Sandy S.
WICKED BILLIONAIRE is the eighth instalment in Sawyer Bennett’s contemporary, adult WICKED HORSE VEGAS erotic romance series focusing on the members of the exclusive Vegas sex club The Wicked Horse. This is billionaire hotelier Declan Blackwood, and housekeeper/PA Bailey Robbins’ story line. WICKED BILLIONAIRE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Told from dual first person perspectives (Declan and Bailey) WICKED BILLIONAIRE follows the forbidden relationship between billionaire hotelier Declan Blackwood, and housekeeper/PA Bailey Robbins. Bailey Robbins works three jobs including housekeeping at the Vegas Blackwood Hotel. Cleaning the boss’ suite, Bailey finds herself offering advise when she overhears Declan firing his latest PA, advise regarding an upcoming fundraiser, and the lack of space for an event of that size. Hiring our heroine on the spot, Declan knows to cross the line could be disaster for himself and the woman that stirs something deep within our story line hero. What ensues is the building relationship between Declan and Bailey, and the potential fall-out as Declan’s secret is about to reveal. Declan Blackwood doesn’t do relationship hence his very busy membership at the sex club The Wicked Horse. Hiring former room cleaner Bailey Robbins gives Declan all sorts of ideas including a sex-only relationship until Declan wants more. Bailey Robbins works three jobs to help her parents and pay down the debt of her former husband. With an offer from Declan, Bailey discovers there is more to the man than meets the eye, including a very active sex life that now involves our story line heroine. The relationship between Declan and Bailey begins as a business arrangement-employer and employee that quickly crosses the line into something more. Researching for a potential sex club of his own, Declan brings Bailey to The Wicked Horse, an evening that is about to change the dynamics of their current relationship. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text. The secondary and supporting characters include Declan’s less than welcoming parents Helena and Alexander Blackwood, and his sister Marissa, as well as Declan’s childhood nannie Leonie. WICKED BILLIONAIRE is a story of family, discrimination, power and money. The premise is inviting, imaginative and engaging; the romance is spicy and hot; the characters are spirited and animated.
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Moni Reads
Everyone thinks it must be phenomenal to be rich, and in Declan Blackwood's case, mega rich. But it all means nothing if you’re not completely happy or fulfilled. He has tried to occupy his time with work, golf, the club, and it worked until he met Miss Robbins. He saw something there, on that day she came to clean his suite. Based off that, he offers her a job as his assistant, because he all of sudden needs a new one. I think Declan would be the first to tell you he never thought it would last, their working relationship, for a few reasons, mainly because Miss Robbins wouldn't back down and submit to him at work, and also that she probably like to submit to him at the club. He is headstrong on never crossing the line with his employees but the lovely Miss Bailey Robbins is not one to quit easy. In spite of his upbringing, Declan wasn't totally heartless. There was one other woman in his life that he treasured and took care of, so when Bailey tells him she has parents with health issues, he understood her concerns and obligations, just like he does for his nanny, Leonie. I admired the way Declan went from strength to strength as the relationship was evolving. Just as much as, I think highly of Bailey dropping her walls and trusting Declan to not be Dicklan. When she hears him say he loves her, in that suite, I nearly melted with her and was on board with forgiving him when he explained all the details. As this is the last Wicked Horse Vegas book, and I’m so glad it has ended on a high. To me, this is the best couple yet to frequent the sex club. They started out like the others, each wanting to reach the optimum enjoyment from their sexuality but discovered a greater high with finding their significant other and reaching their HEA. Bailey and Declan may have come from different backgrounds but they were definitely made to be together.
THERESA NATOLE
Declan comes from money, lots of money. Bailey grew up just getting by. Although her family life was filled with love, Declan’s was not. Declan did not know what a parent’s love was. Except from his nanny. She showed him how a child and later an adult should be treated and loved by his family. There was always love in Bailey’s home especially around the dinner table. Declan’s upbringing included expensive vacations, the best education money could buy, but absentee parents. You can everything in the world money can buy but without love you have nothing. Even though Bailey did not grow up with any extravagances she never felt deprived. From their first meeting in his hotel suite he knew she was different. Yes, they came from different worlds, but Bailey eventually showed him everything he was missing. Their relationship started at the Wicked Horse. A no strings arrangement. Something that would not follow them into the office. By day she was his assistant and by night they engaged at the Wicked Horse. It took a business trip for him to want more. Forgetting about the signed document describing their arrangement they took their relationship outside the club. From their it just grew. Feelings he never thought he could feel for another person started to develop. Fewer nights were spent at the Wicked Horse and more time was spent getting to know each other and falling in love with each other. She became his person. Someone he could trust in his personal life as well as his business. Wicked Billionaire is an opposites attract love story that will have you glued to every word. Sawyer Bennett once again delivers a story that is HOT HOT HOT and a male character who finally learns what real love is.