HIS TO CLAIM 

by OPAL CAREW

What if you could have everything you’ve always wanted, but it cost you the life you’ve always known?
Rafe Ranier was my boss and secret crush. A rock musician by night and head of a billion dollar empire by day, Rafe could have any woman he wanted. But I was just the shy secretary he never noticed. For years I obsessed over him, until I finally realized I had to walk away. I needed to leave my secure life behind to discover who I really was.I never expected Rafe to follow me.Now I’m on the road with his band, Savage Kiss, and all my secret fantasies are coming true. But I fear I’ve made a huge mistake, because if I get any more attached to a man I can never truly have, my heart will be broken beyond all repair.

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BLP REVIEW – Rebecca

‘His to Claim’ left me lukewarm at best, ‘Swing’ by Opal Carew is an old erotica favourite of mine and some of her previous work is excellent, however, I reviewed ‘Riding Steele’ some weeks back and I was disappointed –  unfortunately this one is, in my opinion, the same and I doubt I will return to this author again.

What if you could have everything you’ve always wanted, but it cost you the life you’ve always known?

Rafe Ranier was my boss and secret crush. A rock musician by night and head of a billion dollar empire by day, Rafe could have any woman he wanted. But I was just the shy secretary he never noticed. For years I obsessed over him, until I finally realized I had to walk away. I needed to leave my secure life behind to discover who I really was.

I never expected Rafe to follow me.

Now I’m on the road with his band, Savage Kiss, and all my secret fantasies are coming true. But I fear I’ve made a huge mistake, because if I get any more attached to a man I can never truly have, my heart will be broken beyond all repair.

So here’s the thing; Billionaire plus poor pretty girl is usually one story, Rock God and pretty poor girl another and both incredibly popular in the romance/erotica genre so combine the two and should be a double whammy winner, Yes?

No…….

There were so many issues with these characters and storyline that I was frustrated and fed up when I finished, actually wondering why I just hadn’t put it aside and marked it as DNF.

My Issues:

Rafe is his name, Storm is his Rock God persona, so why does Melanie swap between the two names all the bloody time even when he’s not performing? It was beyond annoying, slightly confusing and juvenile.

The believability factor is stretched for me to accept that a successful band can have a member who hops in and out of the tour at the drop of a hat as he feels like it, even disregarding that any successful musician has usually put in years of time, effort, blood sweat and tears. Also, is any billionaire businessman with an empire likely to have time for both? Even with a brother sharing the empire, I’m just not buying it.

Melanie is described as the shy secretary who has obsessed over Rafe for years so leaves her job to escape the man she can’t have. When he asks her why she left she tells him she wants more time to herself to pursue her dreams. None of this rings true for me. A shy secretary would not turn into a woman who either can’t keep her pants on or doesn’t wear any at all, kisses other guys while supposedly started something with her “obsession” for years (Rafe) and next is having a foursome with 3 men, nope, even the good girl discovering her bad self didn’t make me warm to or believe this.

And for somebody who wants to pursue her dreams, was apparently focused and organised in her secretary role, she makes no real effort to do this – instead waiting around until others suggest and help her. A weak woman who I could happily bitch slap.

And so to the sex, which usually from this author would redeem the book a little, as it did in ‘Riding Steele’, however it was just ‘meh’. Tepid, boring, predictable and I ceased to care.

So for me this book just didn’t work on any level: characters that were too shallow, a story and world that was unbelievable and no amazing sex to make it worth putting up with the rest for. Disappointing.

I cannot finish this review and be honest without also commenting on the price. I am yet again disgusted that any publisher believes $8.89 for a 288 page ebook is acceptable because no way no how is that a reasonable price. J R Ward’s ‘The King’ (Blackdagger #12) is 673 pages for $5.99 and that’s a prime example of value for money. ‘His to Claim’ unfortunately was not from a quality or price perspective.

Author Bio 

Opal Carew is the author of over a dozen romance stories in which she makes offerings of hope, success, and love to her readers. Opal loves crystals, dragons, feathers, cats, pink hair, the occult, Manga artwork, and all that glitters. She earned a degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, and spent 15 years as a software analyst before turning to her passions as a writer. Opal lives with her husband and two teen-aged sons in Ontario, Canada.