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Secret Acquisitions: A billionaire second chance romance (Bad Boy Capital Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Raleigh Davis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 8: Bad Boy Capital

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A sizzling standalone romance about a second chance with the billionaire who got away…

January: I need a billionaire. Fast. When I stumble onto a tech giant’s plot to spy on everyone’s phones, I know my security company is only one who can stop them. But my little start up needs money. Lots of it.

Enter Mark Taylor, the hottest venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. And the only billionaire I know on a personal level. And the guy I reluctantly turned down in college.

I’m in his office and ready to beg… but he’s not the forgive and forget type.

Mark: I never hear the word no. Not since I remade myself from a skinny nerd into the deal making playboy of Bastard Capital. January was the last woman to tell me no—and the one woman I can’t forget.

She’s as enticing as ever, so I offer her a deal: I say yes to her in the boardroom and she says yes to me in the bedroom. A quick, scorching affair is exactly what I need to get her out of my system.

But when a shadowy conspiracy threatens her company—and the privacy of everybody—all my protective instincts flare to life. And this quick affair is suddenly much deeper than we’d ever expected…

Enter the world of Bastard Capital: Unrivaled men. Unimaginable wealth. Unlimited power.

Books in the Bastard Capital Series
Secret Acquisitions (Book One, Mark’s story)
Unfinished Seductions (Book Two, Logan’s story)
Competitive Instincts (Book Three, Finn’s story)
Intimate Mergers (Book Four, Paul’s story)
Hostile Attractions (Book Five, Elliot’s story)
Private Disclosures (Book Six, Dev’s story)

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Raleigh fell in love with billionaire romance as a teenager thanks to Harlequin Presents. She fell in love with San Francisco in her twenties thanks to how charming the city was. And she fell for a coding genius thanks to how charming he was.

Naturally, she had to put all of the things she loved into her romances.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07MFHFFCJ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (January 17, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 17, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2679 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 245 pages

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- #672 in Romantic Suspense (Kindle Store)
- #1,471 in Contemporary Romance (Kindle Store)

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Raleigh fell in love with billionaire romance as a teenager thanks to Harlequin Presents. She fell in love with San Francisco in her twenties thanks to how charming the city was. And she fell for a coding genius thanks to how charming he was.

Naturally, she had to put all of the things she loved into her romances.

You can find her online at www.raleighdavis.com.

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Myra

Almost gave a 4.5, but a 5 won out.

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2019

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When I first started this story I got a little tired of it too quickly. The story, the plot, itself was great. The techy stuff was a little (oh yeah, a little?) over my head, but, I persevered. My daughter tried to teach me DOS back when PC's were gaining popularity. I think she decided I should never really be allowed one. However, I have managed to learn enough to not fry the thing, at least not more than once. I tried to get past the tech conversations and just go with the back story about corporate espionage, deceptions and deceit. Now THAT was a great on-going thing that grabbed me. The characters were well defined I thought, just enough about them in this story to get you prepared with the next in the series. This is pretty much a stand alone one so if you don't get the next one, you won't feel cheated. However, I just might get the next one when it's ready as I kind of liked the Bastards (I love that name for the group). The sexual encounters between our Hero, Mark, and the little genius Heroine, January, is pretty out there. As I've stated many times, I'm not a real fan of too much explicit sex so I tend to just skip over. In skimming and skipping I caught just enough dialog to decide these two were better off being silent. The conversation tidbits were fairly corny and condescending. Slightly laughable. At least it didn't take away from the main story, which is excellent. Like the headline says I almost went with a 4.5 but decided that the little parts of the "romantic encounters" wasn't enough to take away a star. I gave a 5 and I'm stickin' with it! Yes, true love can bloom even in the cold, cold corporate world.

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erenbod

Great tech romance

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2020

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I liked Mark and January individually and as a couple. The side characters were engaging as well. I liked the tech slant to the story and the plot regarding privacy and how to keep individual’s data secure.

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HH

Smart, original, well written story

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2020

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This is well written novel with smart characters who actually act like the care about each other. As a women who works in IT, the story was really interesting to me. I loved how January was a coder (which is unique in romance novels) and she and her team weren’t dumbed down when the hero and his team got involved.

I also hate it when the main conflict between a couple is a misunderstanding that would be cleared up if they just talked to each other. This novel doesn’t do that. I explain it more in the spoiler below.

