I always love it when a couple who has some history reconnect as adults and in Pregnant by the Rival CEO author Karen Booth dishes up an engaging, complex and sexy story with a big twist of fate. ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
Description:
It was just business. And then she got pregnant…
Anna Langford is ready to be CEO of the family business, but her brother won’t give up control. When she sees the opportunity for a major deal, she goes for it, even though it means working with Jacob Lin, her brother’s former best friend, the guy she’s never quite gotten over—the man her brother now despises. A successful venture capitalist, Jacob makes ruthless moves. And Anna has given him the perfect chance to take revenge on her brother…
What starts as business turns into romance—until Anna learns of Jacob’s motives. And an unplanned pregnancy presents them both with the greatest challenge they’ve ever faced.
Review copy provided for an honest review
I always love it when a couple who has some history reconnect as adults and in Pregnant by the 
Rival CEO author Karen Booth dishes up an engaging, complex and sexy story with a big twist of fate. The minute I started this book I was hooked and it was simply impossible to put down.
Anna Langford has one goal in mind and that is becoming CEO of Langtel, her family’s telecom company that has been floundering since her father’s death. Her brother Adam was named CEO, but he has other things he wished to pursue, but getting the board of directors to appoint a woman is not easy, so Anna intends to broker a deal for a new piece of technology that will revolutionize that cell phone world. Her only problem the man who can help her get that technology his her brother’s ex-best friend and the man she once had a huge crush on.
This was an action packed story with the threat of corporate takeovers, a secret romance and a pretty big betrayal. Anna Langford knows she much seek out Jacob Lin to secure the technology she wants but in doing so she also knows it will be hard to not acknowledge the incident that broke her young heart or the fact that she’s never quite gotten over him. It was interesting watching these two reconnect as adults and trying desperately to not give in to their attraction for one another. Their history allowed them to connect quite easily and the sense of familiarity made it easy for them to move from friends to lovers. With Jacob still at odds with Anna’s brother, Adam and secrets that could tear them apart there was a sense of unease through a lot of this book which only made the intensity between Jacob and Anna that much stronger.
I’m a big proponent of honesty in a relationship so I had a bit of a problem with Jacob’s reasoning for not cluing Anna in on his plans, but it did lead to a much needed confrontation and some good came out of it so I was able to let it go. Most of all I enjoyed seeing Jacob realizing there was more to life than ruthless takeovers and business 24/7 and that things he never thought he wanted in his life suddenly became everything he needed.
Exciting, action packed and flat out sexy Karen Booth’s Pregnant by the Rival CEO is a fantastic addition to this series.
Thanks Slick