The Mistaken Billionaire

The Mistaken Billionaire' by Lexxie Couper is book Two in the "Muse" series. This is the story of Thomas St Clair and Mila Elderkin. I have not yet read the other book so for me this was easily a standalone book. Mia is on her way to her sister's party but a dog comes running out and she almost hits him. So Mila sees that the name tag on the dog has a nearby address, so she goes to return the dog. When she knocks on the door she sees Thomas on the other side. Thomas thinks she is his hired company escort to a business function. So he is quickly taken by her beauty and how she somehow has started to get his mind thinking again. Thomas thinks that may Mila is his 'Muse' and that she can help end his writing block that he has been suffering with. Although he thinks she looks familiar he can't place were but she says they have never met. Mila is shocked that it is actual Thomas that opens the door and is the dogs owner. Although Thomas hasn't yet remembered her she knows him. About eight years ago Mila was an intern and was promised a full time journalist job if she could get the up and coming writer Thomas St Clair to give a interview to her. But he avoided her and the interview so she wrote something else about him which in turn caused Thomas to have her fired. So now Mila is a teacher who is still somewhat upset about his part in her loosing her job. "My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read."

LOVED this book! Mila is a former aspiring journalist and current school teacher driving to meet her sister at a party when a dog darts in the road. She stops to get the dog and looks at the owner information on his collar and is let to Thomas's door...the very same Thomas the writer that crushed her dreams and almost destroyed her. Thomas is on his way to a party where he is being honored and thinks that Mila is the paid escort there as his date. So, lots of mistaken identity that the author has set up in the telling of this delightful story. I loved the characters and felt connected to them. Their flaws made them seem more real. This novel had me turning pages just as quickly as possible. If you enjoy contemporary romance, you will love this book. It's the first book I've read by this author, but it won't be the last. I don't know how I've missed her prior books, but that deficit will be corrected as I work my way through her back list. She's going on my must read authors' list.

I have only recently discovered Lexxie Couper as an author and have fallen in love with her writing. This book, The Mistaken Billionaire, is a wonderful love story that I would recommend anyone who loves love stories read. It actually made my eyes swell with tears and my heart ache with hope for this couple. Wonderful story that takes the reader on a journey of emotions that are as real as our own. Well done, Ms. Couper, very well done.