Bad Influence

What would you do if you were New York’s most wanted woman, but no one knew your identity until a hacker threatened to expose you? Hide and give into the hacker’s demands? Tell the world? Or ask your very much despised ex, who just came back from a stint in Singapore, for help? Annie Maxwell’s path is obvious. Right?

But let’s back up a bit. With Bad Influence, book #3 in the Bad Bachelors series, Stefanie London tells the sexy, swoony and heartwarming story about bank executive Joseph Preston and the love of his life Annie Maxwell who had their entire future mapped out in front of them until career and family tore them apart.

Annie had been upset after Joe left, but when she sees the engagement ring that was meant for her on another woman’s finger, she creates an app meant to help woman have a better dating experience. She never expected the controversy or bad press it generated, and certainly didn’t imagine it would be a threat to her safety. But when push came to shove, the man that had abandoned her was there to prove not only that she was his priority, but that he had never stopped loving her. Can they forgive their past transgressions?

London pens a tenderly romantic, deliciously sexy and delightfully witty story. I enjoyed the balance between the story’s effortless flow, the suspenseful plot generated by the threat against Annie, the push-pull and very present longing between the well-developed main characters, and the family and friends component that layered this story.

I was hooked from the very start wanting to speed read or skip ahead to the very ending and know how it all gets resolved. I almost did. But I remembered why I love romance so much. The enjoyment is in the journey, in getting to know the characters, feeling the attraction and romance that jumps from the pages, reading how they work through problems to reach that glorious happy ever after. And I wasn’t disappointed.

Bad Influence is book #2 of the Bad Bachelors series by Stefanie London. It is a standalone, second chance romance, told from both points of view, and has a happy ending.

Dramatic, emotional, and sizzling!

Bad Influence is a heartwarming, passionate, second-chance romance that takes us into the lives of the resolute, intelligent, Annie and the charismatic, hardworking Joe as they discover that even though they let each other slip away once, the heart wants who the heart wants, and some things are worth fighting for.

The writing is smooth and crisp. The characters are smart, lovable, and alluring. And the plot is a wonderful blend of life, love, familial pressure, friendship, sizzling romance, introspection, happiness, and a little danger.

Bad Influence is the third and final story in the Bad Bachelors series, and even though it’s a little bittersweet to say goodbye to the characters we’ve come to know and love from the previous novels, it is nevertheless a lovely way to catch up on the whole gang and give Annie and Joe the happy-ever-after ending they deserve.

This was such a surprisingly enjoyable read and now I'm upset with myself that I haven't read the first two books in this series!! I've never read anything by this author before but I'll be reading more from her now--excellent contemporary romance with a twist. Well developed characters with depth and soul that gave me all the "feels" I look for in books like this. Annie and Joe have their issues and the reason behind their breakup made me think...quite a bit actually which is a good thing! I could see both sides and because these characters were so well written it was hard to 'take a side" -- I loved them both! I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will be reading more from this author in the future. I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC for NetGalley.

Reuniting Love Bonds



This story has all the feels I want and desire in a HEA. I was wondering how Stefanie London was going to bring Annie's story to life, and I was not disappointed. Annie Maxwell, creator of the Bad Bachelor app was left devastated after her one and only love upped and left her for a once in a lifetime job opportunity. Annie never recovered and her way of seeking payback was in creating Bad Bachelor to ensure other women did not go through what she had experienced.



Joseph Preston made the catastrophic and shattering mistake of his life by abandoning the woman of his dreams at a time when she needed him in her corner. Joseph returns home to find Annie again and to find out she needs his business expertise. He realizes he cannot risk losing her again and does some serious soul searching to win her back. Reading Stefanie's words exposing Joseph's journey to face his fears to open up the vault to his heart and expose his true feelings was breathtaking to read.



I felt my heart ache as he fights with his inner turmoil to make everything right in their world together again. Joseph and Annie captured my heart and made me believe that love can indeed conquer all.