Title: The Bad Boy Billionaire: What a Girl Wants
Author- Maya Rodale
SYNOPSIS:
The third installment of a sexy, whirlwind romance about a
modern day heroine writing historical romance novels based on her romantic
misadventures with the bad boy billionaire.
Jane Sparks had it all…almost.
Everyone knew that Jane Sparks had been dumped by her high
school sweetheart and fired from her job, which is why she was really looking
forward to attending her high school reunion as a successful romance novelist
with her hot billionaire boyfriend as her date. But a violent encounter with
her ex-boyfriend changed everything.
Duke Austen was the luckiest guy in town…almost
Duke Austen is a blue-eyed charmer with a bad boy reputation
and ambitious plans for his future-after two failed startups, this tech
entrepreneur is about to celebrate the $20 billion IPO of his company-but it no
longer matters when the woman he loves has been hurt. Stranded in his apartment
during a hurricane without powerless, they must rebuild their trust…and fall in
love all over again.
Just when they have it all figured out, Jane and Duke are
forced to decide what matters more: facing her past or celebrating his
successful future.
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Excerpt
“Nope. My love life is wonderful, which doesn’t exactly make for a very exciting romance novel. There’s no conflamma,” I said, using our made up word for the awful mixture of conflict and drama. It was essential to any great story—the happy ending wouldn’t be as sweet without it.
“Don’t get all sappy romantic on me.” Roxanna punctuated that with a big sip of her whiskey. “You have to promise not to turn into one of those awful, smug couples.”
I laughed. “Well—I suppose there is some conflict. The dueling parties where he has to decide what matters more—his big night or mine.”
“OR YOU have to decide what matters more,” Roxanna pointed out. “Or which party is simply more fun.”
My phone buzzed with another text. I hoped this one was from Duke. We planned to meet up this evening but hadn’t confirmed when or where. I picked up my phone and frowned.
“Another text from Sam?” Roxanna asked after seeing my frown.
“Yeah.” This one was weird and I didn’t want to think about it so I put my phone in my bag.
“Still haven’t found your ring?” Roxanna asked, gesturing to my hands where I was absentmindedly trying to twist my cubic zirconia “engagement” ring around my finger. Except it wasn’t there.
“No,” I sighed. “I could have sworn I left it in my jewelry box. You know me—I always put things away. But it wasn’t there and I can’t imagine where I might have lost it.”
“Good thing it wasn’t real,” Roxanna remarked, with a grimace.
“Yeah. It still had sentimental value though.”
Roxanna’s mystery love texted again. She smiled as she tapped a response with her red manicured fingernails.
“I have to go. It’s for work,” she said. But neither of us could keep a straight face because it may have been her boss texting her, but it was definitely not about work. We both burst out laughing.
Roxanna and I parted ways outside the bar. She went off to meet her mystery lover and Duke texted, inviting me to join him and some of his team for drinks at a bar on the Lower East Side.
Since it was a gorgeous end-of-summer evening, I decided to walk.
I slipped on my headphones, turned on Empire State of Mind and started heading over to the bar where we agreed to meet. There was nothing like walking through New York City—letting your route be determined by red and green lights, dodging pedestrians on the sidewalk, flowing around cars stopped in the streets, moving in time to the city’s unique rhythm—all while listening to a great song and getting lost in my thoughts. Tonight, I was thinking just how far I had come.
A few months ago I had arrived here a total mess. My boyfriend of twelve years, Sam, had dumped me when I was expecting him to propose. Oh, and I had gotten fired that day, too. I had to move out of the house we shared. Rather than stay at home with my folks and tired of too many awkward conversations with meddling neighbors at the grocery store, I declared I was moving to New York to write a novel.
Madness, that. I just wanted everyone—especially myself—to think I was running to something instead of just fleeing the wreckage of my life.
Then I met Roxanna, whose practical joke on Facebook got me involved with Duke, and my relationship with him provided the inspiration I needed to write not one but two historical romance novels I published to great success.
With Sam I had my life all planned out. And to think…I would have missed living and loving in New York City if everything had gone according to plan.
I pulled open the door to the bar on Elizabeth Street and spotted Duke right away. There was just something about him—confidence, determination, drive—that declared him Someone Important even though he tended to wear free T-shirts from other startups, perfectly broken in Levi’s with sneakers.
Bad Boy Billionaire What a Girl Wants Maya Rodale
He glanced up and caught my eye. God, that smile. So roguish. So mischievous. It was a smile that made a girl believe in once upon a time and heroes that swept a girl off her feet. It did things to me every time. He stood and strolled through the bar towards me. The crowds just melted out of his way.
If I had gotten the life I had always planned of, I would have missed this. Duke pulling me into an embrace. His mouth crashing down on mine for the kind of deep, passionate kiss that left no doubt as to how he felt about me or what we would be doing tonight.
Later I would think about this kiss and remember it as the one sparkling moment where everything was just right and my biggest problem was which party to attend. It was the moment before my past reared its ugly head, making happily-ever-after seem unlikely. It was the moment before the storm hit, leaving unfathomable destruction in its wake. It was the moment before I got an idea for a new story—but at a price I didn’t want to pay.
The Bad Boys & Wallflowers Series
The Bad Boys & Wallflowers
Series features a modern-day heroine, Jane Sparks, who writes historical
romance novels based on her romantic misadventures with Duke Austen, a tech
entrepreneur better known as the Bad Boy Billionaire. The series include Jane
& Duke’s love story (the Bad Boy Billionaire novellas) and the romance
novels Jane “writes” about three Regency era Wallflowers. Imagine if Bridget
Jones was writing Pride and Prejudice…
Order to be read:
The Wicked Wallflower (Bad Boys & Wallflowers #1)
A Bad Boy Billionaire’s Wicked Arrangement (Bad Boys &
Wallflowers Novella #1)
Wallflower Gone Wild (Bad Boys & Wallflowers #2)
The Bad Boy Billionaire’s Girl Gone Wild (Bad Boys &
Wallflowers Novella #2)
The Bad Boy Billionaire: What a Girl Wants (Bad Boys &
Wallflowers Novella #3)
What a Wallflower Wants (Bad Boys & Wallflowers #3)
Author Info:
Maya Rodale began reading romance novels in college at her
mother’s insistence and it wasn’t long before she was writing her own. Maya is
now the author of multiple Regency historical romances. She lives in New York
City with her darling dog and a rogue of her own.
Author Links:
Please visit her at www.mayarodale.com
Twitter: @mayarodale
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