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How to Marry a Billionaire (Operation Billionaire Trilogy Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Elise Sax (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 3: Operation Billionaire Trilogy

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“Elise Sax will win your heart.” –NYT bestselling author Jill Shalvis

Love sucks. Every time Beatrice Hammersmith falls for a guy, he breaks her heart and steals her appliances. It’s no fun sleeping alone and waking up without a coffeemaker. Fed up, Beatrice hatches a plan with two other women to find true love and marry billionaires. First on their agenda is to capture the heart of hottie billionaire, Cole Stevens. Cole is handsome, brilliant, and he owns his own appliances. Operation Billionaire sends the three new friends (and one of their mothers and a passel of children) to Cole’s ranch to make him fall in love with Beatrice. But their plans run into some trouble. It’s not so easy to bag a billionaire. Will Beatrice find love with Cole? Will she marry the billionaire of her dreams? How to Marry a Billionaire is the first book in the hot and hilarious new trilogy by the author of the Matchmaker books.

This is a full-length hot and hilarious novel, perfect for fans of billionaire romance, beach reads, romantic comedy, and chick lit.

“Elise Sax belongs on every bookshelf.”—NYT bestselling author Melissa Foster

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"Elise Sax will win your heart."--New YorkTimes bestselling author JillShalvis
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"There's plenty for fans to enjoy in Sax's thirdMatchmaker installment, complete with energetic narration, zany humor and amystery that's as engaging as the details of Gladie's love life. . . . Thereare some exciting twists and turns here, from the explosive opening (literally)to the final surprise that will keep expectations high for futureinstallments."--RT Book Reviews
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"Elise Sax will make youlaugh. Her larger-than-life characters jump off the page and make crazy seemlike a fun place to hang out."--Christie Craig, New York Timesbestsellingauthor of Texas Hold 'Em
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"Elise Sax belongs onevery bookshelf." -- Melissa Foster, New York Times BestsellingAuthor
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"Fans of laugh-out-loudromantic suspense will enjoy this new author as she joins the ranks of JanetEvanovich, Katie MacAlister, and Jennifer Crusie."--Booklist, on An Affair to Dismember
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"Filled with fun, sexiness and characters who are not afraid to go afterthe things they want in life . . . It's not often I read something so full ofirony and sarcasm, but that also has that special brand of humor that makes mechuckle while I'm reading."--Unconventional Book Reviews

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Matchmaker Mysteries Series
Book 0: Road to Matchmaker
Book 1: An Affair to Dismember
Book 2: Citizen Pain
Book 3: The Wizards of Saws
Book 4: Field of Screams
Book 5: From Fear to Eternity
Book 6: West Side Gory
Book 7: Scareplane
Book 8: It Happened One Fright
Book 9: The Big Kill
Book 10: It's a Wonderful Knife
Book 11: Ship of Ghouls

Goodnight Mysteries Series (A Matchmaker Mysteries Spinoff Series)
Book 1: Die Noon

Five Wishes Series
Book 1: Going Down
Book 2: Man Candy
Book 3: Hot Wired
Book 4: Just Sacked
Book 5: Wicked Ride

Three More Wishes Series
Book 1: Blown Away
Book 2: Inn & Out
Book 3: Quick Bang

Standalone Books
Bounty
Switched
Forever Now

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"Isn't a billionaire too much of a reach?" I ask. "How about a millionaire?"

Rosalind shakes her head. "No. A millionaire isn't going to cut it. We need to go big or go home."

"I wouldn't mind going home. This is crazy ass shit we're doing."

"It's the crazy ass shit that makes a billion dollars," Rosalind insists. "I've got my billionaire lined up. If you can't fight them, snag them." She almost sounds like she's making sense, but not quite. Still, I'm so drunk that I can't separate the sensical from the nonsensical.

"I don't know any billionaires," Olivia says.

"We're going to have to work together, help each other. One for all and all for one.These are big fish. Targeted strike. Who are you going to target, Beatrice?"

I slump down on the floor on my side, taking the M&Ms with me. I've eaten half of the bowl, and I'm working through the rest of it. Who am I going to target? Nobody. I've never targeted anyone, and...

"Holy smokes," I say, chewing. Like a lightning bolt hitting me from the popcorn ceiling above me, I remember the billionaire in my life. Well, sort of in my life.

Rosalind wags her finger at me. "Look Olivia! Look!" she shouts, waking her up."Beatrice has a target in mind."

Olivia and her mother stare at me with rapt attention. I bite my lower lip.

"No, it wouldn't work," I say, chewing. "It can't. He's who he is, and I'm who I am."

Diane turns off the television, and the room grows silent. The three women study me,waiting for me to speak. I shake my head. "No. It's impossible."

"Who is he?" Diane asks. She's discovered a new show, but instead of on television, it's me in her living room. I take some more M&Ms and pop them into my mouth. I don't want to say anymore. I'm sure that if I tell them anything about the billionaire who's sort of in my life, they won't stop asking me questions and pressuring me to jump all over him.

