“Rich Boy was witty, exciting and had the most intense slow burn romance I’ve read in a long time. ”
—Audrey Carlan, #1 New York Times bestselling author
The Rich Boy, an all-new “do not miss” swoon-worthy standalone with off-the-charts chemistry from New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott, is available now!
I’m the type of girl who’s given up on fairy tales. So when Beck – the hot new busboy at work – starts flirting with me, I know better than to get my hopes up. Happily ever afters aren’t for the average. I learned that the hard way.
But how can I be expected to resist a man who can quote Austen, loves making me laugh, and seems to be everything hot and good in this world?
Only there’s so much more to him than that.
Billionaire playboy? Check.
Troubled soul? Check.
The owner of my heart, the man I’ve moved halfway across the country to be with, who’s laying the world at my feet in order to convince me to never leave? Check. Check. Check.
But nobody does complicated like the one percent.
This is not your everyday rags-to-riches, knight-in-shining armor whisking the poor girl off her feet kind of story. No, this is much messier.
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Excerpt
“You haven’t told me your
story,” he says once we’re seated in a booth and have ordered.
“I finished my degree and realized it was basically good for nothing and there were next to no jobs available anyway. Or at least nothing that appealed. Teachers and librarians are fighting for every scrap of funding they can get while newspapers are folding. The publishing industry is going through serious cutbacks. Majoring in English Lit may have been a mistake.” I shrug. Truth is, I got stuck for various reasons. But this explanation is
easier to swallow. “Figured if I was going to wind up serving then I’d like to
do it somewhere I can walk along the beach now and then, without getting stuck
in traffic for hours.”
He nods. “Makes sense.”
“I thought so. I’ll figure out what I want to do with my life eventually.”
“No rush. Good that you can take the time and space to figure things out for yourself without anyone pressuring you.”
“Just the student loans hanging over my head,” I say.
His answering smile is brief and small. “Grow up around here?”
“Close enough, San Bernardino,” I say. “What about you?”
“No, I’m half a country away from home and intend to keep it that way. Though maybe half a country away is still too close. I hear Iceland’s nice this time of year.”
I raise my brows in question.
“Family.” He shrugs. “What can you do?”
The waitress delivers our food, filling up the table with Beck’s order of half of the breakfast menu. Without hesitation, he proceeds to devour it all. If I ate that much, my ass wouldn’t fit in the seat.
“Want some?” He offers me a forkful of pancake, dripping with syrup. “It’s good.”
“I’m fine with my burger. Thanks.” And I’m curious as heck about his family, but pressing him further wouldn’t be polite. Dammit.
“So what are my future wife’s favorite hobbies and or interests?”
“Hmm.” I stick a fry in my mouth and chew, thinking it over. “Reading, films, music…the usual. You?”
“Lots of things.”
“Such as?”
“I don’t know…hiking, rock climbing. Stuff like that.”
“So basically I like to sit still and you’re all about being busy and athletic. We have nothing in common.”
“No. Wait. I can change,” he jokes. “Give me another chance.”
“You shouldn’t have to change.” I swirl another fry in some ketchup. “I’m sure you’re perfectly fine just as you are.”
About Kylie
Kylie is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She was voted Australian Romance Writer of the year, 2013, 2014 & 2018, by the Australian Romance Writer’s Association and her books have been translated into eleven different languages. She is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films. Based in Queensland, Australia with her two children and husband, she reads, writes and never dithers around on the internet.
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Review
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This is very much an offbeat fairytale featuring a slow burn
romance and a family that would fit perfectly amongst E! Entertainment’s long
list of über rich types reality shows. I was a bit lost at the beginning
because I felt like I was dropped into the story a few chapters in and missed
the important bit where Alice and Beck first met and instantly hit it off. They
just simply get on while he's working as a busboy and she's a waitress. He
quotes Austen to her which is a surefire way to win her over as she was an
English Lit major. He calls her "wife", they hang out after work but
everything is very much above board. He doesn't try to squirm his way into her
pants or make any other move though it's clear they're both into each other.
He's living a bare bones lifestyle and is evasive about his personal life only
saying that he needed some time to himself. Then someone in a snazzy suit shows
up to tell him he’s needed at home and off he goes. He leaves an open
invitation for Alice to follow him back to Colorado and .... she takes him up
on it! Mind you, they've only known each other for a matter of a few days. Not
weeks or months. Days. She throws all caution out the window to join him and
the moment she boards a private jet she is literally dropped into another
world.
The best way to approach The Rich Boy is to
suspend all disbelief and not impose your own opinions as to how you think
Alice should react or behave and just go with it. There were plenty of times
when my mind went, “but...but...but...” and I had to shut it up and lose the
judgment. The entire situation is bizarre and surreal, and it's crazy how
easily Alice adapts to certain situations or even how unquestioningly some of
his family accept her into the fold. There's a whole lot of eccentricity and
privilege thrown around that'll make your eyes bulge out of their sockets
but somehow it works. That's because Beck does mean well and Alice tries to
hold onto the sassy person that she is, and they're surrounded by some quirky and spirited
characters as well, so they're not entirely in their own bubble.
I am forever a Kylie Scott fangirl because of her humour. The
Stage Dive and Dive Bar series are great examples of that. With The Rich Boy she
embarks on a different approach, going for the more outlandish and something
that really is far removed from most of our realities. Her humour is still
there, the witty banter and smart heroines are still intact. This is different.
It has a soap opera-reality show vibe, and as I said, suspend disbelief and
enjoy the nuttiness.
~ Bel
* Source: advance e-galley provided in exchange for an honest
review
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