After catching her fiancé Jack in bed with her sister the day before her wedding, New York socialite Lily Baron escapes to Rio, her honeymoon destination—alone. There, Marcelo, the dark and sexy hotel masseur, releases a heated passion Lily had never experienced with Jack. When Lily meets handsome and powerful Brazillionaire Gustavo de Lima, she can hardly resist him. There’s just one problem. He’s married. In this uber-sensual city, will Lily’s reluctance to be with a married man, in light of her own fiancé’s betrayal, give way to her burning desire for Gustavo?
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Lily finds her fiance in bed with her sister the day before her wedding and decides to go on the honeymoon alone to reevaluate her life and the bubble she lived in. Going to Rio she discovers her sensuality and sexuality and begins to learn things about herself she never realized before leaving the cheating bastard. As she begins on her new path she has to decide when to give in to passion and when passion isn't enough.
Lily is strong and sure footed when it comes to her life, or so it looks at the begining. As you begin her story you see shes always done what others expected of her and now for the first time is doing things for herself. Her journey might be bumpy, but it comes with allot of twists along the way.
The story is interesting diving right in straight off the bat and I enjoyed the quick pace of the book and it's abundance of steamy scenes.
Having experienced a profound personal and sexual awakening during her solo honeymoon to Brazil, New York socialite Lily Baron rushes back to New York upon hearing the news that her father has fallen ill. Now, Lily must take the helm of the Baron Media empire and fend off a high-stakes hostile takeover attempt. With the fate of the company hanging in the balance, will Lily be able to resist the advances of the luring, unwanted suitor in the boardroom as well as the bedroom? Things get steamy in this highly anticipated sequel to Gilded Lily.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
With her fathers sudden illness Lily is forced to return to New York and take control of the company, but with everything she's learned about herself in Rio how will it affect her life now that she's home? After years of only being with one man, one who couldn't fulfill her needs, Lily is learning how to enjoy what come from opening yourself up to sexual enjoyment. But while it can be enjoyable how does it affect you when the man you're with is not quite as he seems?
Lily is coming more into her own, making mistakes, but also learning more about how she is and what she really wants out of life, love and sex. Learning how to seperate herself from her parents and their expectations is one thing, but learning how to be with men is something else, and even though she's 25 Lily is only just now learning about what she wants.
This story continues showing more of Lily and the world she lives in as well as other characters we've come to know from book one. We see her with the sister she thinks betrayed her and how she deals with that situation as well as others that are croping up for her.
Weary from battling a hostile takeover attempt of her family’s company, Lily seeks a distraction in Todd, an erstwhile bartender with a large trust fund and magical tongue. Meanwhile, a connection seems to be developing between Lily and Alejandro, a wealthy and gorgeous Cuban-American, whose brother, Rodrigo, is dating Lily’s twin sister, Dahlia. When Alejandro unexpectedly rebuffs Lily one night, she is deeply dismayed. But, after seeing Alejandro’s picture with a gorgeous Latina model in the gossip pages, Lily thinks it wasn’t just a misunderstanding. When the sisters and brothers reunite in Aspen for a ski weekend, will Lily’s heart remain frozen or will the fire between her and Alejandro rekindle and melt away the ice?
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
In the first two books we've seen Lily learning and now in this one you see her as more "grown up" she's made mistakes and has learned from them. She's living her life the way she wants to and enjoying a physical only relationship. Lily has learned what it is she really wants in a man, and while she hasn't given up on future relationships she's more weary about giving her heart to just anyone.
This was definitley my favorite of the series, because we see Lily has learned from everything she's done and learned who she is and won't let anyone railroad her into doing what they want anymore. She's become her own person and become confident in herself.
I've enjoyed watching her journey to discovering who she is and who she wanted to become, and watching as she became more confident in herself.
About the Author
Vivian Winslow was born and raised in Southern California. Before becoming a writer, she made a career out of moving around the world every couple of years thanks to her husband’s job. She currently lives in New York City with her husband and two elementary school age children, and is grateful to finally have a place to call home for more than two years. New York is the perfect city to indulge her love of shopping, the arts and especially food. If she’s not at home writing or running around the city with her kids, you’ll most likely find her indulging in pizza on the Lower East Side or having a cocktail at her favorite bar in Alphabet City. That said, she’s still a California girl at heart and would gladly trade in her heels for a pair of flip-flops to catch a sunset on the beach.
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