Dating the Billionaire is written by Lisa Childs and published by M&B Dare. Ex fighter pilot Blaire Snyder doesn’t believe in soul mates. She is firmly a believer in one night stands and one night dates. Her best friend Miranda persuaded her to try a dating service, Liaisons international. She matches and goes on a date with billionaire Matteo Rinaldi. They have a fantastic night together. She leaves without giving him her contact details. He searches for using an alias and his private plane.
I don’t normally choose to review Dare novels as I don’t enjoy them and feel they are a watered down version of the Black Lace novels. I did, however, really enjoy this book. There are a two strong characters and Blaire is determined to remain mysterious, aloof and independent. Blaire is the ultimate feminist, dressing up as a male pilot and flying Matteo’s plane after he booked a pilot through her friend’s firm and demanded a only male pilot.

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Dating The Billionaire by Lisa Child’s is another @millsandboonuk Dare series story. I enjoyed quite a few last year and I’m looking forward to more this year! I received an ARC of this title via @netgalley.

This story follows our two main characters Mateo, the billionaire, and ex fighter pilot Blair Snyder. Both characters sign up to a dating website and find themselves matched for a date. Both are on edge and have preconceptions about how their date might go which makes for a bit of a hostile start to their evening.

Throughout the chemistry sizzles between the characters and is fuelled but some misunderstandings - as is the way! Throw in a male pilot’s costume and we have our story.

This has a strong female, a super rich Italian hero and a matchmaking best friend. If any of that sounds up your street then this will be a perfect read for you to while away an afternoon!

Whilst it was nice that the heroine was a pilot and had been in the services as a fighter pilot. So giving her a background that was rather unusual, but personally not one I would condone as I am a pacifist.
But other than that I found the story quite slight.
I never really got a good feel for Blair and what she looked like other than she was tall, so couldn’t picture her in my mind. She was a shadow character. Teo less so, but again not well defined.

I liked this story and I thought that it was very well written

The detail in the book was very good as were the characters and they all worked really well to make the book a really strong read.

The plot was well developed, but it was a little predictable in places and I was disappointed that storyline was a little weak at times and that did affect my enjoyment so I have dropped review for this from 5 stars down to 4 stars - that may really work for others and I still thought it was a solid read!

It is 4 stars from me, I really enjoyed it - highly recommended!

Dating the a Billionaire tells the story of Blair and Teo who meet through a dating agency. Blair never wanted to join the agency and only went along after being talked into it by her best friend who owns the agency so when she first meets Teo she gives him the name Savannah. After their one perfect date, Blair leaves with no trace and Teo drives himself crazy trying to find her.Blair proceeds to trick him by dressing up as a male pilot when she misinterpreted his request for a male pilot as being chauvinistic. Once the truth is outed they need to decide whether they are ready to finally commit.

I read this ARC for an honest review
All thoughts and opinions are mine


A new author to me but really enjoyed this and will be looking out for more from them

I thought this was well written. I liked the characters and the story

A great read

Blair and Teo are clients of Liaison International. Blair, an ex-fighter pilot, is a reluctant participant. She's persuaded, by Miranda, her best friend and owner of the agency, to give it a try. Teo needs a date to ward off his sister's clumsy matchmaking. The attraction they experience on first acquaintance is powerful and unexpected.

The sensual romance is well-written, but the emotional connection, between the couple, is missing until the end.

I received a copy of this book from Mills and Boon via NetGalley.

3 - "You have all of me…" Stars!

This is the first book I have read by Lisa Childs, the blurb pulled me in because I love a strong female lead and we definitely got that with pilot Blair, you as you would expect also get a gloriously alpha hero in Matteo, and I started reading with enthusiasm.

"You’re not going to rush me… I want to savour you like we savoured that meal… I want to taste you everywhere."

Great (and plentiful) sex, well written, and for the most part likeable characters. I knew the main trope in this one would be a struggle for me, in that the relationship between these two is essentially built on a lie. And for me it does take Blair too long to come clean (which I always find frustrating), however the book wouldn’t have been the same story if she had owned up to her duplicity straight off, so I could see the authors plan in that regard.

"You think you’re going to be able to keep up this charade forever..?"

I’ll definitely be reading more from this author in the future, just not this trope!

Sexy and easy read Dating the Billionaire pretty much achieved what I want to find when I pick up a book from the Dare imprint—a hot guy, confident lady and plenty of horizontal shenanigans.

“He’s an Italian billionaire and I’m an American pilot. Our paths would have never crossed if not for your service.”

Whilst lacking a little in development outside of the bedroom which did impact Blair and Matteo’s chemistry initially for me, the same can’t be said about consent and highlighting the struggles Blair has faced in her chosen career. And though she may not always make the best of decisions—one of which spans almost the whole book a became a little frustrating—I was still onboard with her reasoning.

“Put on the damn beard and fly the billionaire wherever he wants to go!”

Lisa Childs is a new to me author but with some hints at what I’m hoping will be a doozy of an enemies-to-lovers/best friends older brother romance, I’ll be reading more from her. 3.5 stars.

A seductive, sexy romance, with a flying business owning former fighter pilot going on a dating agency date with a billionaire.

After their first date her business is approached for the hiring of a pilot, but after the rundown of her qualifications he thinks this is someone he could be attracted to and says he doesn't want a lady pilot flying him.

She is not impressed with this, so masquerades as a male pilot in disguise, just to teach him a lesson. He is totally unaware that she is incognito and coming clean with her deceitfulness is proving very difficult, when they feelings are so deep.

Eventually everything is out in the open and they find true enduring love.

With a happy after ending in this story of romantic love, commitment and happiness.

Received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This author is new to me. I have enjoyed many of the books in the Dare series but not all of them hit the target. The heavier emphasis on steamy sex scenes in Dare, means that whilst some writers who have an enormous talent in that area (such as Caitlin Crews, Jackie Ashenden and Avril Tremayne), succeed in writing a story which is both realistic, romantic and erotic, other authors don’t. I’m afraid this author is one of the ones who for me, did not succeed.

The story itself was so bizarre and unbelievable that I really could not escape into it. Blair. uses dating service - pretends to be ‘Savannah’ - has a hot night with Teo (the billionaire in question), and then disappears. She is actually a fighter pilot, now a partner in a commercial airline. Teo hires a plane, refuses a female pilot because he’s still hankering after ‘Savannah’ and Blair pretends to be Bill to teach him a lesson about being a chauvinist. (Still with me?). They hook up again and again as ‘Savannah’ and Teo - she keeps flying as Bill and she still doesn’t tell him. He’s big on honesty and so, you just know where this is going.

By the time we got to the end, the big reveal was an anti climax. I lost interest: this was so disappointing.

The sex scenes were mechanical and about as erotic as a set of Ikea instructions. I hate giving such a critical review. The author can actually write, but I found the plot so ridiculous and incredible that I really couldn’t suspend disbelief. Blair was just ridiculous. Her ‘reason’ for not wanting to be like her mother did not resonate with me. I could not believe that a woman who had made it to being a fighter pilot and had dealt with all the difficulties inevitable in that journey would behave in such a puerile way Or be influenced by her mother. Teo was never really developed As a character.. He ended up simply being a nice guy who wanted to be good to Blair.

The big emphasis on the ridiculous hostility between Grant and Miranda was a total distraction.