I couldn’t get into or engage with this story. The hero seemed very unappealing and not very smart. I didn’t mind the heroine. She was very relatable and down to earth.

GAH!! I absolutely lovee Katy Evan's stories and am all about her heartstopping and sexy novels. Lizzy and James were delicious together. Pure opposites who saw through to the heart of one another. I love how James was tough and broody but was the one for Lizzy. She likewise got tired of pleasing her father and took life by the reins. This was an amazing read!

I would like to thank Montlake Publishing for an advanced copy of this book for an honest review. 4 stars!

**Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the ARC in exchange for an honest review**#MillionDollarDevil #NetGalley

3 stars!! For me it was an ok read...Enjoyable, sweet, sexy, romantic and well written story!!

I really enjoyed this story! Lizzy Banks always feels like she has to work twice as hard to prove herself at her father's company. When she has to find a new man to represent their suit line, she finds "bad boy" daredevil James Rowan. I loved the feisty relationship these two develop with Lizzy trying to remake Jimmy's image and James reluctantly going along with her suggestions. There's so much steamy potential and the two toe that professional line. I couldn't wait for them to stomp all over it! I really adored James and how he much he cared for his brother and wanted Lizzy to succeed. He definitely was a swoonworthy hero. Lizzy had so many issues which mostly stemmed from needing her father's approval. It drove me a teensy bit crazy at times. Overall, this was a fun and sexy page turner that I liked quite a bit!

Million Dollar Devil was an interesting story for me. As I really liked the idea of it and parts of it worked. Especially where James was concerned. But there were other parts that I just found frustrating and I'll admit to skimming a couple of times. As I just couldn't connect with Lizzy. But I really loved James, and his brother Charlie seemed really sweet.

Plus, the story was well paced although the romance took a while to spark. And I did find it an engaging and enjoyable story overall. So I would happily recommend it to others.

2.5/3 stars

One heiress always striving for Daddy's approval in search of someone charismatic and dynamic to be the face of their company's new menswear line. A handsome, but poor, rough, and risk taking daredevil who usually does anything for show to make a few bucks. Put them together as they try to mold him into the man that all women will want and all men will want to be. He wants the money and she needs the model.

I started out liking it and the premise was interesting, but along the way I started to lose interest. It took me longer than it should have to read it. Some of it seemed repetitive as they prepared for him to be presented as the perfect male. And also because there was so much push and pull between them that seemed to go on and on. Lots of flirting, resistance, lusting, second-guessing, etc. They both had self worth issues that affected them and their divergent backgrounds put up more walls.

For the most part I liked James. There was more to him than it originally seemed and he really did see her under her facade. Her quest for perfection got old and she seemed to change her mind a lot. He was striving to be the perfect man she built in order to be worthy of her, but the proverbial suit didn't quite fit right. It was all bound to fall apart around them. The plot seemed to get a bit carried away with so many issues, and the resolution seemed kind of easy and fast after all the drama. But it did bring some humor, sweetness, heat, and swoon.

I received this book for free from netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Katy Evans is one of my favorite contemporary authors. Her most recent book is a tale of two people from different worlds. Lizzy is the heiress to a clothing company. She's desperate to prove herself and find the perfect model for her company's clothing line. She finds inspiration in the most unlikely place--a bar room brawl. James Rowan is a dare devil and a bit rough around the edges. But Lizzy sees the potential in him and offers him a lucrative modeling contract. She just needs to buffer his sharp edges.

This is a well-developed plot and a well written story. These probably weren't my favorite Katy Evans characters though. I would have liked to see Lizzy stand up to her father more. And James' rapid change was a little unrealistic to me. It was still a decent read though.

This book was just fun :) James, Jimmy, is a great character and with or without his 'upgrades' is the perfect alpha hero

I have loved this author from the beginning. This one however just did nothing for me. I felt nothing for the characters, just could not connect at all with them or the story.

I am a huge Katy Evans fan and was so excited to preview this one! It is the story of Elizabeth banks, a wealthy clothing heiress, and her quest to be CEO of her father’s company. She meets James “Jimmy” Rowan in a seedy bar and offers him a lucrative modeling contract with the company. I really wanted to like this story more. I thought the first half was pretty slow and then a lot happened very quickly. I wasn’t really able to connect to the characters and thought they were a little one dimensional. The ending was okay but I still didn’t feel that invested in the story. Unfortunately this is not my favorite Katy Evans book.

I really wanted to absolutely love this book in all aspects and for the most part I did. I have loved reading Katy Evans for years and am always impressed. This one just fell a little flat for me in some areas.
Elizabeth "Lizzy" Banks, is very likable and I really liked her "Lady Boss wannabee" attitude. She had a problem, she handled it. Her father's company is a multi-million business and she wants to run it one day. One problem, she is not a he and her father sort of treats her like a second class citizen. I really did not like the Father and daughter relationship. I wanted some resolve and I felt it was just brushed over. Lizzy needed to lose her cool and just totally set dear old dad straight. She worked her rear off and he was super condescending to her. But she persevered and made the deal of her life time and bet her career on James "Jimmy" Rowan.
I also really like Jimmy, he is everything that Lizzy, is against. Crass, loud, a fighter, a drinker and sexy as sin. She needs him to be the face for the next big campaign of the new Banks Suits line. He is not perfect but she thinks she can offer him enough money to make him perfect. If only she can keep her hands off him and his hands off her.
Their chemistry is off the charts and the back and forth pull to each other makes excellent reading. I really loved their story. Charlie, added some drama and he was a refreshing character.
I just didn't love the underlying issue of Jimmy's YouTube channel. I just felt it was a little "soft" on being that important and career ending for Lizzy. I just didn't feel vested in the "big drama" of this issue. I was also a little put off by her father again. Telling James he was not good enough for his daughter, when he treated her so much better than her own father.
In the end I feel like they got their HEA and that was the direction the author wanted to take it , so it worked.

hmm. this one had both ups and downs, both good and bad for me. i haven't read a ton from katy evans so i'm not quite sure if it is the writing i don't click with, or the plot and characters and i just happened to have picked up 2 that don't work for me. i'll give her another go though. i struggled with the heroine in this one mainly, i do wish she had a bit more of a backbone. but overall, it passed the time well enough and i am sure katy evans fans will love it.

