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The Billionaire Is Back: A Small Town, Brother's Best Friend Romance Kindle Edition

by Kayley Loring (Author), Connor Crais (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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People in this small town are whispering…
What they’re saying is that the billionaire is back and he’s going after his best friend’s sister.
What I’m trying to do is help Claire Sweeney’s bakery business.
What I haven’t been able to admit to myself is that in all this time, no matter how hard I tried, I never forgot her.
Now she’s all grown up. I can’t stop thinking about her muffin. Or how guilty I feel when I fantasize about buttering it.

Claire has always been as much a part of Beacon Harbor as the hanging flower baskets, the boat tours, and the lobster races. She has no idea how beautiful I think she is. Even when she has flour on her face. Even when she’s rolling her eyes at me.

I’ve got her brother’s approval, but now it’s Claire that I really have to convince.
She doesn’t believe we have the right ingredients for a real relationship—so she only agrees to pretend to be my girlfriend to help me close a deal in New York.
I believe she’s about to discover exactly how I roll when I know what I want.
And what I want is her.
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* The Billionaire Is Back was an absolute delight! These two authors combined the small town, billionaire, and brother's best friend tropes to achieve perfection....The flirty, snarky banter between these two was so entertaining and their chemistry lit up the page. - amyewilson73, BookBub review

* The Billionaire Is Back is a hilarious and emotional story following Claire, a baker, and Grady, a billionaire. I loved the mutual pining and how well they fit together! They definitely had me swooning, laughing, and fanning myself! - Jessi Peters Bookshelf

* Full of passion and romance that will leave you grinning from ear to ear.... The audiobook version is a real treat, thanks to superb narration by Samantha Brentmoor and Connor Crais. - trish.the.bookish

* I knew there would be laugh-out-loud moments—this is a book by Loring and Crais, after all—but I did not expect so many heartfelt moments too. - read.with.marissa

* Simply the perfect dash of sweet small-town mixed lavishly with all the spicy billionaire! Add in some brother's best friend, a little pinch of fake dating with twelve years of pining and you have an exquisite recipe for LOVE. - jodireadsnlistens

* Those steamy scenes were a steamy buffet of variety. - lateknightlunareads

* Kayley Loring and Connor Crais write well together, I have no idea where one author stops and the other takes over or who writes which characters, their writing is seamless. - Erin Lewis, BookBub review

* My heart is full, I have some new laugh lines, and I have been thoroughly and properly swooned by this billionaire. - Michelle S., BookBub review

* I love Kayley and Connor individually, but think they both bring out the best in each other when they write together. - andireadsromance

* A fun and heartwarming read that blends romance, friendship, and career struggles seamlessly. Highly recommended for anyone who loves a good billionaire romance with a small-town charm twist! - Dali.tza

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (January 25, 2024)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3099 KB
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    Amazon Top 25 and USA Today bestselling author Kayley Loring spent many years as a screenwriter (under a different name) in Los Angeles before moving to the Pacific Northwest to live out her childhood dream of being a Disney heroine who talks and sings to woodland creatures. When not trying to keep animals alive, she’s writing steamy romantic comedy novels, obviously. She’s breathing cleaner air, writing dirtier words, and staring at her computer screen until her eyeballs dry out instead of prancing around Southern California in miniskirts and going to the hair salon. Still waiting for the woodland creatures to clean her house, though.

    Read or listen to Kayley’s books when you want to laugh, warm your heart, and enjoy top-notch banter, strong heroines who need to be chased, lovable characters you’d want to know in real life, and swoon over perfectly imperfect book boyfriends.

    Learn more at www.kayleyloring.com

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    Listen to Kayley talk to the wildly talented narrators who narrate her audiobooks and her wildly talented author friends on the Multiple Eargasms with Kayley Loring podcast!

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    Connor Crais is a classically trained actor living in the Midwest with his wife and three young kids. He has been both a stage and television actor, and before plunging into the romance genre, he had been narrating commercials, audiobooks, and explainers for well over a decade from his home studio. From alphas to bosses to cocky sports stars (a particular favorite), he loves sparring with beautiful, sassy heroines (and their talented narrators) but also loves winning them over and reaching that happily ever after. He is excited to now be an Amazon Top 100 bestselling author.

