Forget any Greek tycoon billionaires you may have heard
about; this man is in Seattle, and he's more comfortable
piloting a computer than a yacht. Caroline Parker, an
image consultant, gets a phone call inviting her to improve
the public image of a software business owner - the snag
being, that the man offering to pay admits he wants some
kind of secret revenge. Why would she accept?
THE GEEK BILLIONAIRE MAKEOVER sounds pretty complicated
already, and that's before Caroline even starts work.
Joshua Martin owns Softech and now he's investing in space
habitats. His young, clean image will encourage people to
invest - if he gets out and meets them. He's a workaholic
with agoraphobia who has earned his money the hard way, so
he dresses like a student and doesn't willingly socialise.
His advisor hires Caroline without asking Josh. When they
meet, Caroline is determined to do a good job. She's also
determined to get revenge of her own. Josh - as a nerdy
high-school kid - changed the course of her life while the
innovative tech company he founded with her brother Connor,
somehow ended up in Josh's name. She silently thinks it is
time the chickens came home to roost.
Josh may be a loner but he's indomitable and a strong
leader in his own field. He looks at Caroline and recalls
that when he asked her out at school, the popular girl
turned him down and a quarterback knocked him out. Why
would he co-operate with her suggestions?
The fun starts quickly and I won't go into the details;
I'll just hint at Lake Washington scenery, Oregon dunes,
Star Wars talk and tailor-made clothing. There's blackmail,
intimation of murder, and a great scene at Comic Con. Looks
like you can take the geek out of the computer game
chatrooms, but you can't stop him from being a geek.
THE
GEEK BILLIONAIRE MAKEOVER by Theresa Meyers caught my eye
with the fun, catchy title but it's an old fashioned
romance story at heart. The author has written several
other romances and urban fantasies. Today when techies are
doing so much to improve our lives, we should all take a
vow to hug a geek.
CEO Joshua Martin is the king of the computing world, but to
successfully launch his new venture, Aeon Industries, he's
got to shake off his geek veneer, and he knows the perfect
woman to help him...
Image consultant Caroline Parker knows she can get the chic
out of the geek, but she's got a deeper reason for signing
on to the job. Helping her brother’s best friend from high
school update his image gives her an opportunity to get
close to him and get her hands on the plans for his latest
project. If she doesn’t get them, her blackmailer will harm
her brother, the very guy Joshua screwed over years ago.
Josh always thought getting the next business deal,
developing new ideas, was the biggest rush in life, but
after seeing Caroline again he realizes he's been missing
out—and that his attraction to her hasn’t waned at all over
the years. Now he's determined to make Caroline his, no
matter the cost…
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