There was too little about any of the time at home together. I guess that was supposed to be the problem between them but I just didn't get it.
It was all Trace telling off Ryder and very little conversation from Ryder. I also didn't get enough about Ryder and Trace outside of the business or sex scenes. So all I could see was a spineless, unreasonable character. At first I thought she was supposed to be homophobic too but then later, she wasn't at all. I also couldn't see where his character made any real effort to stand up to his father or get his mother on his side. I couldn't understand how he went from being so enamored of Ryder in the prologue to being so bitchy and stubborn towards him when they met two years later. I mean, he didn't really have to agree to marry Ryder. I'm glad he was still rather young because he appeared much like a spoiled brat through most of the story. Trace's character annoyed the crap out of me. I just couldn't quite sink into the storyline.
I did like the idea of a lighter romance with a more character driven plot. I've never really read an arranged marriage story in MM before and I don't think it's a trope for me. Part of it is "It's not the book, it's me". So my rating is among a minority, if not the only one. He just has to get this whole absurd wedding out of the way first and ignore how happy Ryder makes him feel. Taking control in the only way he can, Trace agrees to marry Ryder, but secretly plots to double deal both his father and Ryder. After all, an arranged marriage in New York in 2016… That could never work out. With the deal falling through, Ryder brings an unexpected offer to the table - a more personal type of merger between the two rival families, one Trace is dead against.
Two years ago, they shared one incredible night together, but despite the connection and the intense heat, both walked away. Ryder Granger is everything Trace wants, and everything his father despises. Trace Lyon believes the merger with B&G could be the way out of the closet his strict Southern father keeps him locked in, but there’s one big problem. He has an entirely more personal motive hidden beneath his cool exterior and designer suit. Caught in a messy merger with the mounting pressure to close a multi-billion-dollar deal, business mogul Ryder Granger finds things are more hostile than the average takeover, but he’s not just interested in acquiring the lucrative Lyon coffee chain.
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