I have read a couple of Katy Evans' books and they have totally left me wanting a bit more of the great characters she writes. This one was no different. The way two completely different people, from opposite spectrum's of life happen to come together; an uptown sophisticated girl that falls in love with a homeboy daredevil. It was funny to watch how different they are and from completely different backgrounds but they end up completing each other. This book also shows that maybe what you think is perfect, maybe is not so perfect after all. James is far from perfect in Lizzy's world but that's the beauty of romance, everything falls into place. Definitely worth reading. And totally HOT!

This was not what I was expecting. The storyline was great but I couldn’t connect with the characters. I wish I would have enjoyed this book more. I hadn’t read a book from the author in a while. I’m just a bit disappointed.

Million Dollar Devil was good. I loved the premise of the story, and once you got there, it was extremely hot. James is the kind of alpha male I enjoy reading about, and there was a lot of sizzle between him and Lizzy. This is a sexy and enjoyable read.

3.5 Stars

It's been a long time since I've read anything by Katy Evans, so when I came across this one, I quickly snapped it up! It was amusing as to how Lizzy and James met, and he was willing to go along with everything that she wanted to begin with, but it was sweeter watching them fall for one another.

Lizzy was determined to impress her father by finding the perfect model for the campaign for her Father's suit range. She found James and indeed she did turn him into the perfect model. The more time that they pent together, I could see the sparks flickering between them.

I liked seeing Lizzy grow through the story. She saw the world a lot differently through James and it was sweet to see her drop her guard a little when he was around. He confused her, and she didn't know how to act on the feelings between them. I liked that James was willing to take on this job of Lizzy's, but didn't lose focus on his own goals. He also changed for the better throughout their journey, being a little more polished, but his personality was still there.

There was a moment in the book where the drama threw me a little, and I was like NO, NO, NO! It annoyed me that Lizzy was a little childish and jumped to conclusions, and that James didn't fight harder for what he wanted and to set the record straight. Other than that, I really did enjoy the read and had hopes for Lizzy and James to find their happiness.

The book was amazing!

It explored not only a "wrong side of the tracks" relationship with a super rich woman trying to hold her own in an uber male dominated world and a sweet adorable man that is struggling to raise his baby brother after a terrible accident took the lives of his parents and younger sister.

The premise was not new. The route that Katy Evans took to make the story interesting was. She made it so that James was a new man. He was a daredevil with his first thought being that of his brother, the second that of money and the third...women.

Pretty women.

But Lizzy wasn't just a pretty woman. She was a go-getter whose ultimate goal in life was making her father realize that she deserved the family company. Lizzy wasn't really up for being in a relationship and she definitely wasn't ready for James. He wasn't what she was expecting. Whether through the hard times he had gone through or because his mother had raised him right, James was courteous and kind and caring and nearly the perfect man for anyone.

He was willing to put her first when the going got tough and the going GOT tough. Like so tough. Lizzy worked at her father's garment company and worked hard. She wanted to make sure her father caught up with the times and let her lead a project and eventually lead the company. James was going to be her accidental ticket to the top. She and James changed his mannerisms and his manner of speaking and his whole look. But the chemistry wasn't going away.

Million Dollar Devil was a delightful read and a super sweet story. It wasn't merely about James and Lizzy and their cute little quips. It was about family and learning what is truly important.

Which sounds really really cheesy written out but that's the truth of it.

The book was really well written and exactly what I would expect from Katy Evans: A smart go-getting woman and a daredevil man and how they are absolutely perfect for each other, including the witty quips they exchange.

This is not an easy review for me to write because do not normally read this genre BUT I was in a bit of a reading rut and nothing was catching my attention so I decided to deviate from the norm and read MILLION DOLLAR DEVIL by Katy Evans. I hoped this book would get me out of my rut and be just fun. I thought perhaps my problem was too much heavy reading. I began reading with a bit of trepidation which I quickly forgot as I was having fun reading again.

Elizabeth is an uptight rich girl with daddy issues. James is the bad boy we all want in our lives. Though Elizabeth is uptight she is hiding a wild side and though James is the proverbial bad-boy he is hiding a heart of gold. Elizabeth and James bring out the best in each other BUT they do not fit in each other's hemisphere's.

I was captivated by the chemistry between James and Elizabeth, I enjoyed the secondary characters. It was a quick fun read and I know that between every few books I read I will be looking for a Katy Evans read to help me out of a book rut.

3 1/2 stars. I liked this story and Jimmy & Lizzy’s chemistry and banter was great. The story itself slowed a bit too much for me at times but all in all a good and entertaining read.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

Just finished this novel and it was okay. I have been a true, true fan of Katy's and I am so disappointed that this ended up being not what I was expecting. I am still looking forward to reading her future books, so hopefully this was just a one time thing.