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BOOKWORM REVIEW: Scarlett and the Big Bad Billionaire by Tru Taylor


RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
STEAM: 🔥🔥🔥.5

Eastport Bay has always been one of my favorite fictional places to visit, and this book is no exception. 

If you have not read the Eastport Bay Billionaire series, it is a series of modern fairy tale retellings, and this one takes on Red Riding Hood.

Scarlett Hood and Gray Lupine have met before. After being jilted at the altar during a destination wedding in Greece, she tries to drown her sorrows in ouzo at the hotel bar. She also meets a team of Navy SEALS who are trying to hide their military identity. Their designated sober buddy draws the short straw in taking care of her, and they strike a deal to have a fling until he left without a word.

Fast forward to a few years later, their paths cross again when Scarlett is invited to meet her estranged grandmother. Victoria Hood wanted to be reunited with her granddaughter after losing touch with her for so long. Gray, a security expert, tracks Scarlett down only to find out -- when she finally comes to town -- that she was the fling he left behind in Mykonos.

What I adore about Tru Taylor's writing is that she creates lovable and relatable characters that make you fall in love. Scarlett and Gray are no different. She is a kind heart who struggles with family commitment over what she wants in life, but her loyalties compel her to put family first, even the grandmother she just reunited with. Gray shares this trait, going above and beyond to take care of Victoria and wanting nothing in return. The ghosts from his military past also continue to haunt him, creating secrets that he struggles to disclose to Scarlett.

Their connection may be instant, but it runs deep. I love the build-up as we peel the layers to their relationship. The spicy scenes could set fire to your Kindles; I particularly love the pies. 

This works as a standalone, though we get glimpses into characters from past books. I highly recommend taking the entire Eastport Bay tour, however. It is so well worth it.

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Tru Taylor and Give Me Books PR for providing an ARC. **

ABOUT THE BOOK

In my expert opinion, every woman who’s been left at the altar should follow up that singularly humiliating experience by spending a week in paradise with a totally inappropriate—and totally sexy—stranger.

Even better if you meet him at the bar of the resort hotel where your destination wedding and honeymoon were supposed to take place.

Even even better if he’s hot and jacked and there are no names exchanged and zero chance of ever seeing him again afterward.

One week of no-holds-barred sex, sun, rum, and fun and your broken heart is on the road to recovery— or at least approaching the on-ramp. 

Of course, the key to pulling off this surefire heartbreak cure is to make sure you don’t fall for him during that amazing week during which you lived out every sexual fantasy you’ve ever had.

And whatever you do, don’t run into your non-honeymoon fling three years later—at your matchmaking grandma’s house.
 
SCARLETT AND THE BIG BAD BILLIONAIRE is a hot small-town rom com take on Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. It’s a standalone enemies to lovers, mistaken identity, jilted bride romantic comedy filled with heart, heat, and billionaire romance fun!

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MEET TRU TAYLOR

Award-winning romance author Tru Taylor writes romantic comedies to make you swoon, smile, and snort with laughter.

She runs on Coke Zero and dark chocolate, lives for lunches with her girlfriends, and drives to the town beach several times a week to watch the sun set over the water.

She loves LOVE and will attempt to turn any show or movie she’s watching into a romance whether it is one or not. Star Wars? A romance. Lord of the Rings? Clearly a romance. The Expendables? Okay, well not even Tru can redeem that one.

When she’s not writing, Tru enjoys watching movies and reading books with happy endings, spending time with her husband and two kids, and sneaking Hershey’s Kisses from the top shelf of the freezer throughout the day. (Top shelf because… two kids. Enough said.)

Tru is the author of the Eastport Bay small town rom com series and loves living in a small New England town where she’s surrounded every day by the beautiful coastal setting you see brought to life in her books.

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