Review: Everywhere and Every Way by Jennifer Probst (Billionaire Builders #1)


Note: This ARC was provided by Gallery, Threshold, Pocket Books in exchange for an honest review.

I've read two other series written by Jennifer Probst in the past and it's pretty obvious why she's the bestselling author that she is today. She gives fans and readers something different each time she gifts us with a new series, and she's done that once again with her Billionaire Builders series. On a side note, I originally thought the series would be about the three Pierce brothers, but after having finished the first novel, I'm hoping that another member of the Pierce Brothers Construction team, albeit a non-member of the Pierce brood, gets his story told as well. Now, book one starts things off quite nicely with the eldest of the Pierce brothers, thirty-two-year-old Caleb, who is at his best when he's building houses. He's the one who stayed when his two younger brothers felt they had no other alternative but to leave their homestead, working with his father, who was known to be hard and cold, even when it came to his own sons. His death forces the Caleb, Tristan, and Dalton Pierce to work and live together for a year or risk losing their legacy.

Everywhere and Every Way is about Caleb Pierce, the eldest among his brothers and the one who helped grow the business alongside his late father. When his father's will stipulates that he and his younger brothers need to start from scratch and have the company turn a profit within a year's time plus all live together in the family home, Cal fears they've been set up to fail. He and his brothers simply do not see eye to eye, each one the best at what he does but with very different visions of where to take the business. When thirty-year-old personal interior design artist Morgan Raines insists that she only wants Pierce Brothers Construction to handle her clients' project, Cal refuses, not wanting to put in the effort for a house that will never be someone's home. But Morgan is used to get what she wants and she isn't above manipulating circumstances to achieve her goal. They push each other's buttons and clash on a regular basis, but beneath all of it lies a deep attraction that neither one can sweep under the rug for much longer.

This series starter isn't just about the love story that goes on between main characters Morgan and Cal and how they're able to overcome their respective issues when it comes to being in relationship, but it's also about their issues regarding their careers and how the future they've envisioned may be changing. This is also about family and how three brothers must not merely acknowledge their broken relationships with one another but how they have to get over whatever long-held notions they may have about one another and their respective roles in the break-up of their family. Cal is a complicated man and he's rather set in his ways, so seeing him trying to hold firm to what he wants puts him at odds with Morgan, Tristan, and Dalton. Of course, he isn't the only who has to make adjustments, since his two younger brothers also need to get over themselves and Morgan needs to loosen her grip on the reins as well. Add Brady, Sydney (no last name), Raven Hawthorne, and Gandalf and Balin, and this series has a cast I'd like to read more about.

Both Cal and Morgan seemed as if they had sticks up both their butts, and it did take me a bit longer to feel any sort of warmth for Morgan than I did Cal, but how these two won me over! Make no mistake, this is a slow burn romance, but I so enjoyed the back and forth Cal and Morgan were engaged in and how they were both great at their jobs and initially refused to budge on whatever stands they may have had, but then learned to trust the other's expertise and judgment. You see their relationship transitioning into something far more than either one actually wanted to have, since crossing the line between personal and professional can often cause problems. There's nothing contrived about what these two shared and I have to say that this is probably my favorite Jennifer Probst read...so far. There's drama and angst but there's also a lot of humor, both the kind that will wriggle a guffaw out of you and the kind that will have you smiling like a fool. Calling Everywhere and Every Way "satisfying" will never suffice. I loved it. Five stars. ♥

Date Read: 04 June 2016

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