A dangerous professional fixer.
A sweet computer nerd.
A passion that borders on the possessive.
An attraction that’s completely off limits to explore…
After Elizabeth Hill is brutally attacked in her apartment by an intruder and then unceremoniously dumped by her ex-boyfriend, she moves in with family that she barely knows for protection. All she remembers about her aunt’s stepson, Roman, is that he was the moody, mean boy who played a cruel trick on her when she was just six years old; but soon learns that he is now a complex and multi-layered man who has the ability to protect her, ignite her, and challenge her like no one ever has before.
Wealthy Roman Masterson makes his fortune by fixing celebrity problems for big money and by any means necessary. He is a foul-mouthed, bad-tempered, manwhore who doesn’t have the time or inclination to babysit a gullible little brat from the suburbs…until he unknowingly spots her in the middle of a crowded dance floor and decides right then and there to claim every one of her orgasms from that moment on. Little does he know that the woman he’s laid claim to is the same girl he’s been sworn to protect.
Author Note: Masterson is Book 1 of The Fixer Series. Please note that this book was previously published under the title of Cousins.
A sweet computer nerd.
A passion that borders on the possessive.
An attraction that’s completely off limits to explore…
After Elizabeth Hill is brutally attacked in her apartment by an intruder and then unceremoniously dumped by her ex-boyfriend, she moves in with family that she barely knows for protection. All she remembers about her aunt’s stepson, Roman, is that he was the moody, mean boy who played a cruel trick on her when she was just six years old; but soon learns that he is now a complex and multi-layered man who has the ability to protect her, ignite her, and challenge her like no one ever has before.
Wealthy Roman Masterson makes his fortune by fixing celebrity problems for big money and by any means necessary. He is a foul-mouthed, bad-tempered, manwhore who doesn’t have the time or inclination to babysit a gullible little brat from the suburbs…until he unknowingly spots her in the middle of a crowded dance floor and decides right then and there to claim every one of her orgasms from that moment on. Little does he know that the woman he’s laid claim to is the same girl he’s been sworn to protect.
Author Note: Masterson is Book 1 of The Fixer Series. Please note that this book was previously published under the title of Cousins.
When I got this I didn't know it was originally titled Cousins. Thank goodness it was changed, I feel like Masterson fits it much better and to be honest, I don't think I would read a book titled Cousins.
Consistency is important to me, and I don't always pick up on inconsistencies... But when a character takes out contact lenses in a room filled with pepper spray and then escapes with 20/20 vision, I notice (and I laugh). And nowhere throughout the rest of the book is there mention of contacts or glasses. There must've been some magic in that pepper spray...
Now, I usually don't pick at character names, but I feel like the heroine in this book got done dirty. All of the other characters have memorable names: Roman, Camden, Cutter, Jade, Sloan, Jagger, even Julliette and Joseph. But her, she gets Elizabeth. Maybe it was done on purpose... but I'll be honest, I sat here for 5 whole minutes trying to remember her name.
I like Roman, possessive asshole that he is. And Elizabeth is smart and can stand her ground when she wants to. I find it a little hard to understand how she didn't know Ethan was a druggie. But as my husband says, there's a big difference in being smart and having common sense.
Roman and Elizabeth as a couple, I really did enjoy. They have a sexual chemistry that can't be denied. And I feel like the cousin thing is a non-issue and to be honest, it put me off a little. It was the obstacle that wasn't. Because even though the characters said it was wrong, their actions said otherwise. First of all, they aren't blood related cousins. Second of all, they met once when they were six and ten. If they'd have grown up constantly around each other, that would've made it a little different. Nonetheless, I would've read the book without the step-cousin angle.
Newsflash: It ends on a cliffhanger!
It didn't take me long to read this, so I thought... "oh, a cliffy, damn it". But then I looked and Amazon said it was 243 pages. Huh? I read 243 pages in less than a day, while at work? No fucking way! That there speaks to the flow of the story. It was written well enough for me to get through it quickly and not even realize it. I was a little disappointed that I read 243 pages and got absolutely no closure. Add to that, there are two more books to finish out Roman and Elizabeth's story. I might've been invested enough to read a second, but not three.
So, all in all, it was ok. It's still free, so if you try it, no harm, no foul.
Lisa Lang Blakeney
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