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A lobster if a good time!
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🦞🦞🦞🦞/5I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that involves lobster races before and omg I never knew it would be so…fun?!KL is always surprising me with her fun, unique, surprising and sometimes questionable moments into her books and I am never disappointed by them and I somehow never find them cringey. I always just plain ole love them. And that’s her superpower.The spice and the romance was full of tension and chemistry. I was aching for them to be together but they definitely had a lot to work through before that could happen for real. We got TONS of billionaire and bakery moments, which I absolutely loved. It was like the best of both worlds, with the luxurious scenes and the every day “normal people” scenes. And I was here for all of it!I’m dying to read about a few of the side characters, bc KL is always good at making a book well rounded and filling you with anticipation for something that wasn’t going to happen in this book, but will in the next. And I might actually want to see more lobsters in that one???? 👀If you like small town romances that have big stakes, lots of spice, banter, funny moments, and LOBSTERS then this is the next book for you!
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Shebeara
5.0 out of 5 stars so loved this book
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024
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Everything Kaylee Loring and Connor Crais write is spectacular. This particular story has wonderful characters and side people, including lobsters with personality. You laugh every chapter title. You laugh at some of the banter. I listen to the audiobook as I read along and I highly recommend that as the voice acting is amazing. I love Grady and Claire, their parents, siblings, bffs, and Alice Grady’s assistant. The story is smooth, intelligent and modern, it flows like a hot chocolate and is just as satisfying. It feels real like you could meet Crabby in Maine or any other small town character. It’s a joyful book!
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Gwen Anderson
4.0 out of 5 stars a Hallmark movie with better backstory and sexy times
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2024
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This hit all sorts of Hallmark movie-esque tropes, but with better packaging. A small-town (plucky & hot) baker is struggling and moved back in with her parents. Her long-time crush (and older brother's best friend) comes back into town after becoming a billionaire when his father has a health scare. Turns out he crushed on her, too, but stayed away from her so he wouldn't get distracted from his billionaire-dreams. There is quite a bit if ridiculousness, some sexy times, but also a mature handling of the difficulties of conflicting dreams. There are also some great side characters (and hope Vera & Damien get a story soon!). Satisfying HEA which was actually attempted to be realistic resolution that wasn't just a one-sided sacrifice (though bit lopsided, but willingly from believable growth) but considered both of their needs.
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Theresa Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars Love, love, love everything about this!
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2024
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We've been waiting for this book for a while, and it was totally worth the wait!

Claire has crushed on Grady since she was a little girl in Beacon Harbor. Grady was her older brother's best friend, and everyone in town knew Grady was destined for bigger and better, and that meant leaving Beacon Harbor. Claire never wanted to leave, so she knew she and Grady would never be. What she didn't know was that Grady noticed Claire, and he still thought about her over the years.

Years later when a family emergency brings now famous billionaire Grady back home from New York, he's intent on showing Claire his true feelings and showing her how good they can be together. As happy as Claire is about the news, she knows that Grady's home is far away, and she doesn't want to leave her home.

As Grady and Claire get to know each other during his stay, turns out their feelings are a lot stronger than they thought, and leaving isn't as easy as Grady thought it might be. I loved their beautiful love story decades in the making. Their family and friends were so great, and I'm hoping Claire's best friend and Grady's brother get their own story. I'm not a huge fan of small town romance, but Kayley and Connor wrote such a beautiful story, I fell in love with everyone in Beacon Harbor.

Connor Crais and Samantha Brentmoor were so great w/their narration. Growly, alpha Connor and feisty, silly, funny Samantha is a great combo. They're one of my favorite narrating duos.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You had me at marshmallow!
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2024
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“This thing that I've wanted for half of my life and resisted for the other half of it is finally happening.”

Kayley and Coco are BACK with The Billionaire is Back, a small town, brother’s best friend billionaire romance. Grady Barber has finally returned to Beacon Harbor after being gone for 12 years, and he is wreaking havoc in Claire Sweeney’s life. Everywhere she turns, he is there…frankly being a giant pain in her bundt! Now, thanks to her brother, Grady is sticking his nose into her business at the bakery, trying to help. Will finally facing their mutually unrequited feelings for each other be a recipe for disaster, or can Claire and Grady have their cake and eat it too? Can a small town girl fit into a billionaire’s world?