I think about jumping all over him, and I smile.

"Oh, he's a good one," Rosalind says. "Spill. Who is he?"

"I'll tell you, but that's it. We shut up about it after? Deal?"

Olivia gives me her Girl Scouts' promise, but she has trouble getting three fingers to stay up. Rosalind gives me a Fonzie thumb, and Diane says, "Get on with it, already."

I take a deep breath. I've never told anyone this before. It's my big secret; bigger than my weight.

"Cole Stevens," I say.

"The man who owns Idaho?" Diane asks.

"And half of Oregon?" Rosalind asks. "The aerospace king?"

That's the one.

"And he saves abused horses," I add. And he writes poetry. And he's a cowboy...a cowboy in chaps and tight jeans and a big belt buckle in just the right place. Did I mention the dimple? Or the eyes...the melty, be mine,I'm-swallowing-my-tongue-looking-at-you eyes. "Give me another drink."

We all have another drink, and this time, Diane joins us. I'm blotto, but Olivia can't keep her head up, and Rosalind is slurring her speech, like someone cut her tongue out.

"How do you blow him?" she asks.

"Know him? I sort of work for him." Not exactly. "I'm an event planner, and the company I work for is organizing a gala for him."

"A gala sounds nice," Diane says. "I've never been to a gala."

"Cole puts on a charity rodeo every year," I explain. "It draws people from everywhere, and this year, he's having a gala, too. I've been planning it for four months. I have to go to Idaho next week."

Rosalind says something, but I can't make it out. Either she's completely lost her ability to speak, or my ears aren't working. Then, my eyes stop working, and it all goes dark.

About the Author

Elise Sax writeshilarious happy endings. She worked as a journalist, mostly in Paris, Francefor many years but always wanted to write fiction. Finally, she decided to gofor her dream and write a novel. She was thrilled when An Affair to Dismember, the first in the Matchmaker Mysteries series,was sold at auction.
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Elise is an overwhelmed single mother of two boys in Southern California. She'san avid traveler, a swing dancer, an occasional piano player, and an onlineshopping junkie.
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Send her an email: elisesax@gmail.com
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B072WMPJTB
Publisher ‏ : ‎ 13 Lakes Publishing (July 24, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 24, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6215 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 219 pages

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USA Today bestselling author Elise Sax used to work as a journalist, mostly in Paris, France. She took a detour from journalism and became a private investigator before writing her first novel. She lives in Southern California with her two sons. She loves to hear from her readers.

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J Y.

Hilariously romantic!

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2020

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You could not find three less-likely friends than Beatrice, Olivia, and Rosalind but they have one thing in common – their lives are in tatters. Olivia’s husband left her and their four children to run away with a younger woman and avoid paying child support. Beatrice has just been dumped by another thieving boyfriend who stole her entire apartment contents and bankrupted her. Rosalind has been passed over for a promotion again, and by someone who stole her ideas. They commiserate with each other on a park bench and then proceed to get drunk at Olivia’s house. In their drunken haze, they come up with a plan for their futures - Operation Billionaire. They will help each other find and marry a billionaire. Beatrice has the first opportunity through her job with an event planning company. The company has been hired to plan the charity rodeo put on annually by Cole Stevens at his ranch and Beatrice is traveling there in the next week. The plan sounds great at the time and they wake up the next morning to discover they have made travel plans for Olivia, Rosalind, Olivia’s four children, and Olivia’s mother to accompany her.

Beatrice has been crushing on Cole Stevens for years, but to actually pursue him with marriage in mind is frightening. Their meeting at the ranch is just the beginning of a hilarious courtship. The Operation Billionaire agents are an ongoing comedy trio and Olivia’s mother, Diane, fits right in. This is a well-written romance with plenty of laughs. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.

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L J Sagian

Great Billionaire Genre Spoof

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2019

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I freely confess I am not into romance novels. That said, I have been known to pick up a "millionaire" romance. No typo there: of course the genre evolved into "billionaire" romances! Provided the romance plot is not a cover for erotica, they can be delightfully funny simply because they are so totally unrealistic. Elise Sax gets that, then pushes it far enough it that we know she knows exactly what we know. By setting it up as a "three-girlfriends-pact" series, she is spoofing both the genre and its typical series.

I started this read only expecting a bit of fun. It pulled me in, I started to grin, then the extremes started adding up. I think Ms. Sax hit on every romance & billionaire trope with out there, deliberately. I lost count of how often I laughed out loud. Even the "rotten ex-boyfriend" trope is spoofed.

Content & Audience:
This is not a clean read.
There is some "language," so little I hardly noticed it.
There is no violence, unless you consider a hog-tying prank violence.
Any sex scenes are too busy spoofing sex scenes to be explicit. There are no play-by-play descriptions, but there is a lot of sex talk throughout the book.

