published: 2019
pages: 295
read: 1/27-29/2020
book: 6 in 2020
SYNOPSIS
Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie's work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can't refuse. She's excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she doesn't expect is to become instantly attracted to a certain Private Secretary and his charming accent and unyielding formality.
Malcolm Hudson has been the Queen's Private Secretary for years and has never given a personal, private tour...until now. He is intrigued by Vivian the moment he meets her and finds himself making excuses just to spend time with her. When flirtatious banter turns into a kiss under the mistletoe, things snowball into a full-on fling.
Despite a ticking timer on their holiday romance, they are completely fine with ending their short, steamy fling come New Year's Day...or are they?
MY THOUGHTS
by this point, anything I say about the books in this series is kinda mute because we all know how i felt about all 3 books before (I seriously thought this was book 5 for some reason). But I must say, i was a biiiit surprised by this one if only because the events happened backwards instead of how they usually have. Meaning that in books 1-3, they all fucked around, fell in love, denied it, fought it and then realized "hey, we belong together!"
*cue Mariah Carey*
In this one, Vivian goes to England thanks to her daughter Maddie (book 3) who gets hired to style the duchess (and by the fucking way, V does fucking refuse. she only goes because Mads books her flight without giving her the option to back out.) On her first day she meets Malcolm and they both fall for each other. they spend time together and then he proposes that she stay with him so they can spend more time together. she stays, they do their thing, he tries to propose a long distance fuck buddy type of deal but she says no.
She flies home, they postcard mail each other, they talk about blah, blah, blah, she tells him she loves him, he bitches out and never replies.
and then he shows up at her house and they end up together.
basically, that's the entire story.
I mean there's some bits I left out (not a lot) but that's literally it. everything that's already happened before, happens again.
just backwards.
overall, i didn't hate the story but it didn't blow my mind. I did look up to see if there was a 5th book and it looks like there isn't.* It looks like a new one is coming out later this year that has nothing to do with this series (only assuming because the names have never came up in these stories) and quite frankly, I'm glad. I don't think I have it in me to read the same story set in their timeline that's just a repeat of all before it.
It's a quick read, and it's a fun one and I didn't hate it but I was over it rather quickly. I know i wont be thinking about it again. ..but hey!, another one down.
my question is though, and I know this is a fake story with made up characters so suspend disbelief here BUT imagine Alexa & Drew, Carlos & Nikki, Maddie & Theo and Vivian & Malcolm sitting around at idk, a bbq or whatever....you don't think they'd all be sitting there together when the sudden realization dawns on all of them that hey! We all went through the same shit! Isn't it all not so special?
I mean, because well, isn't it all the same?
anyway, no spoilers because I basically spoiled it all above.
thanks for reading!
pages: 295
read: 1/27-29/2020
book: 6 in 2020
SYNOPSIS
Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie's work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can't refuse. She's excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she doesn't expect is to become instantly attracted to a certain Private Secretary and his charming accent and unyielding formality.
Malcolm Hudson has been the Queen's Private Secretary for years and has never given a personal, private tour...until now. He is intrigued by Vivian the moment he meets her and finds himself making excuses just to spend time with her. When flirtatious banter turns into a kiss under the mistletoe, things snowball into a full-on fling.
Despite a ticking timer on their holiday romance, they are completely fine with ending their short, steamy fling come New Year's Day...or are they?
MY THOUGHTS
by this point, anything I say about the books in this series is kinda mute because we all know how i felt about all 3 books before (I seriously thought this was book 5 for some reason). But I must say, i was a biiiit surprised by this one if only because the events happened backwards instead of how they usually have. Meaning that in books 1-3, they all fucked around, fell in love, denied it, fought it and then realized "hey, we belong together!"
*cue Mariah Carey*
In this one, Vivian goes to England thanks to her daughter Maddie (book 3) who gets hired to style the duchess (and by the fucking way, V does fucking refuse. she only goes because Mads books her flight without giving her the option to back out.) On her first day she meets Malcolm and they both fall for each other. they spend time together and then he proposes that she stay with him so they can spend more time together. she stays, they do their thing, he tries to propose a long distance fuck buddy type of deal but she says no.
She flies home, they postcard mail each other, they talk about blah, blah, blah, she tells him she loves him, he bitches out and never replies.
and then he shows up at her house and they end up together.
basically, that's the entire story.
I mean there's some bits I left out (not a lot) but that's literally it. everything that's already happened before, happens again.
just backwards.
overall, i didn't hate the story but it didn't blow my mind. I did look up to see if there was a 5th book and it looks like there isn't.* It looks like a new one is coming out later this year that has nothing to do with this series (only assuming because the names have never came up in these stories) and quite frankly, I'm glad. I don't think I have it in me to read the same story set in their timeline that's just a repeat of all before it.
It's a quick read, and it's a fun one and I didn't hate it but I was over it rather quickly. I know i wont be thinking about it again. ..but hey!, another one down.
my question is though, and I know this is a fake story with made up characters so suspend disbelief here BUT imagine Alexa & Drew, Carlos & Nikki, Maddie & Theo and Vivian & Malcolm sitting around at idk, a bbq or whatever....you don't think they'd all be sitting there together when the sudden realization dawns on all of them that hey! We all went through the same shit! Isn't it all not so special?
I mean, because well, isn't it all the same?
anyway, no spoilers because I basically spoiled it all above.
thanks for reading!
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*turns out the next book is a part of this fucking series. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at the time i wrote this post i did not know.
i don't know that ill be picking that one up.
i can't anymore.
*turns out the next book is a part of this fucking series. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at the time i wrote this post i did not know.
i don't know that ill be picking that one up.
i can't anymore.
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