Synopsis
New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy mixes business with pleasure in the second book of her sexy Billionaire Bachelors Club series …
Marina Knight came to this party for one thing only: to slap Gage Emerson in the face. Poised to snatch up her family’s real estate empire, the sexy tycoon is on the verge of making an enemy for life—even if he can make her melt with a single kiss …
When Gage discovers that the alluring woman before him is the key to his latest acquisition, claiming her as his suddenly doesn’t seem quite so cut-and-dried. To get what he wants, he must get to know the fierce woman willing to face him down—as she steadily steals his heart.
Gage’s persistence and intense passion war with Marina’s determination to protect her family. As they delve deeper into an affair they didn’t see coming, Marina’s torn: Will she lose her heart to Gage—or everything she holds dear?
My Review
Holy Hotness!!! The chemistry between Gage and Marina is smoldering. This book had me fanning myself and my girl parts doing the happy dance.
Marina Knight feels like her family sees her as a lost cause. They handed her the family’s bakery to run because they figured that she could not screw that up. She has worked really hard to try to prove to them that she is a valuable asset to the family business. When her families empire starts to crumble, all of the hard work that she has put into the bakery may no longer matter. She decides that she needs to market her business and goes to a networking event to meet possible business owners that might be willing to add some of her baked goods to their menus. And of course, as fate would have it, she crosses paths with the very man that might end up stealing her future.
Gage Emerson is here on a mission. Find a member of the Molina family and convince them to sell him the property where Autumn Harvest currently resides. He knows he can buy the property fix it up and sell or lease it and make a killing. Then he sees her and his plan gets put on the back burner. She is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. He feels butterflies in his stomach as he approaches her. Almost immediately sparks begin to fly and he finds himself all choked up and struggling to speak to her. And before he knows it he has insulted her and she is storming out the door.
I love the banter between Marina and Gage. It seems as if neither of them has a filter when they are around one another. Especially Gage. Which is hysterically funny. I really enjoyed the ass Gage made of himself time and time again. Marina is perfect for Gage because she is Sassy Sicilian who calls him out on the rug.
“I am not forcing you into anything, Marina,” he says softly, his eyes glowing as they drink me in. “Unless…you like it that way.”
Well, holy shit. The man needs duct tape wound around his mouth about twenty times. He says the worst things ever. “Did you really just say that?”
“Did I really just say what?”
“Is it just me you say idiotic, sexist, disgusting things to, or do you talk this way to all the women you encounter?”
He cracks his eyes open. “Did I just really say that out loud?”
“Yep,” I confirm, enjoying his absolute misery.
This is just a taste of the witty banter between Gage and Molina that had me turning the pages until I finished this book at midnight last night. I have never laughed so hard and at the same time been so turned on. Gage can charm a girl out of her panties with just one heated look.
If you like hot headed Sicilian and man who cannot keep his foot out of his mouth, you will love Torn.
About the Author
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Monica Murphy is a native Californian who lives in the foothills below Yosemite. A wife and mother of three, she writes New Adult and contemporary romance for Bantam and Avon. She is the author of One Week Girlfriend and Second Chance Boyfriend.
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TORN Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17905596-torn?ac=1
Giveaway
Saucy Southern Readers 
When I get upset at someone.. it usually hurts me more than them, so I avoid confrontation as much as possible
I feel torn sometimes after reading a great book- to read it again or not!!
I’m frequently torn between choices – which book, what to wear, what to order in a restaurant – days are a neverending series of choices to be made.
Most torn moments is having to decide what to wear.
the only thing I’ve ever been torn over was who to marry. 😉
Have you ever felt TORN over something? What was it?
Yes sometimes I am torn over what book to read… or where to go for a meal.
I am torn from having to pick between different books to buy sometimes, lol, especially when every one I read about sounds great!!!