I knocked off one star because the amount of sex talk and focus on sex exceeded what was needed for this highly entertaining & effective billionaire romance spoof.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2023

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This is a silly, funny story about women who become friends and family. They are protective of each other and the love is overwhelming. They are determined to make sure that they each have a better life. They are determined to find the right man for each other and to make sure he is a billionaire. This is a very well written book.

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2019

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This is the first time I've ever written a review before I finished the story, but, I'll come back in and do an edit later. If the rest is as funny as the first half it will still be a 5 star. It's taking me a while as I have work going on in my house and the contractors think I'm looney because I laugh at every page until my eyes are watering and I have to stop again. So far its going along like "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum", a comedy of errors and escapades. I can almost see it actually happening and Beatrice's comments of what's going on are hilarious. I'll comment on my overall opinion later but if it's anything like what it is so far, this is good for my day. Dealing with contractors means you grab laughs wherever you can!
**here comes the rest!**
Yep, it stayed just as great. In my opinion, it was comedy all the way. Was it silly? Of course it was but with just enough chaos to make it feel real. The ladies were so different and yet 'sisters' all the way. A sweet story full of just enough real "feels" that make you wonder if it could actually happen. I'd recommend this to anyone that seriously needs a lift in spirits and enough laughs to let you escape and be smiling for a while once you've finished. Well done.

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Beatrice and Cole 💥❤💥❤

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2023

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Baby this was my first novel by Elise Sax and let me tell you... it was laugh out loud funny and flowed very well! What an amazing awesome beginning to a new series! I loved each of the ladies and can't wait to read about their journey to their happily ever after!

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2023

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Hilarious story idea with fantastic characters. It's been a while since reading a single perspective story but well done. Hunting down others in the series. TMI intimate but not super graphic.

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JO CORDIER

Wonder Review For How to Marry a Billionaire

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2023

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I absolutely loved this storyline. The characters were hilarious, entertaining and deliciously romantic. Lots of creative characters who were both sexy and romantic.

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Kathie Francis

Humorous but lacking substance

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2019

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This is a funny read but it is lacking in substance. Where are the back stories for the characters? What does Cole do to make him a billionaire? Why is it only in the end we get the info of who is his mother? Where is his father? How could Beatrice and Rosalind not have a friend in the world until their messed up circumstances brought them together? I understand Olivia's circumstances isolating her but the two other girls especially Rosalind seems so normal. Did Rosalind quit her job or did she take vacation time for this great adventure? Why the competitiveness between Rock and Cole? At least I know what Rock makes his money in.
Then what style of writing is it for a modern woman to spend so much time thinking the absolutely lame thoughts over the simplest situation and how does she even function enough to keep a job, never mind a man seeing something substantial enough to fall for her? Why aren't these women not institutionalized ? What do we know about Beatrice 's looks except that she may be shorter than Cole and she is bigger than a size 8? Do you see what I am getting at? I have so many questions and the Beatrice and Cole' s story is already over?

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joyly55

Fun finding romance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2023

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A group of women who have been roughly treated by the men in their lives set out to find the kind of husbands they deserve.
The story is full of wild characters and hilarious situations.

Selina

Pee in your pants FUNNY!

Reviewed in Canada on March 29, 2019

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Each time I pick up an Elise Sax book, I forget how incredibly entertaining and hilarious her books are until I read the first chapter. Then, after I’ve laughed so hard I peed in my undies, I remember. So then, I have to reread the first chapter, still laughing like a hyena, in order to enjoy it properly.
Her characters get into the most ridiculous of situations. I have never laughed so much since a Penny Reid book. Having a chapter or two in Cole’s POV would make this book even more perfect.

caroangie

Witzig und überraschend

Reviewed in Germany on September 20, 2019

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Beatrice wird von ihrem Freund verlassen. Er räumt ihr die gesamte Wohnung aus und kündigt diese. Verlassen und heimatlos trifft Beatrice auf Olivia und Rosalind. Während einer Nacht mit viel Alkohol schmieden die drei Frauen einen Plan, der dafür sorgen soll, dass am Ende alle drei ihr Happy End mit einem Milliardär bekommen. Zunächst ist Beatrice dran, die eine Gala auf der Ranch des steinreichen und herzensguten Milliardärs Cole ausgerichtet hat. Ihr Ziel ist es, bei Cole zu landen und die anderen Mitglieder der Operation Milliardär begleiten sie auf dieser Mission. Eine lesenswerte, amüsante Geschichte. Nur das verwendete Präsens nervt.

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Mummy6

A good read but the ending was rushed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2022

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I really enjoyed the book, with lots of laughter and fun. It wasn't steamy really, but there were small scenes. I felt the ending was just too rushed. The beginning where the girls first met wasn't that great but I carried on reading and enjoyed it. It wasn't gripping enough and unfortunately I'm not going on to the next book.

anna caron

Definately an awesome book

Reviewed in Canada on July 24, 2017

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The books just keep getting better loved it can't wait till the next one comes out.i love books when you read them you can't help but laugh at funny part .