Title:  Take A Chance On Me
Series:  Hawaiian Trilogy #2
Author:  Debbie Flint
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Published:  March 14, 2015/December 7, 2015
Publisher:  (Hot) Choc Lit
My Rating:  5 stars
Source:  NetGalley
Cover Description:

You know what they say about mixing business with pleasure …

When the breakdown of her marriage leaves Sadie Turner a single mum, she vows that she will make it on her own. After all, why would a smart businesswoman with a PhD and the prospect of a life-changing deal on the horizon need a man?

But Sadie’s man-ban is tested to the limit when she travels to Monaco to meet her potential investor. There she encounters Mac, a rough and ready playboy billionaire who lives life in the fast lane – and that’s when the real adventure starts!

But Sadie’s heart isn’t the only thing on the line. There’s also the business she’s worked so hard to make a success; the business that could so easily slip out of her grasp if she doesn’t seal the deal within thirty days …

Published under Hot Choc Lit – slightly raised heat level but not erotica!

Read on for my thoughts on Take A Chance On Me.  No true spoilers, promise.

Take A Chance On Me is a sexy, funny, realistic feeling story of a single mom who wears many hats (as most moms do), doing the best she can to survive and provide for her two girls and herself.  She has no need for a man in her life – well at least until her girls are grown and on their own… why complicate everyone’s life with the trouble and work a man involves.  No, they’re just fine on their own.  Now she just needs to land this investor and they all will be so much better off.

Great plan.  Too bad it got changed a bit by an oops and one strong minded, sexy as sin billionaire with plans of his own.

I enjoyed Take A Chance on Me very much – and on several levels.  Sadie is a strong character, she’s a realistic character – single mom, super smart, curvy in all the right places, loves and helps her mom and she doesn’t need a man to make her life complete.  Heck, where would she even fit in time for the maintenance of a guy in her hectic schedule.

But… there’s that saying about best laid plans…turns out, it’s very true indeed.

Mac is a complex and complicated character.  I want to say that he grows on you as the story develops, but the truth is that Mac changes as the story moves forward mostly through his relationship with Sadie.  So while at first he comes off as an arrogant cuss, give him a chance and you’ll see the potential there for an amazing man.

Told from alternating points of view, we get a better feel for what each character is experiencing and thinking.  Listening to their inner dialogue is part of the fun of Take A Chance On Me, in my opinion.  The story is gripping, emotional and yes, sexy and steamy.  Not too much, but more than most of the Choc Lit stories we’re used to.  Honestly, I’m very pleased to see Choc Lit come out with their Dark Choc Lit and Hot Choc Lit lines – because readers enjoy different things (stories) at different times of their lives.  This is a good mix, again my opinion, in order to let more readers in on the excellent stories that Choc Lit publishes.

As usual, I’m  not going to give much of the story away.  But if you enjoy a realistic feeling story (okay, we won’t all meet billionaires, but you know what I mean) that brings all aspects of a woman’s life into play, and love to see a stubborn, sexy male fall to the charms that he believed he never needed in his life — then this is a story that you’ll want to pick up.  It’s funny, sad, hot, and yes even charming.

*I received an e-ARC of Take A Chance On Me from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. That does not change what I think of this novel.*

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