AMERICAN ASSHOLE (Bachelor International #1) by Tara Sue Me-Review, Excerpt & Giveaway Tour
AMERICAN ASSHOLE
Bachelor International #1
by Tara Sue Me
Release Date: September 17, 2018
Genre: adult, contemporary, romance
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Release Date September 17, 2018
He’s a self proclaimed bastard with a double helping of lying asshole.
Mia Matthews never thought much of big shot matchmaker Tenor Butler, but when she finds out he loaned her late business partner a quarter of a million dollars and no one told her, there aren’t enough four letter words to describe him. She’d like nothing more than to pretend Tenor doesn’t exist, but she owes him all that money, not to mention he’s hot as hell.
Tenor doesn’t see why it’s his fault Mia didn’t know about the loan. In fact, he thinks he’s being very magnanimous when he offers to forgive the loan if Mia closes her own matchmaking business and works for him for five years. But as he gets closer to Mia, he realizes two things: 1) he doesn’t want her as an employee and 2) she hates his guts.
When an old flame threatens them both, Mia and Tenor find themselves working together and are unable to ignore their mutual attraction. But it might be too late for these two romance experts to create their own love story
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REVIEW: AMERICAN ASSHOLE is the first instalment in Tara Sue Me’s contemporary, adult BACHELOR INTERNATIONAL romance series. This is independent businesswoman Mia Matthews, and businessman Tenor Butler’s story line.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Mia and Tenor) AMERICAN ASSHOLE follows the building relationship between independent businesswoman Mia Matthews, and businessman Tenor Butler. Upon the recent accidental death of her mother and business partner Dee Matthews, Mia discovered that her mother was in debt for a quarter of a million dollars to their main competitor Tenor Butler, the man with whom Mia would fall in love. Tenor will make Mia an offer that is too good to be true, an offer that places Mia in the direct line of contact. What ensues is the quick building relationship both personal and professional between Mia and Tenor, and the fall-out as Mia’s credibility is questioned by someone with the power to destroy her life.
Mia Matthews had no idea her mother, and thusly their own Boston matchmaking business-Cross My Heart- was struggling to survive. Having discovered her mother lied about the finances, Mia is surprised when Tenor Butler, self-proclaimed ‘a$$hole’, offers Mia a position with Bachelor International, Tenor’s widely successful and thriving business. Tenor Butler knows that to go against company policy risks everything and more but his attraction to Mia finds our hero offering Mia a position that places her within reach.
The relationship between Mia and Tenor begins acrimoniously; a business arrangement to pay off all debts but an arrangement that threatens both of their hearts. The $ex scenes and intimate and passionate, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
We are introduced to Mia’s best friend, and former dancer Wren Prescott, as well as Tenor’s legal council Piers Worthington. Wren’s story line is next in Roman Rouge.
AMERICAN ASSHOLE is a quick read; a story of betrayal and heartbreak; an emotional tale about one woman as she comes to terms with the loss of everything, and one man who battles between right and wrong. The premise is entertaining; the romance is seductive; the characters are intelligent and strong. My only complaint is the title-I dislike the title, and I am disappointed as this was not the original designation. I see no other explanation than shock value, something I believe cheapens the entire novel.
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Reviewed by Sandy
I wasn’t sure why I just lied to her. I probably didn’t sound very convincing, because Mia froze for a brief second before she continued eating. She took her time chewing and swallowing her bite of pancake.
“Okay.”
That was all she said. Okay. My proclamation didn’t seem to bother her a bit. I was shocked. I thought she’d push back or argue with me. Anything. But the calm, cool, and collected way she continued to eat her breakfast told me one of two things:
Either she wasn’t attracted to me at all, which implied I’d read her all wrong or…
She thought I was completely filled with horse shit.
I was more inclined to go with the second option. I was, after all, a matchmaker and there was no way possible I could have been that wrong about the signals she was throwing my way the night before.
And if option two was correct, she didn’t believe a word I’d just said. Not that I did either.
I cleared my throat. “Can we at least pretend that I meant what I said?”
She gave me a sultry grin. “You’re the boss.”
That shouldn’t have made me hard. It really shouldn’t have. But damn…
“Did you sleep okay last night?” I asked. Maybe a change of subject would help.
Help what? I didn’t know.
“I did. And if I didn’t say it before, thank you for everything you did.”
“No need to thank me, Mia.”
I wasn’t sure she would thank me if she knew how much I’d enjoyed holding her during the night or how I’d spent a lot of the night battling my erection.
We fell into silence as we finished eating our breakfast. We would start meetings soon and we had plans to continue business through lunch. But tonight I had plans.
Plans that didn’t involve Benjamin. Meetings. Or anything remotely similar to behavior my lawyer would approve of.
Which made me wonder why I even spoke that lie about us never happening. Maybe I should have worded it differently. Much differently.
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Tara Sue Me is the New York Times bestselling author of the Submissive series, including The Enticement, The Training, The Dominant, and The Submissive. She lives in the southeastern United States with her family, two dogs, and a cat.
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Great review, Sandy. I agree, Inthink this is an atrocious title.
Looks great, thanks Sandy. Not a fan of the title, either.
Thanks for the review and excerpt !
Terrific review, Sandy. Looks like a good storyline, but not the title.
Wow, is this an allowed title.
Yes it is allowed. This title is tame compared to some others.
Thanks for the excellent review and excerpt.
very nice review, sandy. sounds like a good story, but not the title.
Another wonder review and excerpt, thanks Sandy.
Great review and excerpt. I think they could have come up with a different title.
Very nice review. Thanks for the excerpt.
Great review, Sandy. Looks like a good story.