My Forbidden Billionaire

A My Way to Romance Standalone

By: Kristine W. Joy

Narrated by: Matt Haynes, Amelia Hugh

He's a single dad. I'm his daughter's teacher. Fate brought us together, but my job is keeping us apart.

When I met Jacob three months ago, he left a lasting impression on me. In fact, I haven't stopped thinking about him since.

Knowing nothing but his first name, I assumed I'd never see him again. Imagine my surprise when I walk into my new job as a literature instructor for the best private school in America and … there he is, tall and imposing.

Turns out, his ten-year-old daughter is in my class, which means we'll be seeing a whole lot more of each other.

The tension between us is growing stronger and stronger. It's like a magnetic pull drawing us together, and I can't help but want to get closer to him.

Dating a parent is completely against the rules, but Jacob seems determined to break them.

My Forbidden Billionaire is a sweet and swoony off-limits, billionaire, single dad romcom with plenty of sizzle while keeping the bedroom door closed. It's the first standalone story in Kristine W. Joy's sweet romcom series following three best friends in Boston.

©2023 Kristine W. Joy (P)2024 Podium Audio

The over enunciation and pretentiousness

Ok, I love a good hallmark style book. And to a degree that’s exactly what this was and it delivered. The gooey happy ending and the predictable nature of these kinds of novels make it so much fun to kind of clear away a book hangover. The male narrator almost had me DNFing, maybe it was the over enunciation and the inflections in his voice that made him almost kind of creepy. Then the FMC just felt pretentious, I wanted to like her. I cheered her on the whole way but unlike most stories that pull you into the story because of the lovable characters and strong story line, I just felt like I was encouraging a pseudo celebrity on an instagram feed that just posted about their upcoming work on a commercial or something. Nothing too wild but a congratulations because I like to see people win, even if I don’t know them. That being said, I gave the story four stars because, like I said before, I am a sucker for a predictable love story and it did deliver on that.

Gentle sweet romance

This story was, sweet and cute, in a meet cute sort of way. I only gave it 3 stars because the male reader came off very efiminate in the way he read it. Had "Joe" been a male character it would have flown well, however she was not.

Cute

Sweet. Simple, slow, and almost aggressively chaste. The story, the style, and the narration are all slow. So, an easy safe diversion.

SPOILERS: Abate didn't get enough FAFO

Overall this was a Gilmore Girls single dad got for teacher vibe. Fun listen. The administrator in me was all over the Abate nonsense... that character was the perfect villain.... but karma wasn't good enough. Her punishment needed to be more and give the FMC her job and the promotion.

A fun romance

It was a fun read but some phrases are written over and over which leaves it a bit lackluster.