The Rivals by Vi Keeland
Pages: 353
on July 11, 2020
Genres: Billionaire Romance, Contemporary Romance
The feud between Weston Lockwood and me started at the altar.
Only neither of us attended the wedding, and the nuptials happened decades before either of us was born.
Our grandfathers had been best friends and business partners, at least up until my grandfather’s wedding day—when his bride-to-be blurted out she couldn’t marry him because she was also in love with Weston's grandfather.
The two men spent years fighting over Grace Copeland, who also happened to be their third business partner. But in the end, neither man could steal half of her heart away from the other.
Eventually, they all went their separate ways. Our grandfathers married other women, and the two men became one of the biggest business rivals in history.
Our fathers continued the family tradition of feuding. And then Weston and I did, too.
For the most part, we kept as much distance as possible.
Until the day the woman who started the feud died—and unexpectedly left one of the most valuable hotels in the world to our grandfathers to share.
Now I’m stuck in a hotel with the man I was born to hate, trying to unravel the mess our families inherited.
As usual, it didn’t take long for us to be at each other’s throats.
Weston Lockwood was everything I hated: tall, smart, cocky, and too gorgeous for his own good. We were fire and ice.
But that shouldn’t be an issue. Our families were used to being at war. There was just one minor problem, though. Every time Weston and I fought, we somehow wound up in bed.
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This is a book review for an enemies to lovers romance book.
Vi Keeland does it again in this passionate, enemies-to-lovers romance.
Weston Lockwood and Sophia Sterling are bitter enemies. In fact their families have been enemies for decades since the grandfathers fell out over a woman. Now, Weston and Sophia are working together at the posh hotel The Countess hoping to acquire it for their respected families. Quite the entanglement as to how they came to acquire the hotel and reasons for working together, but nevertheless the are now trying to gain control of the hotel and win the respect of their family heads at the sane time.
Weston was a wonderful hero. I found him charming, boyish at times, witty, sincere, naughty and definitely
flawed (which was refreshing). He was not an alpha by my definition but he was protective when needed and jealous as appropriate.
Sophia had to grow on me at first. I found her a little abrasive and over the top with her temper. But she did grow on me and I began to like her spicy nature although I did find her unreasonable at times. Her character was intelligent, independent and comfortable with her sexuality.
Their interactions were intense in and out the bedroom. What starts out as a physical relationship only develops into more. I loved their banter and Weston has a dirty mouth…lol. They have a history that spans years and you really root for their HEA.
Reasons why I didn’t give it 5 stars:
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Overall this is a great read and I highly recommend. This is a stand-alone romance told from a dual POV. Vi Keeland is always a pre-order author for me and will continue to be so.
About Vi Keeland
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA TodayBestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over one hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-six languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
