Very well written book. Really enjoyed this author, would definitely read more by this author and recommend on my book IG

This book is a must read its cute and made me care about the characters. I could not put this book down and I would highly recommend this book.

I really enjoyed this book it was just awesome. I had a great time reading it. The sex scenes were really hot and awesome. The romance had a lot of chemistry and was awesome.

I really REALLY disliked Tempest. She was mean and kept using things against Leonard, espesially since she said she had forgiven him. She was petty, hostile and mean. Making drama unnessesarily. I feel bad for Leonard, i understand that he did a wrong thing and all, but geez. No character development... the book dragged on, making me bored.

This checked off everything I look for in a book. Was not disappointed. Really enjoyed this book. I will read more from this author. Must read

wow!! this book really truly blew me away! it was so very much fun to read and i am so excited to get to read more from this author in the future! thank you so much for this opportunity, netgalley!!!!

Thank you netgalley and publisher for the opportunity to read and provide honest feedback on this Arc.

The cover is cute and that's what initially drew me in. The story was good, funny, well paced, and just overall enjoyable for a quick and light read. I enjoyed the characters and the story felt just enough believable to delve in and enjoy it. Would definitely read more by this author.

What a fun, summer read! I was immediately pulled into this book and drawn into the characters. From Tempest, to Blair, Leo, Arty, Dean, Jo - they all were relatable and well-developed. I laughed and I cried reading this book, and I struggled to put it down at night. I will be looking for more by Mary Beesley!

Entertaining and engaging romance. A silly bet leads to some fun adventures. A quick read that may be predictable, but then that is why we hope for a happily ever after. Thanks to the publisher for providing a copy via NetGalley.

I was granted a free copy of this text by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This was a fun book for an escape from reality. It is not realistic at all, but my wife and I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Hi, this book was read thanks to NetGalley.


this trope is one if my favorites "I will make you love me, while I fall in love with you".I highly recommend it for lovers of this trope. This book is so easy and quick to read that I read it in one sit.

The character are charismatic and the writing is so witty, god I love this book.

Ah...uh... This book was clearly something I wasn't expecting...?

Should there be a different tag for almost incestuous relationships? (I don't know. The line between step-siblings' romance is pretty blurry? I do find it weird though.)

After overcoming that hurdle the book was pleasant though I should mention that the attraction between characters was based on lust rather than love.

Speaking of characters, I really adored Leo. Compared to "alpha males" in most romance stories, he seemed like a pretty normal guy. He wasn't built like a tank or had a head full of hair. That was good to see. He had his quirks which I could relate to. He could've been my favorite overall if it wasn't for the fact that he (without realizing?) body-shamed Jo for her post-baby body.

Tempest. Firstly, what a beautiful name! I loved her chemistry with her best friend, Blair. Their nicknames for one another were adorable. (I wish there was a backstory on how they got those names? I mean yes, I could figure out why it was Stormie and Sticks. But you knowwww?) I wish she had the same chemistry with Leo.

Overall, I found the scenes quite jumpy, quickly rushing through days, weeks, and months but it was an easy read.

Rating 3/5

Thank you, NetGalley and the Publisher for the complimentary ARC. All thoughts are of my own.

⭐⭐⭐
I really had high expectations on this book like seriously I devoured the other book by this author It's To Unite a Realm by Mary Beesley .. it's a 5 Star... If you an good proper romance try it . It was so good.. it had love and list but there was very clear barrier they made love and it ft so good to read very unlikely to this book
Oh my!! What do I say... I didn't like this story.. like seriously what the heck was that.. I wasted so much of my time reading this
Shuu... There was lust .. lust and yes they did love eachother
But I don't know how to explain this
I hate sex before marriage and lusty thoughts
I don't want to ruin by giving away spoilers but it's just I can't handle my diasspointment
The only only thing I appreciate in this book was the how real the Hero is expect for the billionaire part,
His hair was thining, wasn't a super great body builder but fine body .. it felt real to fall in love with real-life ppl

I .. don't like this book.. but if modern day romance and sex before marriage can be handled by you and also it goes against many stereotypes .. so Go with warning
It's just not my cup of tea

This is 3.5 stars rounded down.

The fact that literally my first status update for this book is 'what the f*ck', should tell you something about this book.

This book. I'm still shaking my head.

Oh God, where do I start?

Okay, one step at a time, let's start with the romance.

