Dirty Rich Cinderella Story

By: Lisa Renee Jones

Narrated by: Erin Mallon, Joe Arden

Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's Summary

A sexy, stand-alone forbidden boss romance!  

Seduced for a night. Taken forever.  

With only nine months left at Stanford, and despite being top of her law school class, Lori Havens takes leave to care for her sick mother. That means she juggles three jobs, the best of which is researcher for Cat Summer, novelist and syndicated columnist of Cat Does Crime.  

One evening after finishing up her work at Cat's apartment building, Lori has an encounter with a sexy stranger and does something out of character: She goes home with him. The night is perfect; he's perfect, wealthy, powerful, and from out of town. Morning comes, and despite their connection, Lori leaves before he finds out she's far from the equal he believes her to be. She's not a charity case, and she's not after his money. She will make her own. In other words, she leaves before her prince charming finds out she's no princess.   

Flash forward a few months; Lori’s mother is healing, and Cat's husband, Reese, has merged his firm with another, and Lori lands an internship there, with school credit and scholarship money. Everything is falling into place. 

That is until fate reveals a wicked twist of events, and Lori walks into a conference room to find her new boss, Cole Brooks, one of the partners, is her one-night prince charming. One sizzling shared look across a boardroom and it’s clear: This man is not done with her. 

It’s not long before Lori is informed she’ll be working high-profile cases with her one-night prince charming, which will require long nights and travel, starting immediately.  

The Dirty Rich series: 

1. Dirty Rich One Night Stand (Cat and Reese's story) 
2. Dirty Rich Cinderella Story (Lori and Cole's story) 
3. Dirty Rich Obsession (Reid and Carrie's story) 
4. Dirty Rich Betrayal (Grayson's story) 
5. Dirty Rich Cinderella Story: Ever After (continuation of Cole and Lori's story)

©2018 Julie Patra Publishing/Lisa Renee Jones (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

A SWEET & SAVORY SEXY FEEL-GOOD FAIRYTALE

I happily went from book 1 straight into book 2 because I love this author’s writing style that much.. and she didn’t disappoint. Because, not only is there an instant obsession that takes time (and a little angst) to ferment into a solid HEA, but there’s also interesting legal issues going on in the background as well as the lives of the secondary characters and both build multi-layers into the story.

Lori is living with her nurse Mom, she’s working hard to pay off their debts because her Dad’s death has left its mark financially and mentally on Lori long after the heartache had eased and she vowed never to do what her Mom had done. never need and never trust. But never say never Lori, because you’re about to run into a man (literally) that’s going to haunt your thoughts long after you run from his sexy strong arms following your hot no strings one night stand. And, months later when you’re an excited eager Intern at a new Law firm, you’ll meet your Prince again and you’ll have more than that one night in common.. but it’ll be a push ‘n pull ride before this stubborn modern day Cinderella finally lets her Prince put on that metaphorical shoe to see it’s actually a perfect fit.

Successful, rich, handsome Lawyer Cole can’t get the woman he bumped into out of his mind - then Fate throws him a lifeline and there’s a second chance meeting, a dirty sexy one night stand and a world filled with possibilities.. but in the morning she’s gone taking those possibilities with her.. and all he has is a first name and bitter-sweet memories. Memories that will fuel a hunt for her, memories that will haunt him obsessively for weeks, memories that will stop another woman’s touch.. and memories that will become a reality when he comes face-to-face with Lori again.. across his conference room. Cole knows what he wants.. or rather who he wants, but getting the fiercely independent and stubborn Lori to see possibilities rather than problems is going to test his bargaining skills.. because this alpha Lawyer might just do the unthinkable.. he might lose the most important fight of his life.

Worth a credit? It’s a perfect fairytale for adults.. it’s got sex with no strings which backfires into tangled strings and love. The journey was sexy.. and stormy.. and romantic.. and angsty.. and interesting.. and deliciously addictive as the push ‘n pull emotions of rags and riches boil and eventually blend. The dual POV story was expertly brought to life by two trusted actors whose flawless performances created a 5 star audiobook that’s YES definitely creditworthy.

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

Love a strong heroine!

I really love romances with a strong, intelligent, and realistic lead female! Loved the romance between a lawyer and law student. Loved that Cole was so supportive. This is my first book by this author... but definitely not my last:)

ANOTHER HIT IN THIS SERIES!

The second book in this series is another winner. I just loved Cole and Lori. A hot one night stand turns into a hot affair with the boss. There's also an entertaining plot. We also get to visit with Reese and Cat from the first book.

ALMOST NOT QUITE!!!

This audio was not bad, it just did not reach the heights of book one! The story was not as strong, the female performance not as strong, (yes, I know it was. the same narrator, BUT...), and the criminal backstory was not even close. I am not saying it was bad, just not as well done and that mattered to me. In all likelihood others will enjoy it.

Love and mystery

I read many books along this storyline and I found these to be above the norm. There is a good storyline with mystery and problems. Couldn't put this series down read straight through on the weekend. Highly recommend them. Will definitely reread them all again.
The narrator made all the books easily come together. The characters follow through all the books so you don't lose the ones you came to love in the first books.
Keep up the good work.

A Cinderella Story with a Passionate Twist!!

I’m completely hooked on this series. Lisa Renee Jones give you the Cinderella fairytale with a twist. A rich attorney who looks like a GQ model and the girl next door struggling to pay her bills and take care of her mother. But Lori and Cole are so much more when their together. They compliment each other as a couple and are a powerhouse as associates.
I loved the mix of suspense with the court cases and legal business. The perfect blend of emotions. This story is passionate and a page-turner.
Definitely glad I listened to the audiobook. Joe Arden and Erin Mallon will make you fall head over heels in love with Lori and Cole.

Lori and Cole wow

Lori and Cole were the Cinderella and prince story. This Cinderella was determined to do things onher own and in her way. She learns a valuable lesson. Some helping hands don't want to take away your freedom, just make it that much more pleasurable to enjoy.

Same narration issues as with the first bk of the series. Females that sound the same and it sound a bit masculine.

I absolutely loved it!

I am in love with this book, I couldn't stop listening until the end. I am getting more books from the series and reading them all.

A fun and sexy story !

I binged this audio book while assembling a project as I always tend multi-task. The plot appealed to me and I’ve enjoyed the author’s previous books. What I didn’t expect was a story that at times sucked me in so far that I literally stopped what I was doing and just sat there to listen!

Lori has an uncharacteristic and fabulously hot one night stand with a sexy stranger and thinks that’s the end of it. Until months later when he enters her life again— but this time as her boss at a new internship. It turns out that neither person ever really forgot about the other.

The trope is common enough: one-night stand turns into a forbidden boss-employee affair. Yet, the way this story unfolded was addicting. The narration absolutely kept it interesting with two of my favorite narrators: Joe Arden & Erin Mallon. The plot twists and secondary characters and the simmering chemistry between the main couple kept my interest to the very satisfying end.

4 STARS!

Rough start but it was light hearted

The female narrator was terrible to listen to, tried to be so breathy when she talked all the time and tried to be sexy. Her impersonation of the male lead was rough to listen to.
By the end of the book I was enjoying it with the light crime involved and dialogue.
This book was okay.