Kayley and Connor are such a dynamic co-writing duo, and together they have a unique brand of storytelling. This is the sweetest, swooniest, steamiest book they’ve written so far. The cute chapter titles, quirky supporting characters and tons of laughs and bakery puns make this a story you don’t want to miss!

This delightful treat of an audiobook is a dual narration performed by the amazing pairing of Samantha Brentmoor and Connor Crais. Their voice acting is absolutely incredible. We felt ALL the emotions with this one!

The Billionaire is Back is the first book in the Beacon Harbor series. We cannot wait to see more from KayCo and these characters. Crossing our fingers that a certain Lobster race winner is up next!
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Stacey
5.0 out of 5 stars Another standout from this writing duo. Can’t wait for more!
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2024
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These authors have done it again. They both have so much talent as individuals, but together they write such great RomComs. They have created a fabulous cast of characters, a great small town, and two wonderful main characters, Claire and Grady, in The Billionaire is Back.

I love that both Claire and Grady had their reasons for staying and leaving Beacon Harbor. Both were justified, and created that delicious secret pining for years. Yes please! Combine that with best friends little sister, and they were never meant to be. That is, until Grady comes back to town. Simmering feelings can’t be held down. Just because this story is low on angst, don’t expect it to be an easy path for Grady to get Claire to be his.

You can expect the same quick wit, full circle jokes, and comedic bits that belong in a classic romcom. Definitely some baking puns. Wonderful chapter names. You also get fabulous sweet moments, slow burn, tension, steam, and swoon. Another standout from this writing duo. Can’t wait for more!
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theflyinghorse
4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and funny
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2024
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I really enjoyed the story, the humor, and all of the characters. I think my favorite was old man Crabby. He was hilarious. Good read. 🙂
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alex
3.0 out of 5 stars meh
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024
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Would’ve been higher if this sentence didn’t exist: “How ’bout you fill me up with your hot billionaire baby batter,”
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Anni (Bella) reads a lot
5.0 out of 5 stars Another brilliant Kayley and Connor co-write that you cannot miss!
Reviewed in Canada on January 26, 2024
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Another winner from Kayley and Connor - you know you’re in for a wild and steamy ride when you pick up one of their co-writes, and The Billionaire is Back is no exception!

A prodigal son returns home, Grady - and that’s just the beginning. A family of small town blue collar folk, but the one son branched out to become a numbers man, making a fortune on Wall Street with his own company, returns to his small New England town in a family emergency to help with everything. He reconnects with them all after so many years away and it’s really heartwarming … including helping his brother out with - yep, get this - the lobster training for the big town race!

Meanwhile, he also reconnects with his school friends and bestie, while trying to avoid the bestie’s little sister, who he was always attracted to. Bro Code dictates no going after the little sister! Funny thing about time is that Claire grew up (really well), bought a bakery, and is even more tempting with… her muffin … and other sweet treats, now.

Seeing the pair banter and try to resist each other no matter how they both always felt, and then comes his proposition to fake a relationship in order to win over a huge business deal - such sweet agony during the mutually beneficial arrangement that is strictly a business arrangement… of course.

Their witty repartee and all the brilliant banter and steam we’ve come to expect from K&C - I highly recommend to all, and can’t wait to go back now to listen to Connor read me the audio version with Samantha Brentmore, which I just grabbed (gosh, I adore her! Good pick!). Thanks to you both for the advance copy! Loved every word of this one!!
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Maguie75
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read and funny
Reviewed in France on February 12, 2024
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I normally don't appreciate a lot flashbacks in 2nd chance romance but this one was good and the second characters also funny and interesting. After a long absence, Grady a billionaire is back in his hometown. He falls again for the sister of his best friend. She is a baker and is struggling to launch her own business.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in Australia on March 13, 2024
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This was such a great romantic story that gave me the feels. Loved with family surrounding them in a small town setting. Absolutely an amazing read.
Narration was awesome.
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KatReadsRomance
5.0 out of 5 stars Buoy this was fun!
Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2024
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I’m excited for Kayley and Connor’s new series together. Book one, The Billionaire Is Back, is a fabu start!

I honestly can’t tell where Kayley ends and Connor starts. The writing feels pretty seamless after so many books together. I adore Kayley’s sarcasm ( or is it Connor’s?)

Grady and Claire have all the spice and magic and I was hooked by the first page. A match made in bakery heaven!
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