Dangerous Engagement / Lethal Wedding (Wedlocked Trilogy 1 & 2) by Charlotte Byrd-reviews

DANGEROUS ENGAGEMENT
(Wedlocked Trilogy 1)
by Charlotte Byrd
Genre:adult, contemporary, erotic,romantic suspense

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 17, 2020

Not long ago, there was nothing I couldn’t have. Now, I don’t even have the choice of whom to marry.

To save my father’s life and our family’s legacy, I have to marry a cruel man who wants me only as a trophy.

Henry Asher was just supposed to be a summer fling, but we fell in love. We thought we would be together forever, but life got in the way. After we broke up, I vowed to never tell Henry the truth about my engagement.

What happens when the lies that were supposed to save me start to drown me?

Henry Asher
I didn’t always have wealth or power. There was even a time when I didn’t want any of that.

Then I met her: Aurora Tate is an heiress to a billion-dollar fortune. She grew up on Park Avenue, had a house in the Hamptons and skied in Aspen. Our first summer together was magical. We were naive enough to think that love was going to be enough.

Now, she’s forced to marry a man she hates to save her father’s life.

To get her back and to make her my wife, I need to become the man she needs me to be.

Can I do it in time?

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REVIEW: DANGEROUS ENGAGEMENT is the first instalment in Charlotte Byrd’s contemporary adult WEDLOCKED erotic, romance trilogy focusing on twenty-five year old heiress Aurora Tate, and high school teacher Henry Asher.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Henry and Aurora) DANGEROUS ENGAGEMENT follows the building romance and relationship between twenty-five year old Tate Media heiress Aurora Tate, and high school teacher Henry Asher. Aurora Tate was raised in a bubble of wealth, and as such our heroine is completely oblivious of the world around her but a summer fling with the Henry Asher, the ‘hired help’ , gave Aurora a first hand look at how the other half lived. Falling in love had never been so easy until Henry loses his job, and Aurora is incapable of making ends meet.But not all is well behind the scenes at the Tate Media empire when Henry is offered a job in their crime reporting division, a job that will pull Henry away from the woman he loves. What ensues is the building but struggling relationship between Henry and Aurora, and the fall-out as betrayal and behind closed door negotiations force Henry and Aurora in opposite directions.

DANGEROUS ENGAGEMENT sets the background and premise for the author’s WEDLOCKED series, a series that focuses on power and control; manipulation and betrayal; secrets, lies and fractured family dynamics. The premise is engaging and intriguing; the characters are energetic and colorful; the romance is passionate and intense but will struggle in the face of preconceived notions, secrets and deception.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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LETHAL WEDDING
(Wedlocked Trilogy #2)
by Charlotte Byrd
Genre: adult, contemporary, romantic suspense,

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About the book: Release Date April 14, 2020

To save my father’s life and our family’s legacy, I have to marry a cruel man who wants me only as a trophy.

I thought Franklin Parks was a bad man before, but now I know he’s a monster.

To survive, I will have to beat him at his own game. But then Henry Asher, my one and only love, comes back into my life and things get a lot more complicated.

Franklin is not only my fiancé but also Henry’s boss, and he will stop at nothing to get everything he wants…

Henry Asher

I was a fool to let her go. Now, I’ll have to do everything to get her back…

Aurora never thought I could be a rich dirtbag who would do anything to get what he wants but I am proving her wrong.

To help her, I had to teach myself a few things.

To protect her, I had to become my worst enemy.

To save her, I will have to do the unthinkable.

The problem is that she doesn’t want saving. She has her own plans. But the wedding is approaching and time is running out…

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REVIEW: LETHAL WEDDING is the second instalment in Charlotte Byrd’s contemporary,adult WEDLOCKED romantic, suspense trilogy focusing on twenty-five year old heiress Aurora Tate, and high school teacher turned investigative reporter Henry Asher. LETHAL WEDDING should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events of book one DANGEROUS ENGAGMENT.

NOTE: If you have not read book one Dangerous Engagement, there may be some spoilers in my review.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Aurora and Henry) LETHAL WEDDING follows in the aftermath of several events resulting in the break down of the relationship between Aurora and Henry, and our heroine’s subsequent engagement to her father’s business rival. Aurora Tate would soon discover that she had become a pawn in a much bigger game, a dangerous game of power and control, and our heroine is but a piece in a much bigger problem. With her father facing financial ruin, bankruptcy and prison, Aurora is forced into an arrangement that will free her father, but trap our heroine in a gilded cage. Meanwhile, Henry Asher’s friend and PI begins digging into the event and circumstances surrounding Aurora’s about face and engagement to one of the most powerful men in the world, a man who now controls every aspect of Aurora’s family and life. As Henry continues to drown his sorrows from afar, Aurora struggles with a future that will end very badly.

LETHAL WEDDING is a story of power and control; of betrayal and manipulation; of lost love, resignation, secrets and lies. Aurora Tate is a pawn; a doormat; a little TSTL but her father’s schemes and business practices have placed our heroine in the direct line of fire. Resigned to her fate, Aurora will once again walk away from the man that she loves in an effort to save her family’s legacy and name. The premise is intriguing, dramatic and intense; the romance struggles in the face of revelations and time apart; the characters are tragic and heart breaking.

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Reviewed by Sandy