Arden (Undercover Billionaire Book 2)

I am really enjoying Melody Anne's latest series Undercover Billionaire with the story of Arden Forbes, handsome billionaire who works as a teacher at the local high school. Arden has been teaching for ten years teaching history to his students and coaching the local football team with a quietness to his life that he relishes. That is changing for him in that the school has hired a new principal, Keera Thompson, beautiful, intelligent, hot, and ignoring him. Not only is that complicating his life but his brother Declan, local FBI agent and also billionaire brings him a retired police dog. Declan wants him to take the dog to school every day as there is a drug problem and Max (the police dog) can sniff out where the drugs are at the school. This is a great story with a lot of suspense and intrigue happening as well as some very hot and intense times between Arden and Keera. Great series!

I enjoyed the book and like Arden very much. Not so sure about his woman. I understand leaving a running plot to peak interest in future stories but too much is left unresolved. Worse I have the feeling it might never be answered. (Like the safe ) Max was the best part!

Arden
By: Melody Anne

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Oh my this book has it all. Sass, love, intrigue, sexual tension, and the best kind of loyalty. Well let me start by saying I have become a huge fan of this author. She writes with so much intensity and emotion pulled from each book it’s felt page after page. Some are quick witted story lines are so perfect and lets you believe you have a front row seat. So being able to read this love story didn’t disappoint. The authors ability to have two separate individuals struggling in their everyday life and try to navigate someone else’s thoughts, needs and desires was intense and gives all the fills.

Authors Blurb: No one would guess that dedicated teacher Arden Forbes is a billionaire. His profession gives him a purpose that wealth alone can’t provide. He’s developing another passion, too, for Keera Thompson, the new principal. She’s beautiful, enigmatic, guarded, and—after a series of violent school break-ins—in need of protection. And Arden is eager to supply it. But what he wants most is to unearth the mysteries that surround her.

After a troubling past, Keera thought she’d be safe in this sleepy town and that she’d never be shaken again. Yet nothing has unsettled Keera more than her desire for Arden—honorable, gorgeous, and available when she craves him. But despite their explosive chemistry, when it comes to letting Arden in, Keera has her limits…and her secrets.
As the threats escalate, Keera fears that everything she’s been running from is closing in, and there’s only one man to trust. But will the truth drive Arden away…or will it bring the two closer than ever before?

I really enjoyed this book and it kept me engrossed throughout. I really loved the characters and the way they interacted with each other. This is a fun, hot, romantic must read book and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

This book has everything I love in a book. Then you add that it's beautifully written and believable. It is easily a five star read. Written in dual POV my personal favorite this story flows so incredibly well that the next thing you know your 80% into the book and loving every second of it. The believable way the characters interact is perfect. Run, Hop, Jump or use your (1 click) finger to do whatever you have to do and get this amazing book. It'll break your heart, you'll want to scream with frustration and it'll let you discover that love just might conquer all. The chemistry is steamy and sweet and oh so romantic.

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Though I haven’t read Kian’s story, the first installment in the series, it was easy enough to get caught up with the family and each member...so Arden’s story can be read as a stand alone.

There were parts of the story that were suspenseful and believable, but then there were parts that read more like a cozy mystery...instances where I felt she was TSTL with her mindset that she didn’t need anyone’s help. She would rush into a dangerous situations herself...arguing with and confronting a knife yielding man by walking up to him to question him...pushing Arden and/or Declan away when there was supposed danger so she could talk care it herself.

Keera thought everything evolved around her, she was fixated on how she felt and what was happening to her without regard to how those around were bing impacted, I felt it bordered on narcissistic tendencies.

I’d like to see where this series goes, I’m curious about the remaining siblings, but I just hate to be disappointed with further stories.

This ARC book was complimentary, provided by the Publisher and NetGalley. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.

This was a romance with a suspenseful twist that kept me guessing until the end. Keera is the new principal at the high school in town and has implemented some really good student programs and quickly become a vital part of the small town. Little did she know but her past was going to come back to haunt her. Arden is the history teacher and football coach and all-round great guy who comes to her rescue on more than one occasion. Arden's brother brings him a retired police dog (much to his dismay) with the admonishment there are drugs in the school and Max quickly comes to Keera's rescue too. This quickly turns into more than expected and the underlying mystery brings out Keera's past and secures their future. This can totally be read as a standalone (I didn't read the first in the series and was not lost) but will be looking for future books in this series. This was a great read and I recommend it!

**Received this ARC for review from the publisher via NetGalley**

Climatic and suspenseful. This book is a page turner. Each chapter was a cliffhanger till things are revealed in the end.
Keera is the new principal for the local high school. Arden is a teacher, football coach for the school. Events start occurring, threats are made, responsibility is sought. Choices and decisions are made.
Will circumstances define who the person is/becomes?

Keera has just been the principal of the school for just a month when bad things start happening and a drug problem at school is suspected.
Arden is a dedicated teacher and won’t let anything bad at happen at this school. Despite his attraction, he didn’t want to get involved with Keera, he knew she was too complicated. But try as he might with all the attacks on her he can’t stop himself from getting involved and attached.
This is my first book in the series and I am hooked. The dynamics between Arden and Max had me laughing out loud. The suspense kept me on the edge and the chemistry between Keera and Arden kept the temperature high.
I look forward to reading more in the series.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own

I liked the storyline and the mystery. Arden, for being a billionaire, is just a regular good guy, who wants to do his part and give back, and is also a (hunky) teacher.
Keera, who is the new school principal, has a past she wants to keep hidden, but of course it follows her.
Quite a twisty plot surrounding her, and Arden is there for her all the way, which I feel she didn't always appreciate, but her past did make it hard for her to trust. I felt the book reiterated that a bit too much, as I got that the first few times.
I loved Max, a retired service dog, who was the smartest, loveable furbaby and made the story.
I received an ARC thru Netgalley and am giving my voluntary honest opinion