Dirty Filthy Rich Men

By: Laurelin Paige

Narrated by: Elena Wolfe

Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's Summary

When I met Donovan Kincaid, I knew he was rich. I didn't know he was filthy. Truth be told, I was only trying to get his best friend to notice me.

I knew poor scholarship girls like me didn't stand a chance against guys like Weston King and Donovan Kincaid, but I was in love with his world, their world, of parties and sex and power. I knew what I wanted - I knew who I wanted - until one night, their world tried to bite me back and Donovan saved me. He saved me, and then Weston finally noticed me, and I finally learned what it was to be in their world.

And then what it was like to lose it.

Ten years later, I've found my way back. Back to their world. Back to him.

This time, I'm ready. I've been down this road before, and I know all the dirty, filthy ways Donovan will try and wreck me.

But it's hard to resist. Especially when I know how much I'll like it.

From NYT best-selling author Laurelin Paige, discover a whole new world filled with sex, love, power, romance and dirty, filthy rich men.

©2017 Paige Press LLC (P)2017 Paige Press LLC

Cliffy, just a warning

Any additional comments?

I'm prefacing with saying it's a cliffhanger. Not a bad one where it just ends mid sentence, but still one that you know another book is coming.

This review is a hard one for me and I'll try to do it without spoilers.

Sabrina meets Donovan and Weston in college and through 2 situations out of her control, she leaves college and also leaves both men hanging... only in very different ways. 10 years later she runs into Weston and takes a job from him, putting her in both men's paths again.

Weston is quickly taken out of the picture for Sabrina, leaving her to contend with Donovan. They have a very sordid relationship, filled with a push and pull like no other I have read.

This is what made me hate the book. I spent 75% of the audio wanting to bang my head against a wall and also just shaking my head, "why?". It's frustrating. Sabrina is, in my opinion, a weak and stupid woman. I don't think she has the self preservation needed to get herself through life successfully. And I'm not talking about her sexual proclivities. I know some people will take issue with rape fantasy, so heads up. It's in there. But that's not what made me shake my head. It was her inability to see what's in front of her face and do a simple risk/reward assessment and see that it's just not there.

THIS BEING SAID... I loved 25% of the book and the rest, although frustrating, kept me interested and I couldn't turn it off. There is something to be said with that because I have a low tolerance for books that don't keep me involved and this one most definitely did keep me involved. I can't possibly give it a low rating when I couldn't even turn it off to shower. Either I'm a glutton for punishment with this one, or there is something there. Also, I am definitely looking forward to the next book. I have to know how this crazy series ends.

Do I need to comment about Elena Wolfe? Probably not because she is perfection 100% of the time. There is not a book with her name on it that ends up with subpar narration.

49 of 51 people found this review helpful

Heroine was beyond weak.

Wow, the heroine was weak to the point of being pathetic. She let him treat her like dirt and humiliate her over and over. She would be all resolved to stand up for herself and as soon as her paid her the slightest attention she caved. It was pure emotional abuse but we were expected to respect her because she was doing well professionally. Who can respect a person who is rejected over and over and still can’t resist the guy? This is not about their D/s relationship but about her absolute lack of self worth. B

13 of 13 people found this review helpful

LOVED LOVED LOVED FROM MIN ONE

I loved this book so much but I hate a mother sucking cliffhanger and I will stop listening to series that force me to wait years or months to get the next book. Right now I'm honestly pissed cuz the next book is not scheduled till FALL 2017. It's a great listen but wait till the complete series is out. To those authors that release series all at one time THANK YOU. You are appreciated. When I have to wait I can't recommend until it is complete. BE PATIENT WITH ME AND I WILL SUFFER FOR MY FOLLOWERS TILL THE STORY IS COMPLETE!!!! NARRATION WAS EXCELLENT

25 of 29 people found this review helpful

frustrating

although I will read the next series. The hero was very frustrating. I did not see what the heroine saw in him other than good sex. Yes this is fiction but has to be somewhat relatable. he seemed very cold and aloof. she kept on coming back to him at a snap of a finger. And that was just really frustrating wish she was a little bit stronger even 10 years later. love this author but the hero was a serious jackass.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

OMG....Cliffhanger

Had I known this was a cliffhanger, I would have never purchased it. Why the hell do these authors continue to do this to us......how the hell are people like me without lives supposed to wait until God knows when the next book is released. SOB......... wasted hours on this book, how... someone please explain how am I supposed to get a good night's sleep waiting to find out what happened next? (I have to talk myself out of this funk). Now that I have gotten that off my chest, I am ready to act like an adult (deep breaths). Other than that, the book is worth every penny. I was completely hooked from the 1st sentence. I do not know how to give it a proper review without providing spoilers (especially as I am still seething with anger and disappointment). Damn it......

8 of 10 people found this review helpful

Worst read ever

Very disappointing book by Laurelin Paige, I usually love her books not this one. It was all over the place, very unfocused. The characters were exhausting, whiny and adolescents. A total waste of my brain cells. Also, what was the ending about?

