MERGER (Kings of the Boardroom 3) by Nana Malone-review tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 20, 2024
My corporate kingdom is vulnerable right now.
This is the perfect time for the enemy to strike.
My gunshot wound doesn’t matter.
The only thing that matters is my wife.
I’m haunted by the knowledge that she could be next.
Gwyn might have come to me through a twisted game of corporate revenge. It might have started as an arranged marriage, but it’s become real.
The only thing I can do to protect her is keep her near me.
Except the danger lurks closer than I ever imagined.
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REVIEW: MERGER is the third instalment in Nana Malone’s contemporary, adult KINGS OF THE BOARDROOM erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on billionaire businessman Atticus Price, and algorithm developer Gwen Becker. MERGER should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the cliff hanger and events of book two ACQUISITION.
NOTE: If you have not read ACQUISITION, there may be spoilers in my review.
SOME BACKGROUND: The Becks Corporation is struggling and in an effort to bump up the bottom line, James Becker offers up a deal to the highest bidder, a deal including marriage to one of his daughters. Atticus Price wants what the Becks Corporation has to offer .When Atticus discovers the deal comes with an arranged marriage, Atticus pushes to come out on top but the daughter offered is not the daughter he wants. Enter Gwen Becker, the woman with whom Atticus will fall in love
Told from dual first person perspectives (Atticus and Gwen) MERGER focuses on Gwen’s recovery after an attempt on her life. Atticus believes he failed his wife, and in this, begins to pulls away as he searches for the person (s) responsible including the possibility of someone he knows. As Atticus, Gwen and Micah begins a deep dive into several potential suspects, Atticus’ past finds a way to prove no one is safe is one is determined enough to get through.
The world building focuses on the hunt for a gunman; the search for the person responsible; embattled family morals and dysfunctional family dynamics, as well as Gwen and Atticus struggle to keep their marriage healthy and well.
The relationship between Atticus and Gwen is highly sexual and provocative but in the wake of the attempt on Gwen’s life, Atticus begins to pull away, fearing he has failed to protect the woman he loves. Gwen is determined to prove she is a survivor, and sets out to take back what was once hers to control. The $ex scenes are erotic and passionate.
Once again, we are reintroduced to Gwen’s sister Morgan, Atticus’ brother Micah, their father Lucian, as well as Atticus’ friend and driver Gavin, and Gwen’s best friend Lance who is struggling with his attraction to forbidden fruit. Mogan’s story line is next.
MERGER is a story of obsession, betrayal and madness, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The fast paced, character driven premise is edgy, intriguing and impassioned; the romance is spicy, provocative and intense; the characters are determined, desperate,and animated.
Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Takeover
Acquisition
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Reviewed by Sandy
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USA Today bestseller Nana Malone’s love of all things romance and adventure started with a tattered romantic suspense she “borrowed” from her cousin.
It was a sultry summer afternoon in Ghana, and Nana was a precocious thirteen. She’s been in love with kick butt heroines ever since. With her overactive imagination, and channeling her inner Buffy, it was only a matter a time before she started creating her own characters.
While she waits for her chance at a job as a ninja assassin, in the meantime Nana works out her drama, passion, and sass with fictional characters every bit as sassy and kick butt as she thinks she is.