No. Just, no. God, the romance was just not my thing? First of all, these two have like zero control over their lust, making this book replace lust with love on every single front. I'm thinking that maybe I should make a shelf named 'it's-called-love-not-lust', or 'lust-not-equal-to-love' or something to that effect, just to make you understand what a pain this book ended up to be.

Honestly, the way it started, and from the synopsis, I expected this too be a run of the mill rom-com, complete with secret identity, lost job attributed to love interest who is not known yet, etc etc, but this thing just went out of this world with a is-it-incest-or-not subplot thrown in, complete with two characters who don't even spend a lot of time together but are definitely already in love (that was supposed to be sarcastic, but I can't bring myself to fix it right now)

That is not to say that this book wasn't enjoyable, it was just too much for me. There's a reason I have a shelf named crack-fic. The only saving grace for this book was that it was short, and that the romance, while definitely not with substance, was entertaining in a lot of places. I just don't want to question about how weird incest is. That's it.

Their relationship wasn't really based in anything? Like this whole thing was just on fast forward. Why would a millionaire/billionaire/whatever invite a woman into his house, then treat her to dinner and call it a date, and then a week after that they can't live without each other? (I am aware that the sentence does not make sense, I just started with one thought and ended it with a completely different one)

And while I was still onboard with this, it just started getting too much for me when we had the Thanksgiving. So, I think I would have really enjoyed this book, and I did mostly, but as a romance this was just too lacking. The forced proximity was well done, but like whenever we would be making progress with the romance, it would instantly turn into 'we can't do this', and I'm like please decide what you want and stick to it.

On the whole, definitely an entertaining read, but perhaps just not for me. I recommend to anyone looking for a short and funny rom-com, does not mind surprising plot twists that are out of this world, and a romance which doesn't have a lot of base to build upon. If you're not looking for anything too serious, then this is for you.

Think this book would be a great beach read. Cute book and great characters.. Didn't want to put the book down!

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC for an exchange of an honest review.

It was an enjoyable read. Wonderful quick romance story.

3.5 ⭐️
I enjoyed this book. Though it was kind of a predictable rom-com with the slow burn and happy ending and everything, it was such an enjoyable read. I literally laughed out loud many times. I particularly enjoyed their sarcastic banter😄😄 If you’re up for some light and breezy read with nothing complicated, this is a book to read😊
Thank you NetGalley and Wildrose Press Inc. for providing a free eARC for an honest review.
#NetGalley #bettingonlove

Short but sweeeeeet. Tempest in really a storm that after losing a job get involved in an accident with Leo who is the reason why she lost the job. They got somehow involved but a misunderataning comes and complicate their story. Then happen so many things but it is not right to tell all. But itvis a funny read anyway. Perfect beach read. I would say it is worth to risk.

I want to thanks Netgalley.com and Backlit PR for the free copy in echange of an honest review.
Pub.date:24 Mar 2021

this was such a lovely, bewitching story. the description itself sounded very interesting, so i expected to like it, but i didn’t expect to be completely charmed by it. i was engaged in the story since the first few pages and consumed this story in only few hours. at one point i wasn’t sure if i will like where the plot was going (leo’s identity was discovered quiet quickly and the story changed the expected course a little) but i did, very much. i really adored tempest and leo, i think their dynamic was amazing and they really fit well together. i know that some people felt like the story was a little dragged, because at 90% of the book they kissed only once, but this actually made me enjoy the story even more; i love slow-burn and long, painful mutual pining is definitely one of my favourite parts of romance.
besides tempest and leo, i also really liked other characters in this book and was entertained by all their scenes. blair was incredible, i would love her to my friend, and christopher and silvia’s relationship was very heart-warming and sweet.
overall, this was a great story with interesting, likeable characters and cute romance. 4 stars.

This book was definitely a ride... I enjoyed it, but I swear I got whiplash from the amount of random twists this threw in. Seriously, there wasn't much more that could've happened.

That may sound discouraging, but it isn't! The randomness made it fun, and this definitely wasn't repetitive. I was a bit disappointed by how un-romancey this was. I expected something that was mainly romance, and instead the characters spent 3/4 of the book avoiding each other. I wanted enemies to lovers, which this kind of fulfilled, but it was a bit lacking.

With that being said, I did enjoy the relationship between Tempest and Leo. Their (few) interactions were super entertaining! I didn't love the way Tempest acted as a relationship partner, she was slightly irrational, but I enjoyed this enough to ignore that.

Although this definitely had issues, it was a super fun book! Everything that could've happened, did. I did find the ending a bit rushed, and this could've been 100 pages longer, but oh well.

Thanks to Netgalley and Mary Beesley for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review!