Book Review: The Playboy by Madeline Ash

the playboyWhat if the boy you wanted in high school grew up to be the man that you want to spend your life with? There are two problems though: (1) he was a jerk in high school and (2) as grown-ups, you are the one sabotaging what may have been.

This is the situation where almost-famous actress Alexia Burton found herself in relation to surfer-sexy rich boy-turned businessman Parker Hargreaves. Now living in Los Angeles, Alexia went home to Australia for a holiday where she found that Parker, the boy who almost broke her heart in high school had grown up to be a very generous man.

Add the fact that he can still make her heart pitter patter; it would have been a perfect holiday romance, right? Wrong! Because this time, it’s Alexia who is pulling all the stops. And even if they can get over their trust issues, there are still their careers to consider, plus the Pacific Ocean between them.

Can they pass these hurdles to get to their happily ever after or is tinsel town going to win this one?

The Playboy is Rated M for Mature due to some sexual content.

4.5

Description

Wanted: Sexy sun-kissed surfer for hot summer fling.

Innocent Alexia Burton needs to become sexually confident for an upcoming acting role, and that means taking a lover.

Someone she’s attracted to. Someone who’ll teach her what she needs to know, but not ask for more than she’s prepared to give. She needs to learn the intensity of true desire and then have him walk away.

Parker Hargreaves is determined to make amends for treating Alexia badly all those years ago. He’s changed and wants her to think better of him. If that means letting her sharpen her sexual moves on him, so be it. He’ll do it. His playboy reputation certainly won’t suffer.

He just doesn’t count on walking away being so hard.