Review Wednesday: Slave to Love by Julie A. Richman

*This is a book meant for adults due to some inappropriate content for people younger than 18.*

Title: Slave to Love

Author: Julie A. Richman
1st Date of Publication: January 14, 2016

ISBN: 9781942215325
# of Pages: 284

Genre: New Adult

Age Rating: 17+ (Language and Sexual Content)

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Book Description:
There are risks to mixing business with pleasure...

IF A MAN HAS AN AFFAIR AT WORK, HE'S A STUD.

He was a royal prick.
The night we met, he ignored me.
Then Mr. Big Shot CEO grabbed my ass in a business meeting.
My boss just loaned me out to this guy.
Now, we’re working on a major project together.
And our chemistry is dangerous.
Combustible.
If I allow it to ignite, I’ll risk losing that promotion.
Worse, what if I lose myself in him?


IF A WOMAN HAS AN AFFAIR AT WORK, SHE'S A SLUT.

From the moment I saw her I knew she was trouble.
It was the combination of her fresh face, smart mouth and nipples that seemed to know my name.
This woman could satisfy my needs both in the boardroom and the bedroom.
But there was more to it than that.
I wanted her.
Really wanted her.
And I was in the position to change the course of her life.
But I’ve got secrets, secrets that could destroy her.
And either make her mine or drive her away forever.


Setting: Austin, Texas
Point of View: 1st person- Sierra Stone and Hale Lunstrom

Goodreads Rating: 4.03

My Rating: 4.15

 

Part of the Book that Caught My Attention: Both

View on the Cover: He is a very handsome, sexy man. He reminds me a little bit of Adam Levine without all the tattoos.
View on Title: Who is a "Slave to Love?" Is the term a good thing or a bad thing?

Pros:

• This is not your typical love story. It shows many real world problems with love and life.
• The first issue it truly shows is women's difficulty to have respect and rise up in a business world or in their own career. They have to work three times as hard to keep their positions.
• It shows the double standard between men and women when it comes to dating in the work force. A man is basically high-fived for sleeping with a woman, but it's the opposite for the woman herself.If a woman has a relationship with someone above her, it marks her as selling her body just to get ahead when really that's not the case.
• The main characters are both really strong and have depth.
• Sierra Stone is a 33 year old woman who is fighting for a new promotion that she deserves more than anybody. She is smart when it comes to managing/leading her own team and knows how to handle a man in business conversations while looking great. She refuses relationships because she is afraid it will mess with her work, which means children are far away from her own thoughts.
• Hale Lundstrom is a 37 year old business CEO and marine veteran who has a past that he tries to bury. He is attractive and likes to test his limits even with Sierra. He wants to settle down and maybe have a family one day, but it never seems to fall in place.
• The banter between Sierra and Hale is humorous yet heartbreaking as they work side-by-side for an important week of events. Their characterization continues to become more fruitful as they become closer in their work friendship.
• There is a lot of sexual tension through the book, but there is little to no resolve for the majority of the book.
• I particularly liked Sierra's mermaid necklace, which symbolized a lot of who she is.

Cons:

• The only real issue I had with it was that the middle seemed to drag. Nothing really was happening. I just kept hoping something would happen.

Julie A. Richman's Website:
http://juliearichman.com/

Other Recommendations:

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Fifty Shades of Gray by E.L. James
My Skylar by Penelope Ward