The Takeover by T.L. Swan
The Takeover by T.L. Swan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 27TH!
The Takeover by T.L. Swan had me laughing, crying and yelling at my e-reader. The Takeover is a gorgeous love story about letting go of grief, finding love again and making a family with the people you choose to love truly.
“All my life I’ve been prepared to do a job that not many people could handle. I take over companies and destroy them – take what isn’t mine. I hate that it applies to her too. She will always be Wade Anderson’s wife.”
Tristan Miles is in media acquisitions for Miles Media, his family’s business. He meets Claire Anderson when he tries to buy her company, Anderson Media, which used to be run by her late husband, Wade. Her business is in dire straits but she’s trying her best to honour her late husband’s wishes by keeping it afloat. Claire is physically attracted to Tristan on first sight but really hates what he stands for. Tristan is completely intrigued with the fierce, angry young widow.
Tristan Miles is a funny, witty, stubborn, warm and incredibly intelligent and loving man. He’s simply a great character.
Claire is stubborn as well and trying to move past the loss of her husband five years ago, in addition to trying to respect his wishes with regards to his business and raising their children – she’s put a lot of pressure on her herself and she’s exhausted. She’s at her breaking point.
When they run into each other again at a motivational conference in France their attraction leads to a life-altering connection.
Upon their return to New York, Claire is ready to say goodbye to Tristan, convinced that her life with her three sons is more than he can handle. He is just not ready to say goodbye yet.
Summation of The Takeover by T.L. Swan
The relationship that develops between Tristan and Claire and eventually between Tristan and her sons: Fletcher, Harry and Patrick is simply magical, incredibly heartwarming and insanely funny. There are a lot of laugh out loud moments in this book involving Tristan’s interactions with the boys. There’s also angst in the form of the internal conflict that eventually arises in one of the characters. The character’s choices will elicit a lot of intense feelings in readers.
Quick Guide:
What you need to know about The Takeover:
✔ Hot & Steamy romance
✔ Complete stand-alone (yet #2 of The Miles High Club)
✔ Older woman – younger man
✔ Enemies-to-lovers
✔ Young widow with three sons
✔ Hot Wealthy Business Man
✔ Opposites Attract
Grades:
WRITING STYLE: 5/5
PLOT: 3.5/5
WORLD-BUILDING: 5/5
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 4/5
ROMANCE: 4/5
HEAT: 5/5
Many thanks to NetGalley, Montlake Romance and T.L. Swan for an ARC in exchange for an honest book review of “The Takeover”. My thoughts and opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving an advance copy.
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