7 of 9 people found this review helpful

AN ELECTRIFYING & INTENSE STORY

Misty's review pretty much sums up how you feel while listening to this twisted unique story as it slowly unfurls.. because you hate the badboy hero, dislike the weak-willed heroine and feel uncomfortable with the fantasy rape sex scene. And yet I was completely hooked and compelled to find out more about these multi-layered characters and I gave up on sleep to uncover more about the twisted web that Laurelin Page has so skilfully written about. Because every chapter was gripping, every chapter changed the play and the ante.. and every chapter had an undercurrent.

When Sabrina first saw handsome cocky Weston King she was just a naive Freshman at College and thought he was her innocent crush.. but he became her addiction and her obsession because she watched him from the shadows as he partied and found eager willing partners. But this led Sabrina to Weston's best friend Donovan Kincade and his self-serving manipulative words of advice had the badboy quickly and unceremoniously ridding Sabrina of her v card. Sabrina didn't expect much from Donovan - and a cold brush off was all she got after the event.. but it awakened her seismic sexual connection with a man that was mysterious, secretive, damaged, frustrating and closed-off. And Donovan was totally unaware that Sabrina's obsession wasn't on Weston anymore.. she was entirely focussed on him.

However, Sabrina's scholarship was pulled and it would be ten years before she would meet Weston and Donovan (aka the dirty, filthy rich men) again and under very different circumstances.. and then the push/pull games and manipulations would start again.. along with deep secrets and dark desires. Because Donovan was as cold as he was hot, as alpha as they get and as dangerous as the devil.. and Sabrina found herself on an emotional twisted rollercoaster, on a ghost train, on a highway to nowhere and on a journey of sexual discovery.. all at once! They're obsessed with each other but Donovan keeps pushing Sabrina away and she has dark fantasies that only he can fulfil. It was a fun-fare, a battlefield, an erotic playground, a chilling thrilling smouldering powder keg and a deliciously dark brew. Donovan's rich, handsome, charismatic, drool-worthy, dominant and totally closed-off.. but what secrets lurk behind his impenetrable mask of indifference?

Worth a credit? Yes it's a gem, it's a scintillating sexy powerful multi-layered story with flawed characters you love/hate and it was told from the heroine's POV by a very talented narrator. But there was no prior warning of a CLIFFHANGER ending, no bold letters saying DUET.. and no second book until maybe SEPTEMBER..... aaarrrrrrrgh that hurts so bad.

7 of 9 people found this review helpful

huge trigger alert! sexual assault/rape fantasies

I hate this book! it seems like a sexy version of Sabrina except the Linus character ends up getting off on violent, degrading sex and rape fantasies. I'm bdsm friendly but this full on non consent without any trigger warning!

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

Sabrina is pathetic

Would you try another book from Laurelin Paige and/or Elena Wolfe?

Not sure, maybe if it is offered free on Amazon, I'd read another to see if she follows the same trend or not.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Not sure, so many choices

What about Elena Wolfe’s performance did you like?

Ms. Wolfe's performance was good

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment

Any additional comments?

If your in to pathetic fools then this is the book for you. Sabrina is pathetic, she is pathetic in college and 10 years later she is still pathetic. The author had so many opportunities to make the book be exciting and she just didn't. Sooooooooo PATHETIC

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

disgustingly horrible

Well, if you have rape and inferiority fantasies, this is for you. this book disgusts me with both the boys portrayed and the girl.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Dirty filthy Rich Men.

I was hoping for a happy ending for this story but it ended , i thought, extremely abruptly with no answer to the continuous ,is it going to happen is it not?theme that went on and on throughout the story.
This book used the sex scenes, I felt, too much
and emphasised also too much the obvious inability of the girl to keep changing her mind
about seeing this sexual manipulator!
I wish I had not spent so much time listening to a book which was obviously on the market for readers to enjoy the sex but had no real ending of what I had thought was a love story.
Very disappointed!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Powerful And Passionate

This is the first of Laurelin Paige’s books that I have listened to. I can't wait to start the second part in the Duet.
This is a powerful and passionate love tangle. Masterful, commanding and dominating.
Elena Wolfe's performance brings this story alive.
I'm gripped!

Warning Cliffhanger 5 stars

I read this book on my Kindle ages ago, so decided to download the audio!!!!

Elena Wolfe is a good narrator she got all other characters spot on!!!

If You Want a book with lots of angst and twists and turns with explicit sex which keep you totally addicted then this book is for you.

Can't Wait to read/listen to book 2 and can't wait for Weston' s story!!!!

Totally recommended

Side Note: this book does contain TRIGGERS not for the faint of heart!!!!

Enjoyable

a very good read. Would have loved her to be a little more headstrong and firery.

Just wow

Loved every minute of this book bar the end urghhhhhh can't wait for the next

0 of 1 people found this review helpful

Wow what a cliffhanger

Well I didn’t see that coming, what a really good book I loved the narrator Elena Wolfe , hope we here more from Sebastian York in book 2.

0 of 1 people found this review helpful