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Lakefront Billionaire #2

e-ARC and ALC provided by ValentinePR 

Author: Lauren Asher

Narrators: Vanessa Edwin and Noah B Perez

Ellie Sinclair is a hopeless romantic whose dreams of being a professional songwriter were crushed in a heartbreaking way. She went back home and started teaching music for her stepfather. That’s where she meets Nico Lopez… and his dad, Rafael. Well, not really as she had a humongous crush on him in high school. It’s not like he even remembers her. He needs a nanny for his son, who’s dealing with a genetic condition that will eventually diminish his ability to see in a radical way. They bonded through their love of music and Formula 1. 
Rafael has been tolerating this bubbly woman in his house because he will do anything for Nico. He’s jaded and grumpy and dealing with his ex-wife constantly disappointing their son is taking its toll. Nico wants to travel – Hawaii specifically – and he wants Ellie to go with them and won’t take no for an answer. 

14 days. 2 islands. 1 suite. They shouldn’t be feeling those feelings. They shouldn’t care so much. He’s the boss. She’s the nanny. He wrote off love forever. She writes love songs. 

I had fallen in love with Rafa and Nico in Love, Redesigned and I was waiting impatiently for their story. All I can say is: todas las estrellas!  

I love a grumpy single dad and Rafa is one for the books. When Ellie starts peeling off the guarding layers around his heart, you fall in love with him right along with her. His story is heartbreaking. His love for his son is beautiful and touching.

Ellie has demons of her own and it’s swoon worthy how Rafa goes to bat for her without ever taking away her agency. 

I won’t say more to avoid spoilers but I loved that the Prom King and Nico found their estrella.

Narrated duet style and wow. I absolutely adore Vanessa Edwin and her tone of voice and how melodious she sounds fits Ellie to a T. She’s sassy, funny, vulnerable. Perfection! Noah B. Perez has wowed me ever since the first time I heard him and now he’s a one-click buy for me. He nailed his performance as Rafa, a broken man who deserves  the world. Todas las estrellas! 

Thanks, Laura and Valentine PR for both the ARC and ALC. 

Content notes: Nico has retinitis pigmentosa. mentions of cheating (not MCs), child abandonment, food insecurity, self-harm (cutting), loss of parents