Big Bad Billionaires Boxset

Enemies to Lovers Fake Relationship Romance Collection

By: L. Steele

Narrated by: Shane East, Roxy Isles, Faye Adele, John Hartley, Ava Lucas

An emotionally wounded CEO, who wants revenge but falls for his fake wife
A chocolate hating billionaire doctor, who must woo his dessert chef, fake fiancée over Christmas
A single dad rockstar, who asks his daughter’s nanny to pose as his fake girlfriend

Eight books for the price of one. This is a boxed set of eight fake relationship romances, featuring tattooed, brooding billionaires who propose a marriage of convenience, only to fall for their sunshine fake brides and must grovel to win their hearts, with a grand gesture that will take your breath away!

There is banter, forced proximity, one-bed, found family, girlfriends who stand up for you, festive cheer, lots of angst and twists you won't see coming. Also, Max, the whippet, who plays Cupid by mistake. There is no cheating. Binge listen, now!

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Loved this box set!

The Big Bad Billionaires box set was amazing. The stories were well written and the narrator's voices were fabulous. I don't physically read many books these days because I am going blind so I listen to a lot of books and if I can't stand the voices of the narrators it just makes the whole experience bad and I sometimes don't even finish the book. I had absolutely no problem with this series of books and will very likely listen to it multiple times.

Great stories!

the only thing I did not like about this series was the second male narrator...he sounded like he should be reading horror stories! struggled to get through his parts!

Great Read

I love all L Steele books. The only problem that I have with the audio is that I don’t like when it seems it’s speaking in two parts of the characters. I’m not used to that and I wish it would stay with the same voice and not in two parts. I’m explaining it the best way that I can and hoping I’m not confusing anyone. But I loved the book. It’s awful what happen to all of them, but I like how they were able to put their lives back together even with their struggles and learning how to cope with it.

Groovy

The Austin Powers feel with all of the "You get me, feel me" in every story. That really distracted from the story for me. That they would all keep saying that, in today's setting. It was like a flashback to the 60's. I was waiting for a "groovy" to fly out. LOL ( I just had to get that out.) The story itself was good. The men were beyond *ssholes. maybe even a little too beyond for my taste. But, the story behind that intertwined the books was good.

Incredile box set

Of all this amazing and good! I have never listened to anything more awesome than this box set. What happens when you fall for your fake wife? Incredible narration job that completely made the story for me. If you haven't listened to these books yet, you don't know what you're missing out on.

Shane East is brilliant!!

I found this series when searching for books narrated by Shane East. This is the first series I have read/listened to by this author and overall it’s a 7/10. Shane’s voice is perfection and his performance carried the story. I give Shane a 10/10.
This book is definitely about the guys. The story of what happened to them is deep and they carry the scars from their past.
Now, the girls in these stories… I’m sorry to say this but they are absolutely annoying. I struggled to finish listening to the series because of them. The contradictions from the girls in every engagement with the guys was over exaggerated and immature. Zero backbone and self respect. I would have taken out half of the content written for them because it was so cringy.

Sinful Wealth Men

All the stories were good they worked well together. Good strong women are in each story they had each other’s backs

80+ hours of Shane East for 1 Credit…Yes Please!!!

Occasionally I had to delete this title and re-download it because it would encounter errors randomly. That’s never happened before, I’m assuming the massive file size was a problem.

Each story discusses a different member of The Seven. Overall, the stories are a bit predictable, but I knew what I was signing up for. Some are better than others and all pair well together. My biggest criticism would be that the same words and phrases were used constantly, in the same book, often close together. But I wanted 🔥STEAMY🔥 romance novels with Shane East’s voice, and that’s exactly what this set is. Book 7 is not narrated by Shane East. John Heartley was fine, just didn’t want listeners to be caught off guard.

The Billionaire’s Fake Wife -
Performance 4/5 stars- both narrators do a good job embodying the characters.
Story 2/5 stars - this one was somewhat boring to me and didn’t really make sense in that compared to the others, it felt like it didn’t have as much driving it. I wondered if the author came up with the details for the other members of the Seven and needed a way to introduce the audience to the idea. For that, it served its purpose. Not a bad story, just very formulaic and the character actions don’t feel as purposeful or emotional as they do in the remaining stories.

The Billionaire’s Secret -
Performance 4/5 stars - solid, consistent narration.
Story 3/5 stars- these characters definitely seemed to have more real struggles and deepness by comparison to the rest of the set.

The Billionaire’s Christmas Bride-
Performance 4/5 stars - The female narrator was a little annoying to me on this one. She sort of sounded like Mrs. Potts but she narrated the following book as well, and I got less of that vibe. So it may have been a choice as the female character in this one seems energetic, quirky and chatty.
Story 2/5 stars - I loved Weston and was looking forward to his story. I get that the female character was a pastry chef, but it’s like she could only think and speak in cooking terms. Felt a little too goofy for me. But I still enjoyed the story for what it was.

Marrying The Billionaire’s Single Dad-
Performance 4/5 stars - I enjoyed the female narrator more in this story than the previous and it was performed by the same person. Again, I’m guessing the distinction was intentional.
Story 4/5 stars - This story is a heartbreaker and definitely has more character development. Great addition to the set!

The Billionaire’s Baby-
Performance 4/5 stars- Both parts were great. At first, I did think I liked the female’s male voice for Arpad but it grew on me pretty quickly.
Story 4/5 stars - I craved to know more about this story! That’s the only downside, I just wanted a little more either about their relationship or Arpad’s history. And occasionally I thought she was obstinate for the sake of being difficult, not because she actually had a point to make or truly needed something from Arpad. But I really enjoyed this one and wouldn’t have minded “more” about Arpad’s proclivities.

The Billionaire’s Sins-
Performance 4/5 stars- good and consistent narration. The female narrator is from early books in the set and a little mousy for my taste but the female character is meant to be very young in this book.
Story 4/5 stars - this book is very short compared to the previous 6. Definitely leaves on a cliffhanger but if you have the set, it’s less of an issue. You get a glimpse of Edward but are left with so many questions. Enjoyed it and went straight into book 7.

The Billionaire’s Promise-
Performance 4/5 - My first time listening to John Heartley. His voice is heavy and gruff but I liked his inflection changes when doing the other members of The Seven. Knowing the last book covers both Edward and Baron, I can see why they needed to be performed separately.
Story 4/5 - This book also felt shorter. I’m guessing 6-8 could have been one book, but breaking them up allowed for Edward and Baron to have their own stories. It was eventful and exciting. Kept me hanging on every word. Another MAJOR cliffhanger, but again, buy the set.

The Billionaire’s Bride-
Performance 4/5: performances were consistent and enjoyable all the way through. The guys did a great job with the emotional side.
Story 3/5: I was so excited for this ending. And I truly enjoyed it, I just wanted more. I felt like there was tons of build up for it to end so suddenly. It didn’t end like I thought it would. And naturally the saga continues but in a different book (The Pretend Christmas Bride) not included in the set, nor have I found it as an audiobook 😭. But overall a great listen.

Enjoyed the books.

Very entertaining! My only wish was the epilogues were longer. Love anything with Shane East.

eh

I hate writing reviews like this. There was a lot of hanging details. Things talked about say in book 1 that aren't addressed again for several books.