PENTHOUSE
PLAYER by Tara Leigh Review & Excerpt Tour!
We are excited to share with you PENTHOUSE PLAYER, by debut author Tara
Leigh. PENTHOUSE PLAYER is the first book in the Billionaire Bosses series,
where the stakes are high and love burns hotter. Follow the tour for reviews
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Title: Penthouse Player
Author: Tara Leigh
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, SWERVE
Series: Billionaire Bosses #1
Genres: Romance
Word Count: 80K
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781250138507
Synopsis:
Abandoned by her mother and spurned by her father, Reina St.
James is tired of being treated like a dirty little secret. It wasn’t easy
making her way into the high-risk, high-reward Wall Street world ruled by
financial kings and trust fund tyrants. But now that she’s got a
stiletto-clad toe into one of the swankiest firms in
Manhattan, Reina is determined to prove she’s more than just a pretty face
hiding an ugly past.
For Tristan Xavier Bettencourt IV, escaping the shadow cast
by generations of family fortune has been difficult, and success hasn’t come
without sacrifice. Tristan has always put business before pleasure… Until
Reina’s curved lips prove an invitation he can’t resist.
Walking away from their explosive night together won’t be
easy, even if the heat between them might consume both of their careers. Will
Reina and Tristan risk everything by betting on each other?
Excerpt:
“Obviously, something needs to happen between us. Soon. Preferably
tonight, actually.”
Endorphins ping-ponged through my body like the ball in an
old-fashioned arcade game. I’d tried to deny the chemistry between us, then
suggested we ignore it. But to hell with that. It just wasn’t possible. I found
my voice. “Someplace with a bed, or a couch.” I shrugged. “At least a rug,
maybe a table.”
Tristan chuckled, attempting to finger-comb his hair into place.
“Last time I checked, my apartment had all four.”
“Good. We can’t be seen in public together. At least not outside
of the office.”
“About that. Bettencourt has more than one hedge fund you can work
on. I’ll set you up with another portfolio manager or have you assigned to
marketing or research, whatever you want.”
I shook my head. That wasn’t what I wanted at all. “No. Please
don’t. Your strategy is the one I feel most closely aligned with. I applied to
Bettencourt, hoping I’d have the opportunity to work on the Millennial Fund.
This doesn’t have to be an either/or situation.” Taking a breath, I debated
whether or not I should even verbalize the thoughts racing through my mind. Spit
it out, already. I forced words through my mouth in a rush. “Let’s just
have sex tonight and get it out of our system. Then we can pretend it never
happened and focus on work.”
An aristocratic eyebrow arched upwards. “You think that’s all going
to take? One fuck and we won’t ever need to do it again?”
I grinned at Tristan’s outraged expression. He even wore
indignation well. “Okay, fine. Maybe we’ll have to do it more than once. But I
just started here, and I intend to come out on the other side of this
internship with a job offer. And I want it because I’ve proved myself on the
Bettencourt trading floor, not in you bedroom. No one can know about us.”
Tristan scowled. “Is there someone else? Maybe not a boyfriend,
just a friends-with-benefits kind of thing? You seem pretty eager to keep us in
the dark.”
It’s what I know. “Don’t be ridiculous.”
Tristan tucked in his shirt, adjusted his sleeves. Skepticism
darkened his eyes. “Casual sex, no strings attached. That’s what you want?”
“I’m not exactly the next Mrs. Bettencourt, Tristan. I highly
doubt your socialite stepmother would approve of me.”
“Why?” Tristan seemed less than eager to take my words at face
value. “Because you want to do more with your life than plan overpriced parties
with bad food and watered-down drinks?”
I looked down, a blush coloring my cheeks. If he knew that even my
own mother wouldn’t be seen in public with me, he would feel differently.
“Something like that.”
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About Tara Leigh:
Tara
Leigh attended Washington University in St. Louis and Columbia Business School
in New York, and worked on Wall Street and Main Street before “retiring” to
become a wife and mother. When the people in her head became just as real as
the people in her life, she decided to put their stories on paper. Tara
currently lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband, children and
fur-baby, Pixie.
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