Series: New York Billionaires #3
Author: Julie Capulet
Published January 14th 2025
Goodreads Synopsis
Hot playboy billionaires? Definitely not my type. Until one offers me a ride to California—with some dangerously irresistible “lessons” thrown in...and he somehow starts to change my mind about what dreams are actually made of.
Making it as a fashion designer in New York City feels a lot like trying to fly to the moon with homemade wings. My Instagram is slowly gaining traction, but the grind is exhausting. So when my best friend asks me to be the maid of honor at her shotgun wedding in Malibu, I’m tempted to head back to L.A. for good. Especially since my unrequited crush is also on the guest list.
The night before my road trip, my friend Sloane drags me along to a swanky Hamptons party where I happen to meet her drop-dead gorgeous billionaire boss, Colton Maddox—also known as the King of Heartbreak. Definitely one to steer well and truly clear of.
But the next morning, I open the door to find Colton standing there with coffee in one hand and the keys to a luxury tour bus in the other. In my tequila haze, I must have told him about my road trip—and my unrequited crush. Now he’s insisting we had a deal.
Did I really agree to travel across the country with a hot, cocky devil? Even worse, did I also agree to let him give me “lessons” on how to seduce a man, after I admitted I have zero experience? How mortifying.
Turns out, Colton Maddox is maddeningly persuasive. He’s also an exceptionally good teacher. He showers me with luxurious gifts and takes me to all the hot spots on my wish list. Including Vegas.
As we get closer to L.A., the insufferably sexy billionaire is starting to convince me that maybe, all along, I’ve been holding out for the wrong man…especially since the cocky devil is now my husband. Sometimes what happens in Vegas doesn’t end up staying in Vegas after all…
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via BookSirens. This in no way impacted on my view.
Colton Maddox the stereotypical playboy billionaire, known for giving a woman a night to remember, but being gone the next morning. He’s not looking for love, but meeting Lila Bailey at a Hampton’s party changes his life. Lila down to her last few dollars, and though she’s starting to get a following for her designs, the jobs she’s working to make ends meet are crushing her creativity, and she’s about to call it quits and go back to Malibu. Colton can’t lose her, not now that he’s found the woman who was made for him, but he only has a week to convince her to return back to New York, and to be with him.
For someone who had been such a manwhore, Colton Maddox was such a simp for Lila from the minute he met her. She was sweet and innocent, but she had a dream which wasn't working. Living in the Hamptons and working all hours of the day had got her a small following, but she needed more to be able to be the designer she wanted to be. Going back to California for her best friend's wedding, this was her last ditch hope before she called it quits. Maddox overheard it all, and didn't want her to travel alone across the country, so in true billionaire fashion, he got the biggest RV he could find, which was basically a palace on wheels, just to be close to her. There's a twist that I saw coming a mile off, but it was still fab to read. The conflict was a bit too angst-y for me, but it didn't ruin the reading experience. Roll on book 4!
Dates Read:
October 6, 2025
Rating
3 Stars
