Review: The Geek Billionaire Makeover (a Sexy in Seattle Novel) by Theresa Meyers

Title: The Geek Billionaire Makeover (Sexy in Seattle)
Author: Theresa Meyers
Source: Entangled Indulgence
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: Novel
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

Rating - 3
Sexual - 3

She wanted revenge. He wanted the only thing he couldn't have—her. Image consultant
Caroline Parker is willing to resort to corporate espionage to get revenge on Seattle tech billionaire CEO Joshua Martin. He may be king of the computing world now, but when they knew each other in high school, he was just the geeky friend of her younger brother she refused to date.

To successfully launch his new venture, Aeon Industries, Josh’s got to shake off his geek veneer and get into beast mode, and he needs her help to do it. Josh always thought the brass ring was his next big business coup, but once he sees Caroline again, he realizes that old desire to have her has never waned. Now he’s determined to make her his, no matter what the cost.

Caroline knows she can create a superstar from the geek, but she's got a deeper reason to sign on for the job. Helping Josh remake his image gives her an opportunity to get close to him--and get her hands on the plans for Aeon that could save her brother from a ruthless blackmailer. But as Josh's image makeover takes hold, and she starts to fall for her creation, she realizes too late that her venture into espionage could ruin more far more than Josh’s empire.

The storyline on this one really threw me off a few times.  The only reason Caroline agrees to work with the man she hates, Josh Martin, is because she is being blackmailed.  This whole thread seems to be incredibly out of place.  It only pops up a few times and the reasons behind it all seem very far-fetched.  Now, if we pretend that didn't happen and just let Caroline work with Josh so she can get revenge on him for some things that he did to her and her brother - then we would have had a perfectly good story.

I loved Josh's character, but I've always had a soft spot for geeks.  I find them too adorable to resist, and Josh definitely fit the role well.  Afraid of crowds and without a good public image, he has a lot to work on with Caroline - the girl he's loved since high school.  Caroline is an image consultant with a huge bone to pick.  But she wasn't counting on falling for the guy she trying to take down.

There were a lot of cute scenes in the story that really showcased both characters.  If only the whole blackmailing part had either been more prevalent and detailed or left out altogether I would have liked the story a lot more.

*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*

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How I got Bitten (or why did I start writing vampires?)

As a Nocturne author one question I get quite frequently is “What got you started writing vampires?” Well, to be perfectly truthful I wasn’t a huge vampire fan to begin with. I had loved the movie Lost Boys as a teen. I read a few things here and there that had a vampire in it (like a Linda Lael Miller’s Forever series, a few J.R. Ward books and some of P.C. and Kristin Cast’s Marked series), but by in large I wasn’t a vampire fanatic.  But then one night (and I swear I’m not riffing off of Stephenie Meyer) it was a very vivid dream.

I saw a beautiful woman and man dancing in a ballroom walled with mirrors and lit by thousands of candles. Then later she was shown a coffin containing a skeleton with bones so old and smooth they looked almost polished. What really surprised me was the skeleton had fangs. The woman later was led to that same coffin and disappeared and the fanged-skeleton reappeared in her place. It was as though small invisible spiders began to knit a white shroud over the skeleton, filling it out until it took the woman’s form. And when they were done, she lay in the coffin still as stone, until the male vampire kissed her. All of that became my novella Salvation of the Damned and started the world where my new Sons of Midnight mini-series is based.

In this month’s book, The Truth About Vampires, we see the coming out of vampires to human society. Now I’ve had some critics ask, why would vampires even bother, they’ve done fine for all these years? I’d have to answer, well, wouldn’t you get tired of hiding everything you did, acting like some kind of second-class citizen that had to lurk in the shadows, even though you knew that you had far more experience and were far more powerful?

That’s the point at which the Cascade Vampire Clan that’s been surviving in the Seattle Underground since the late 1890s has reached. They see investigative reporter Kristin Reed’s interest as a chance to tell their side of the story before someone else does. (One of the basic tenets of crisis communications 101 in the public relations industry – tell your side first.) Clan Trejan, Dmitri Dionotte is assigned to not only guide Kristin’s research (making sure that she doesn’t stumble upon the less savory aspects of vampire culture – like the reivers who see humans as disposable juice pouches) but also to protect her.

In many ways revealing vampire society to Kristin teaches Dmitri how to appreciate it as well. You see, he never intended to become a vampire and really isn’t all that happy about his state.

Once I got into these two characters I started to find out all kinds of things about the vampire culture I was discovering as Kristin discovered it – their political set up, how they treat things medically, their weaknesses and strengths, their unique view of their place in the world and how their society functioned. And like every society, they had a history and those who run outside society’s rules.

So you might say the reason I write vampires is because I got caught up in their story. I’m currently writing book three in the Sons of Midnight and discovering that even vampires have prejudices against other supernaturals. Just how far will the series go? Well, that remains to be seen. I might write this world, but I’m still learning new things about it every day from the characters.

And now that I’ve told you how I got bit by the vampire bug, it’s your turn. How did you get into vampires?

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Review The Truth About Vampires by Theresa Meyers

Title: The Truth About Vampires
Author: Theresa Meyers
Source: Requested Review
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Authors Website: www.theresameyers.com/
Format: PDF
Length: Novel


All her life, Seattle reporter Kristin Reed sought her breakout story. She never thought she'd find it in the crimson lair of a real-life creature of the night. Kristin never believed vampires existed—until with dark brooding eyes and a decadent chocolate scent, Dmitri Dionotte called out to her….
Dmitri and his clan's true nature was cloaked in secrecy until a warring vampire order threatened their existence. Kristin was just the woman he needed. She couldn't resist their story…or Dmitri. Her blood pulsed hot and furious when he touched her, and with his kiss, all logic fled. But each night she spent with her vampire lover brought her closer to death and destruction. A death not even an immortal could triumph over.


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Dmitri Dionotte owns a bar in Seattle called Sangria, but that is the only thing normal about Dmitri. He is a vampire and not just any vampire but the trejan of the Cascade Clan. As trejan the “secrecy, security, and safety” of the clan is his sole responsibility. A responsibility he has carried out for many years. Now bodies are showing up at an alarming rate. All signs are pointing to vampires. The bodies are being left drained of blood and missing vital organs. Dmitri is afraid his kind, vampires, will be exposed by such blatant murders.

Kristin Reed is a reporter for the Pacific News Tribune. Just like her father, ink runs through her veins. She is driven to succeed in receiving a Pulitzer, but she is also driven to make her father proud. Working at Pacific News Tribune has not been easy. A male dominated field, a male chauvinist boss, Rex Hollander, and now the papers failing popularity has put Kristin in danger of losing her job. Kristin’s knows if she doesn’t land a huge story a pink slip is in her future.

Meyers does an exceptional job building the vampire world we are entering. The characters and the roles that they play are detailed perfectly. I loved the mystery, drama, and the chemistry. Meyers delivers a really hot shower scene and I had to read it twice. *blushes* Most importantly I was left wanting more of this world. There are some great secondary characters in the novel who deserve there claim to fame. Hint!
Well in case you haven’t figured it out….LOVED IT!