Bonfire Beach (The Billionaire Bachelors #2)
by Lily Everett
Blurb:
They’re single, they’re rich, and now
these billionaire bachelors are heading to Sanctuary Island in a new e-original
novella series from Lily Everett! Fall in love with the island’s latest catch.
Leo,
Zane, and Cooper made a pact to stay bachelors and enjoy the single life
forever, and when they receive an invitation to their friend Miles’ wedding,
they head down to Sanctuary Island determined to talk some sense into the
errant groom before he makes a life-changing mistake. But Miles knows his own
mind, and he makes a vow of his own: before he walks down the aisle, he’ll have
Leo, Zane, and Cooper changing their tune about matrimony. Because Miles knows,
better than anyone, that all it takes is a little Sanctuary Island magic to
turn romantic cynics into true believers.
Zane
Bishop has always been the life of the party, the guy who makes sure everyone
is having a blast, and he turned his experiences as a college DJ into a
multi-billion-dollar entertainment company. He can’t wait to take control of
the bachelor party, but Zane’s plans for an all-night rager come up against
wedding consultant Felicity Carlson’s ideas about getting Miles to the church
on time and sober. While Zane works
overtime tempting Felicity into having fun, she discovers that there’s more to
the party boy than meets the eye—but can a woman who makes her living planning
other people’s perfect romances ever find true love of her own?
Themes: contemporary,
beach, wedding
Rating: 3 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
Being that this trilogy of novellas is
kin of short, I decided to follow the same line and keep my review short too…
I liked it a lot and it was sweet and romantic. While I always expect a happy
ending in a romance novel, and was certainly not let down, this series is
sadly short. The premise of the
series is wonderful, after all what could beat a bet on love made by a sexy
billionaire and his sexy billionaire friends?
Bonfire Beach is book two in this trilogy of novellas, set around the
wedding of Miles Harrington, who had his own short love story in the previous
set of stories. Zane’s story runs parallel to the first in this set, and I understand
book three will as well, which makes sense since the bet requires them all to
fall in love before Miles’s wedding.
Zane
has met his complete opposite in sexy, serious, and fun hating Felicity. Both
Felicity and Zane have experienced tragedy in their pasts, but they didn’t cope
in the same way; Zane decided to live life to the fullest and never let emotion
or attachment bog him down, while Felicity went the other direction, building
her life around responsibility, dependability, and accountability. While forced
to work together on the wedding and reception for Miles and Greta, Felicity
must learn to have a bit more fun while Zane has to come to terms with the need
to grow up. Time together brings the passion between them closer to the surface
and becomes irresistible, and when they give into the heat, they both begin to
develop deeper feelings, though they try to deny it. Will they be able to
bridge the gap between their personalities enough to embrace the chance at
love?
Zane
and Felicity fall into lust and then love very quickly. The romance between them is subtle, as they
work together and find themselves enjoying their time together more and
more. Laughter, arguments, loving, and
fighting, Zane and Felicity fall and fall hard.
When things become a bit too deep driving a wedge between them, Felicity
runs from Zane, afraid he could never feel for her the way she does for
him. But losing her brings Zane to some
surprising conclusions. Deciding it is
time to give up his fears, Zane sets out to win her back and show her just how
romantic a billionaire playboy can be. I
loved seeing Zane and Felicity grow and change in the short time they were
together, finding a balance in themselves and each other. The romance was sweet and endearing with just
enough spice to keep things interesting.
Bonfire Beach,
hits all the right notes in a romance—laughs, emotions, growth, and a HEA. Zane and Felicity were both great characters,
each with their own hang-ups and drawbacks, but when the time comes for them
they each step up and make the decision to have each other. Zane was a sexy hunk, fun, and sweet, and let’s
not discount his ability to sweep a woman off her feet, while Felicity is a
woman that has learned from her mistakes and is willing to give up her issues
just to keep the man she loves with her. I have loved reading the first two in
this series, and am seriously looking forward to the final book in this trilogy
and am just plain dying to read the next full-length novel by Lily Everett.
Come with me to Sanctuary Island and enjoy the love that seems to float in the
ocean waters and blow across the hills filled with wild horses.
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