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I can't believe anyone thought this book deserved 4 or 5 stars, but then I can't believe anyone thought this deserved to be published. It's total rubbish. I'm giving it one star because even I believe the product description and synopsis sounded interesting, but that was the only part of the book that was actually interesting. I spent 2/3 of the book rolling my eyes at the ridiculousness of the characters and waiting for some enlightening at the end telling me that it was written by a fourteen year old. Let's start out with the fact that this was not a romance: contemporary, suspenseful or otherwise. There was no romance in it at all. By page 50 they hold hands and at page 56 she kisses him on the cheek and he's so overwhelmed that he falls in love with her. In which world would that ever happen. But then again, in which world would a billionaire drop of his longtime girlfriend at her place on Valentine's Day and then be going home alone. Steven is supposed to be a jaded billionaire trying to get away from his own notoriety and where everyone tries to use him because of his wealth. He goes into "hiding" and happens upon an attractive woman (Emily) in a seedy hotel in one state. A few days later, the same woman is all of a sudden a waitress at a cafe he started frequenting in a completely different state. How do alarm bells not start going off? And even if they didnt go off then, why didn't they go off when she starts hinting that she needs 'someone' to give her some money. Seriously? She splits with his money and he realizes he's been duped. But he's a billionaire and it's only $5000, but he's so hurt because he loves her so much that he has to find her to let her know that he knows she duped him. Roll eyes here. Richard, Emily's partner in crime, then breaks into Stevens email account. This guy is a multibillionaire and his computer isn't even password protected? Locked? Something? Roll eyes here. Steven's PI finds Emily and on the same morning Steven goes to confront her, Richard shows up and they end up running for their lives, and big shot billionaire doesn't have the wherewithall to hire a bodyguard at that point? He waits until Richard tracks her down again. If those situations aren't ridiculous enough, then we have the main characters. Apparently, the only decent people in the entire book are Steven, Emily, Rose, and Frank. How is that possible? Everyone else is either a killer or a blackmailer or paying a blackmailer. Steven is a wimp and Emily is just plain idiotic. Is there ever a time when she isn't discussing murder in front of her 4 year old son? Is there ever a time she isn't handing over her son for someone else to look after even when murderers are on the loose? Murderous Richard hasn't been caught, has just located her again and tried to break into the house, and she leaves her son there AT THE SAME HOUSE to go to a funeral. Any reason the son can't go with her? Any reason she couldn't send flowers and see Rose later? She believes Vincent is a killer, but Vincent doesn't know of her suspicions. She races back from the funeral to get her son from Vincent, but instead of just leaving with her son so Vincent can be none the wiser, she blurts out (without any prompting) that she knows he was the one who killed her husband. If she really believes that, and she thought her son was in danger, why not just wait until they are safely out of the house and then notify the police. Why put your child in danger when the supposed murderer doesn't think you know anything. Would any sane person do anything that dumb? How could any adult write such drivel. And I dont know who the editor is, but in the last big scene, one of the characters apparently just vanishes. One minute he's there talking to Emily, Emily realizes that her son is missing, she goes to check, and the man is never heard about again. This man who apparently loves her so much, but doesn't think it strange when she never comes back. Queue another eye roll here. I am still waiting for someone to tell me that this book was written by a teenager, because I refuse to believe that an adult could have created characters so one dimensional and who can also apparently also vanish into thin air. For readers out there with any modicum of intelligence, save your time and your 99 cents on another book. This one is akin to mental torture.