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When January makes a bad decision and leaves, at first Mark thinks she rejected him. He starts to get all hurt and angry but he immediately realizes that it’s out of character for her and she wouldn’t do that to him unless it was to protect him. Smart!!! No butt hurt people hiding at home crying until some third party has to get involved to tell them the truth so they’ll get back together. That is SO boring to me.

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Elizabeth Bennet

Good way to kick off the new year

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2020

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I found this on the freebie list. The characters were ok I say that because Mark (Hero) was a bit of a manwhore. He was completely faithful and you understood why he was guarded but I am turned off when he reflected on how many woman he performed oral on. He never invites a woman to his house. He meets them at a hotel so he can make a clean getaway in the morning. He doesn’t want attached. So in that spirit to be so up close and personal as he reflects was sort of disgusting. STD’s apply to more than just your junk.

The other guys and gal that is partnered with Mark have their own story in later books. The next book is briefly described and you know part of their story from glimpses of their trouble throughout this book. The only other thing I didn’t care for is the description of characters being in lust. It didn’t sound like a normal thought. January (heroine) is thinking to herself and contemplates on one character being in lust with another or her being in lust with Mark and it made me think in biblical times. Might only be my take on it but It wouldn’t be a word I’d use. The itself kept me coming back to finish. I thought her name fit to kick off the new year. Enjoy!

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Sandris

Hot, sweet and thrilling

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2020

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I have read some nice books for a while, byt nothing that made me this interested. I just wanted to keep reading, and it was hard to put down. January is super smart and don't trust easy, and Mark is acting all strong and cold, while inside he just cares for her. I loved the way their relationship grew and how they learned to trust eachother. Great side characters you want to get to know more and you will if you continue the series, but this book is a standalone.
I also think it brings up interesting subject with apps and spyware and collecting of information in our every day lives. It got me thinking...

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2019

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I enjoyed this book. The premise of the story was a bit flat, but it moved at a pace that kept you involved. Loved the 2nd chance theme.

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Marjorie R. Mindel

Good triumphs over evil, and true love wins.

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2019

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January & Mark were good friends in college, both studying program coding. Mark wanted more, but January shot him down.
Now, several years later, Mark & his friends are billionaires due to a program they created.
January has discovered an evil plan to hack everyone's phones without their knowledge. She starts up an encryption program to foil the evil billionaire's plan by sealing his program out of people's phones. Can she and Mark & their partners succeed in freeing cell phones from the secret Spyware they all carry? Cam Mark & January finally find true love in each other?

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2022

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Even though this story was more about the romance between Mark and January, it also had a good corporate espionage theme. Glad they got the bad guys and still had a happy ending.

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Jinx

No spoiler alerts here.

Reviewed in Canada on January 28, 2019

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I did enjoy the plot of this story as I hadn't read anything about coding before. The only part that I didn't care for was when January went off on her own. She did it thinking that she was saving those she loved but I don't think she would have done that because of hurting others along with the population as a whole. That didn't ring true to me but I do realize it was done to move the plot ahead. I just don't like it when it happens.

Priyanka

Great book

Reviewed in India on October 13, 2019

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I really loved this book. The story/plot is really out of the box. Though it's a billionaire's book and if you feel that billionaire's book is your type I'll suggest you to read this. Refreshing idea, computer geek kinda book and definitely not cliche like usual billionaire books. Amazing work done by the author.

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Secret Acquisition

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2019

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Mark and his friends were billionaire's who owned a business together, he had lost his one true love at college her name was January she now owned Ultra a small computer company that was a just staring out but January had a big secret that held her back from telling anyone she was scared .when she met up with Mark again they clicked he asked her to his co partners birthday party. She never knew how her life would change. Mark could see she was scared and troubled about something. This story has it all upset worry anger excitement romance disappointment and frustration then terror at the hands of a company that had put spyware into phones . Ready for the day the code would switch a phone to spy . She spent a lot of time trying to make a decode to blocked the spy company from using their equipment. Threats came it took Mark and his friends and her own team to stop the taking over by this spy company . Love prevails and they win the bad guy and true romance began for Mark and January.cant wait to read the next book in this billionaire's romance. I recommend this book.

MollyMouse

My kind of story

Reviewed in Australia on November 9, 2019

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Very entertaining right to the last word

Kindle Customer

Great

Reviewed in Canada on July 29, 2019

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Great story, loved the intelligence, the plot & the characters.... I would recommend this book to everyone. Going to read the next in the series