''Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave"

'Who Wants to Date a Billionaire' by Laura Burton, is not my usual genre of book but I was pleased to find that I actually enjoyed this novel. The storyline involves a match-making business owner who is looking to expand her business & a billionaire who needs a 'wife' for a very important family party.  Ms. Emily Stewart finds investors who throw a wrench into their loan proposal by expecting her to be in a relationship.  Her business is cash starved and really needs the new infusion of money offered by the investors therefore Ms. Stewart realizes that finding a 'husband's for the upcoming meeting with the investors is a must. As she is pondering this problem, a new client requests to meet with her to discuss an urgent problem of his own. Gorgeous architect  David Marks explains that he has misled his family into believing that he is married and now must find "the one" before his Grandmother Marks' party.  He has never dated before but this love match is vital for his future.  Immediately, the wheels in Emily's rather conniving brain start to turn & she sees a solution that will solve her problems.  At this point, her actions bring to my mind the ancient fable by Sir Walter Scott that says "O, What a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive".  I anticipated that Ms. Stewart's plans would backfire given her rather snarky personality but much to my amazement, that's not quite how everything played out, ...... I'm not going to reveal any more of the storyline except to say that Sir Walter Scott would have loved this novel. Laura Burton truly surprised me with one unexpected twist that I found quite delightful. I absolutely loved how the novel ended. Ms. Stewart finally matures enough to realize that employees have worth and that helped me feel more empathy towards her as a character.  This novel moved at a comfortable pace and there was a smooth & coherent flow.  Ms. Connie Shabshab's voice characterizations for the females were well done, however, the British accents needed for some of the men's voices were missing which affected the overall performance.  I would recommend this novel as a good clean read/listen for your young teenagers right up to your grandmothers, as I'm quite certain all will enjoy this quick 4🌟🌟🌟🌟romance. This is my 2nd Laura Burton novel and I've enjoyed her imaginative style of writing and will seek out more of her novels in the future.

I received a complementary copy of this audiobook from StoryOrigin in exchange for an honest review. I am not related nor friends with this author. The opinions expressed in this review are fully mine unless identified as that of another person.