4 Smooches!
Synopsis
Who needs love when you have money?
This has been my motto. This is who I am. Who I’m expected to be.
All of that changed when he walked into my life and made me question everything. As my personal security guard, I can’t escape him or the way he makes me feel.
He makes me laugh.
He makes me second guess my choices.
He makes me want more from life.
I hide in a bed of deception to disguise myself. It used to be enough, but now I’m not so sure.
Can I sacrifice those who depend on me for my own happiness?
I’m Elizabeth Fitzgerald.
I’m a Senator’s wife.
And I hate my life.
Review
I’m not sure where to start! This was definitely different for me! I’ll just start by talking a little about what the book is about. It’s about the rich Vs the poor. It’s about old money and politics. It’s about Cal and Elizabeth’s ‘just for appearance’ marriage. It’s about marrying for the wrong reasons. And it’s about making a decision and dealing with everything that comes with that decision.
Elizabeth and Cal Fitzgerald? oh lord. Elizabeth made a conscious decision to marry into wealth for hope of a better life, although not for reasons you may think like the automatic thought of being a gold digger- but still she made the decision. Cal Fitzgerald *Inserts Gag.* Lord. I’ve never hated a character so much and it wasn’t the ‘love to hate’ either. He disgusted me.
“… you understand? Fucking whores like you love the cock.”
Cal and Elizabeth perfect their act of doting husband and wife for the public and more importantly the camera’s. That is until Alex is hired to protect all of Cal’s assets, Elizabeth being one of those assets. OH ALEX. You saving grace, you. Alex shone so bright, he really stole the show for me. He saw through the whole facade that is Elizabeth and Cal’s marriage. He was the perfect gentleman and alpha in one that had me completely swooning. He cut through all the BS and he was completely the reason why you rooted for these two characters.
“Forget complicated. If you’re scared to tell me, fine. But don’t feed me the same lines you feed everyone else, I see through your little act, sweetheart.”
This was a tough one for me. I was stuck between a 3.5 and a 4 rating. I hated, despised, loathed Cal. Yes that was pretty amazing of Rachael Duncan to pull that much hate for a fictional character from me but I may just have hated him too much. I was also conflicted with Elizabeth and her mother. I get the circumstances that led to the decisions made, I do, but It was a mix of selfishness and manipulation but a decision was also made willingly and knowingly, so at times when I should feel sorry for them I didn’t. I blamed Elizabeth’s mother more so than Elizabeth. As much as Elizabeth put herself in that situation it is still an awful life to be living and she takes it on the chin and deals with it pretty well. Alex, I think, brings out the best in her, and the person she never got to be. This focused on more of the development of the story than the romance. There was still a little romance but more of the story itself and how it developed which was interesting. Like I said I was torn between the 3.4 and 4 rating, I was leaning towards the 3.5 more so than the 4 BUT I’m not going to lie that ending and epilogue was kind of epic. That epilogue sealed the deal, it was pretty amazing and is a complete game changer for the story. Now I don’t think I can actually stomach much more of Cal but how this story will end is pretty intriguing and the conclusion to this duet is out pretty soon!
~ jade x
