A timeless, heartwarming love story.
The Billionaire’s Ballet By Deanna Roy
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Released: June 14, 2016
Publisher: Casey Shay Press
I’ve been in love with a billionaire since the day I was born.
Does that sound crazy?
See, I’m the unplanned illegitimate daughter of the full-time dance instructor on the Claremont estate. The Claremonts have two sons, Bennett and Quinn.
Quinn was my friend from the beginning. Easygoing and fun.
Bennett, was, well, Bennett. Studious. Serious. It was always obvious who would take over the family business.
When I left for dance school, my heart stayed behind with Quinn. It didn’t matter. By then, he was the definition of a playboy billionaire. Sexy. Irresistible. A girl a week. Nonstop vacations. Insanely expensive cars.
He always thought of me as a friend, which I tried to be.
But I still loved him.
I decided that when I came back from New York, I would be somebody. An accomplished ballerina. Successful. Adored.
And he would love me at last.
What I didn’t count on when I returned, though, is that both Quinn and his brother would still be living at the estate.
And that they would both be ready to fight.
For me.
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
A timeless, heartwarming love story.
This is a wonderful love story and Deanna’s writing totally transported me into another world. I loved being able to escape even if it was only for a few hours.Juliet grew up on the grounds of The Claremont estate where her mother was the full-time dance instructor. She was friends with Quinn, the younger of two brothers and in her teen years became smitten with him.
When Julia leaves home to become a ballerina in New York she vows that she will always love Quinn even though he doesn’t know it and may not feel the same. When she returns to the estate 6 years later she still fancies herself in love with Quinn.
Bennett is Quinn’s older brother and the one who oversees the estate. He knows that Quinn isn’t the person that Juliet thinks he is but knows she must find out for herself. While Quinn is away Bennett and Juliet go out together as friends – they enjoy the same things – but Juliet still longs for Quinn to return.
This is one of the most touching love stories I’ve read in a while. I’ll read anything from sweet to smut and this one definitely leans more towards the sweet side. However, sweet doesn’t mean that there isn’t any heat or sexual tension between the characters, it’s just not real explicit and the bad language is kept to a minimum (no f-bombs at all).
Bennett is a woman’s dream come true. The way he treats Juliet’s mother and his family is wonderful. I think he’ll stay my new book boyfriend for a while.
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O Factor: Spicy
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Deanna Roy is the six-time USA Today bestselling author of numerous works of romance, women’s, and children’s fiction. She also writes books as JJ Knight and Annie Winters.
Her first novel was Baby Dust, a story about a pregnancy loss support group. Her romance series that begins with Forever Innocent, about a couple who reunites four years after the death of their premature baby, became a runaway success. It was followed with Forever Loved, Forever Sheltered, Forever Bound, and Forever Family.
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Deanna’s children’s books include her iPad/iPhone story book app, Dust Bunnies: Secret Agents, about the ninja dust bunnies who live under your bed. It was released by Polycot Labs in 2012. She is also finishing up her Magic Mayhem series, about kids who discover they have magical powers and must defend the balance between good and evil. Those three books are released through Spellbound River Press.
She is a regular speaker at events on writing, publishing, and on baby loss. See her event schedule.
Deanna is a passionate advocate for women who have lost babies. After her first miscarriage in 1998, Deanna began the web site www.pregnancyloss.info. You can also find her Facebook memorial page for babies lost to miscarriage or stillbirth. Many of her books touch on this topic.
Her short stories have appeared in several literary magazines, including 34th Parallel, Farfelu, and The First Line. Her writing credits are lengthy due to her background in journalism and freelance, but one of her favorite articles is a humorous piece about skydiving, published by The Writer in March 2009.
She’s been a waitress, a free-sample girl, backstage security for a concert venue (please don’t ask about the time she threw R.E.M. off the elevator and made them late to their own concert) , a high school teacher, an editor for a publishing company, and while she now focuses on her books, she still occasionally takes on a rare assignment as a professional photographer, which she did for fifteen years prior to her breakout novel.
Deanna is a member of the Writers’ League of Texas, Romance Writers of America, and SCBWI.
Deanna married Kurt in 2012. They are currently in the process of adopting two small boys and life is very very busy. Deanna also has two daughters who wrote their own book in 2009, which became a kids’ craft bestseller.
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