New Release Review: Andre by Jayce Ellis

14 July of 2020 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 4

4.0Overall score

I liked this one.

Andre By Jayce Ellis

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: July 13, 2020

Publisher: Carina Press

Series: High Rise, Book 2

Length: 270 pages

Synopsis

Jayce Ellis’s sexy, contemporary High Rise series features the bustle of DC and the hustle of love.

After a week filled with nonstop work, André Ellison heads to the club to blow off some steam. One night off is the perfect distraction from the project that’s about to make his career—or tank it completely. A few drinks in and he leaves with a smoking-hot stranger for some scorching, burn-the-sheets-up sex.

Marcus Thompson is going places, so he can’t think of a bigger waste of time than being put on loan to a two-bit firm to prepare some small-time report. The last thing he wants—or needs—is his impeccably dressed, hot-as-hell one-night stand as his boss.

As they work side by side, their attraction grows to a fever pitch, but there will be no kissing, no touching and absolutely no sex until the project is over—if they can wait that long.

And don’t miss Jeremiah, available now from Carina Press!

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I liked this one.

Andre is the second book I’ve read by Jayce Ellis; Jeremiah was my first. I can’t put my finger on it exactly but I had a harder time getting into Andre. I suspect that it was just me and where my head was at when I started it because once I was about 40% in, I couldn’t put it down. I stayed up way too late (even for this night-owl) so I could finish it.

Like book one in the series, Andre challenged me because I wasn’t familiar with a lot of the slang used but that just made it a more interesting story to read. The book started off HOT as fire right out of the gate and actually then simmered to a slow burn for a while. That was necessary because what should have been a one-night stand unexpectedly turned into a boss/employee relationship. As much chemistry as these two guys had between them, I was amazed at how well they were able to keep things under control while still boss/employee.

There was a fair amount of financial jargon used, due to the occupations of both Andre and Marcus as financial planners, but it wasn’t enough to put me off of the story. One of the secondary characters is a really sneaky and nasty dude – just the type of character I like to see be redeemed in a later story. I kind of doubt that will happen, though, as the series is based upon the common denominator of at least one of the MCs living in the same apartment building.

There was a pretty big twist in this story that I didn’t see coming. I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that it involves Marcus and a discovery he makes about himself. I was caught completely off-guard and I applaud Jayce Ellis for what she did with the character of Marcus.

If you enjoy hot as fire sexy time, two strong characters and a good cast of secondary characters Andre should be a good fit for you. BTW, although it’s part of a series it totally stands alone. The two MCs from Jeremiah just make a brief cameo appearance in Andre.

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About Author

Jayce Ellis

Jayce Ellis has three loves: her husband and her two turtles. Hubby loves her back. The turtles she’s not so sure about, but they do love their sports (Bay Area teams FTW!). She still hasn’t figured out why she lives in Northern Virginia, where there’s weather, instead of California, where she’s from, and where it’s just…pretty. Jayce spends her days divorcing happily-married couples (or so she’s been told), and her nights talking maniacally to herself. Thankfully the recorder catches her rumblings and magically turns them into words on a screen. Painting nails is way easier when you don’t actually have to type, and with well over 500 polishes to get through, there’s a lot of painting going on.

Notwithstanding her no-good, very bad, horrible day job, Jayce seriously believes that true love conquers all. Even Maleficent said it. Sure, she was having an epic Mean Girls moment at the time, but she still said it. And she’s right. The only thing Jayce loves more than writing about true love conquering all, is hearing from readers who feel the same way.

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A review copy was provided by the publisher via NetGalley.