Oil Kings Collection: Books 1-3

By: Marie Johnston

Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro, Tor Thom, Kelli Tager, Michael Gallagher, Felicity Munroe, Scott Rose

Length: 23 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Books 1-3 of the Oil Kings series. A widowed oil tycoon with four adult kids learns each son needs to marry before they get the oil trust money their mother left them, and they're running out of time.

King's Crown

I've made a promise to myself—no more women. It’s not like I’m a love-’em-and-leave-’em kind of guy. They all know the score, and they’re all looking for the same thing I am. But I have to set a better example for my grown sons, who seem to be making all the wrong decisions when it comes to their relationships.

The last thing I need is to be stranded in a snowstorm with Kendall, 20 years my junior and unintentionally alluring. We’re stuck in very close quarters. With no electricity. And no heat other than what we can generate....

King's Ransom

It was supposed to be a simple case of revenge: Get to know King Tech owner and CEO Beckett King, learn his secrets, and ruin his life like he ruined my brother’s. But Beckett King offers me a deal I can't refuse. Not only does he want me to pretend to be engaged to him, he needs to marry me to get his grandmother off his back. And at the end of the year, we can go our separate ways, only I’ll be a whole lot richer.

I won’t fall for his irresistible good looks, or that aw, shucks-country-boy charm he still possesses from growing up on a ranch. I'm smarter than that. He has a lesson to learn, and I'm the best one to teach him. But that’s the tricky thing with revenge. It doesn’t always go as planned.

King's Treasure

I take one look at Savvy and know I could spend the rest of my life with her. The feeling is mutual…until she figures out who I am after our impromptu Vegas wedding. I didn’t mean to hide my identity, and I thought a desire to get out from under the weight of familial baggage was something we had in common. But with Savvy just moments from proposing divorce, I offer her the one thing I’d been ready to walk away from: a trust fund worth millions.

All Savvy has to do is stay married to me for a year, and then she’ll get half—except I have no intention of letting her go after 365 days. I’ve spent a decade running from my father’s disapproval and my brothers’ successes. Now I’m willing to spend a lifetime convincing the woman I love to stay put by my side.

©2020, 2021 Marie Johnston (P)2021, 2022 Marie Johnston

Just ok

So story 1 and 2 were fine. Easy to listen to, not sorry I spent a credit. The writing is good and so is the dialogue. Not much steam at all, but good stories.

Story 3. I could. Not. Stand. The MC’s!! I kept telling myself they would develop or the story would get better but I just couldn’t do it. DNF.

I loved meeting the King family and their women.

What a wonderful collection of stories about the King family! I was tickled pink I was able to grab this! I loved the idea that its about a father, his four boys and an overbearing grandmother. I enjoyed watching each one find their significant others depute the interference by an elderly matriarch who is pushing her weight around. My favorite scenes are when the boys/girls get together and chat or spill secrets.

While I liked Kendall and Gentry in Kings Crown I am not a huge fan of such an age gap. Although seeing them in his sons stories I really grew to like her as well as them together.

King’s Ransom is probably my favorite of the three. This story is all about revenge. While I enjoyed Beckett his girl, Eva, takes the cake. She is so different and smart as well as takes no guff from Beckett. She has a plan that doesn’t work out well but she never gives up! I like that Beckett isn’t in oil but gaming/Apps. He is suited up but meshes well working at the ranch too.

King’s Treasure us in a high second place and gave a good run for my favorite. I never thought this would be about Zander. He is afraid of confrontation and just runs away. Funny his girl is pretty similar to him. They both struggle with what to do with their life. I loved how they met and got together.

I listened to all if these on audio. Kelsey Navarro and Tor Thom narrated King’s Crown. I love Tor Thom’s voice but in here he was so low that It was hard to hear everything clearly in my car. Kelli Tager, Michael Gallagher, Felicity Monroe and Scott Rose all did amazing. Each one (even Tor Thom) did a great job bringing these characters to life.

Oh me, oh my!

Just got done listening to Oil Kings books 1-3 and loved them! Can't wait for the next two so I'll be reading them ASAP while anxiously awaiting the last two in the series to come to Audible

I struggled with this one

i thought book 2 would redeem the boxset but nah.
returning this title, thank you very much