiled. I laughed. I even fanned myself during some of the steamier scenes. It was straightforward and entertaining. But then I gasped as he spun me around and forced me to bend over. I had time only to twist my head to see what he was doing behind me before he yanked up my dress and slapped me on the ass. God, I was bored. When I started fantasizing about inanimate objects going up in flames, it was time to call it a night.Easton has boundaries and is a teacher with a different kind of teaching method than the others, I suppose that added an extra temptation for Tyler to see Easton stand up for herself. That comes with lots of encounters and a plot that gripped me to my seat, I loved it throughout and then it slowly grew on me as I read it the further I went into it. It developed a more meaningful relationship, a teacher/parent relationship and then a lover/forever relationship. I spun around, my eyes rounding as I saw the man who had just pinned me against a wall outside step onto the stage. Holy shit.” I shot my head up, a smile spreading across my face as I scanned the ballroom. I spotted my brother standing in a circle of people but facing me with a warning eyebrow raised and a smirk on his face. So why did I deduct a half star? The book was seriously perfect for me until the last five or so percent. There's a plot twist I didn't see coming and it just didn't sit right with me. It just didn't fit. That's just my opinion and it probably won't even bother other readers. It just put a bad taste in my mouth to an otherwise perfectly written love story. The city and its surrounding areas hosted between forty and fifty parades every Mardi Gras season, and each parade had a krewe – a not-for-profit organization that donated money to build the floats, some costing as much as eighty thousand dollars, while the krewe members enjoyed the privilege of donning masks as they tossed beads and other trinkets into a bedlam of outstretched hands and screaming crowds.