Reviewed by True

TITLE: Heartless

AUTHOR: Robin Knight

PUBLISHER: Squid INQ Press

LENGTH: 212 pages

RELEASE DATE: July 31, 2023

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DO NOT READ THIS BOOK! You’re taking a risk if you do… but then again, that’s exactly what the characters in this story do. They risk everything for love. It may break their hearts, but I promise I’ll put them back together again. So maybe… just maybe… you SHOULD read this book.

♥ MMM
♥ Hurt/Comfort
♥ Corporate Romance

ASHTON

If money makes the world go round, then the real estate market in New York is the engine that keeps the planet spinning. As one of Manhattan’s elite realty agents, it’s my job to wine, dine and do whatever it takes to close the deal. Yes sir, I act the part and look the part. Designer suit… immaculate. Hair… precision. Body… perfection. Well, maybe not quite, but I’m not about to let anyone know the flaw in this outwardly flawless power single.

So when my secret chink-in-the-armor begins to show, I’ll do whatever I need to protect myself, especially when it comes to putting Jax Lockhart — the newest, slickest, sexiest agent at Vanquest Realty — in his place. With the help of my assistant Bailey, I’ll do what it takes to bring Jax down. The last thing I was ever expecting was to fall for the enemy… and my assistant Bailey too!

BAILEY

Without any possible rhyme or reason, I’ve been in love with my boss Ashton since the day I started working for him. I have no idea what this irresistible attraction is, especially when he’s the total opposite of me! He’s filthy rich and handsome beyond words, possessing the kind of confidence, ambition and uber-success that I could never match… or even want to match. That’s okay, I have no problems pining over him from afar while I live my quiet little life, looking after my Grammy and scraping together enough to pay the bills.

But then one day Jax Lockhart walks into the offices of Vanquest Realty… the very same Jax Lockhart I’d fallen head over heels in love with at the orphanage where we’d both grown up. Now what was I to do? Continue dreaming about the boss I could never have? Or rekindle the flame that two kids shared a lifetime ago? I’m tempted to keep both of my secret crushes a secret… until I find out that both Ashton and Jax each have secrets of their own.

HEARTLESS is an enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, hurt/comfort standalone 50k MMM romance, with steam, swoon and secrets galore. After all, love works in mysterious ways!

REVIEW:

Did I like Ashton? Not at first, he had to work hard to win me over. He’s a workaholic, isn’t a nice guy, he’s ungrateful, ridiculously rich, and takes life for granted. Even when he ended up in the hospital after almost getting hit by a bus, he just can’t seem to change his lifestyle and slow down, and enjoy life.

Bailey lives a completely different life, he pays rent and his grandma’s meds, and what is left, is almost nothing. He’s Ashton’s PA and is secretly in love with him.

Ashton has to take a new guy under his wing, Jax Lockhart, he really doesn’t want to. He wants to find a way to get rid of Jax and needs Bailey’s help.
But it turns out Bailey and Jax have a history, they’ve shared some sweet moments.
Jax brings light into their lives and brings the three of them closer.

The story surprised me, and I sensed there was more to it than I initially thought. Even with some heavy moments, it had a kind and uplifting vibe, almost like a fairy tale.

Three men coming together was inevitable, and they had to make wrong things right. Their growing feelings were sweet, their encounters passionate, their pasts intertwined, their love strong.

At one point I couldn’t stop crying, my eyes kept dripping and dripping.
It was a bittersweet, wonderfully written, emotional story with three amazing, very special characters.
Dang, the tears made it hard to read.

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