LUSH MONEY
Named Top 10 Romance Debut of 2020 by American Library Association’s Booklist
★ Booklist Starred Review
Romance often gets belittled for its escapism, but what Lopez offers is almost a publishing magic trick in itself. She delivers that escapist fantasy in spades – what could be more outlandish than a billionaire CEO and her sexy prince? But then she digs into the wounds and hard work underneath that fantasy, exposing the truth that a happily ever after in the context of reality is all the more rewarding.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly
A marriage of convenience and three nights a month.
That’s all the sultry, self-made billionaire wants from the impoverished prince.
And at the end of the year, she’ll grant him his divorce…with a settlement large enough to save his beloved kingdom.
As a Latinx woman, Roxanne Medina has conquered small-town bullies, Ivy League snobs and boardrooms full of men. She’s earned the right to mother a princess and feel a little less lonely at the top. The offer she’s made is more than generous, and when the contract’s fulfilled, they’ll both walk away with everything they’ve ever wanted.
Príncipe Mateo Ferdinand Juan Carlos de Esperanza y Santos is one of the top winegrowers in the world, and he’s not marrying and having a baby with a stranger. Even if the millions she’s offering could save his once-legendary wine-producing principality.
But the successful, single-minded beauty uses a weapon prince Mateo hadn’t counted on: his own desire.
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first in the three-part “Filthy Rich” series—powerful, wealthy women who get what they want because they’ve earned it.
Check out books 2 and 3, Hate Crush and Serving sin
Praise for Lush Money
Lopez’s clever and captivating variation on the CEO trope is full of fairy-tale glitz and glam.—Top 10 Romance Debut of 2020, Booklist
Lady Billionaire meets Hot Prince meets marriage of convenience in Lush Money, a sexy, emotional and pitch-perfect romance by Angelina M. Lopez. ...As their lives inevitably become more entwined, their relationship just as inevitably becomes more than just sex, making for a novel that subverts classic romance tropes in an extremely satisfying way. —Maya Rodale, NPR Books
Lopez successfully flips the gender switch on the wealthy CEO trope while at the same time incorporating a generous dash of fairy-tale glitz and glam into the captivating storyline of her marvelous debut. And when these elements are combined with engaging characters and an abundance of boldly sensual, vividly rendered love scenes, you have everything fans of sexy contemporary romances could ever crave.—Booklist ★ (Starred Review)
Sweeping, sensual, and rawly emotional, Angelina M. Lopez crafts a debut that matches a strong, complicated heroine to a beautiful, tortured prince, and spins a swoon-worthy fairy tale for the 2019 reader. Lush Money is a gorgeous story full of heat and feels—and tons of sexy, royal fun! —USA Today Bestselling Author Sierra Simone
Fans of fake-relationship romances will delight in this fresh spin on the trope. - Publishers Weekly
Lush Money was nothing I expected and everything I needed. It took the billionaire and marriage of convenience tropes and flipped them on their heads. A bold, millionaire heroine, a sexy prince of a hero, an exhilarating power struggle and off-the-charts chemistry and passion that had my Kindle smoking. It's the perfect dirty fairy tale. —USA Today Bestselling Author Naima Simone
One of the best books I've read this year! I loved this book so very much! The chemistry between the characters is phenomenal, the story is compelling, and flipping the billionaire trope to be a billionaire heroine is the story we all need in 2019. An outstanding debut from an author I'm excited to read more from! —Jenny Nordbak, host of the Wicked Wallflowers podcast.
This book is a shining jewel. I’m only three-fourths through so I can’t promise the last quarter will remain perfect. But I’m trying to pace myself and not gobble up this book because I don’t want it to end. The initial animosity is delicious, the authorial voice is magnetic, and I just want to slap these two idiots and make them swear their undying love for each other (this is a compliment!).
Lush Money is a debut but it doesn’t read like one. It’s polished, smart, sexy, and brilliant. I should probably stop praising it so much because I’m not done yet, but I have a gut feeling that it’ll end well.
Update: I finished. I freaking loved it. I’m floating on Cloud 9 but everyone should read it. - Aarya, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
This is Lopez’s debut and from just this one book, she’s easily in my top five writers if you want some grade-A dirty talk and hot sexual situations. —Amanda, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
I just adored Roxanne and Mateo. Watching two people who started partially as enemies fall in love through friendship and understanding despite the fact that each fought it so hard was just wonderful to read. Both were complex and stubborn and proud and self-protective (They had wounds that matched each other really well as well as strengths), but also loyal and kind and caring, and just electrifying together (like so very hot and passionate and sexy but yet still very poignant somehow). —Historical Romance Author Felicia Grossman
I really didn’t like Roxanne Medina in the beginning. She came across as very cold and unfeeling. The author did an excellent job of redeeming her in my eyes.... At the beginning of this story I was prepared to not like it at all. Ms. Lopez made a believer in her storytelling ability out of me and I ended up turning the pages as quickly as I could because I liked the book so much. —Sara, Harlequin Junkie
This multicultural romance stands out and sparkles. If you’re looking for a book adventure with a strong heroine billionaire, a wild Prince, a setting that’s magical, and lots of family secrets to keep our characters on their toes – this a refreshing and welcome change! Let’s not forget a handful of seriously steamy scenes that will smoke your e-reader. —Rae Latte, Books I Love a Latte
Lush Money is a very promising debut from an author I’m looking forward to seeing more from. Recently, I’ve been drawn to low drama romances with characters whose lives are imaginable. Lush Money is high drama and features a self made billionaire and the heir to a small European Kingdom. I loved it. —Emmalita, Cannonball Read
EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND PREORDER LUSH MONEY. This is old-skool romance for the twenty-first century. It made me cry at least three times. I highlighted basically everything. The last line is perfection. —Elizabeth, @EisReading
I finished Lush Money by Angelina Lopez last night and I loved it so much! I can't believe it was a debut because the writing was really well done, the pacing spot on, and the characters were so well developed. —Melinda, @MelindaEdits
Check out books 2 and 3 in the series, hate crush and Serving SIN
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