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King's Crown: An Age Gap Romance (Oil Kings Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Marie Johnston (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.4 2,094 ratings

Book 1 of 5: Oil Kings

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I needed a job and a place to live, but after getting snowed in with an oil tycoon I have to find a way to cool off first.

From Marie Johnston comes a forced proximity romance with an older man and younger woman and a dash of workplace romance.

I got laid off and kicked out of the house I was sharing with my ex—on the same day. Faced with moving home and being put back in charge of my five siblings, I jump at a mysterious job interview. The only catch is that I hitch a ride with a local oil tycoon…on his private jet.

Gentry King is also the single dad of the guy I’m interviewing with. Dads aren’t supposed to be that sexy in a suit, ooze power, or make me suddenly desire older men. All I have to do is get through one meeting in the middle of nowhere and then I can go my own way.

Only a snow storm strands us in a small town. Gentry and I find the last hotel room available, and I’m so relieved when we get into the room I almost don’t freeze solid at the sight of one bed. I don’t need to risk my chances by sleeping with Gentry, but once I wake up next to him I don’t have a snowball’s chance in a fire pit of resisting.

King's Crown is a standalone novel in the Oil Kings series.

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"The writing was brilliant, flowed beautifully and seamlessly throughout! The relationship development was superb, it was SUPER HOT and EROTIC, it was emotional, it was sweet and tender and yet painful at times." ~ readingwithlola

"This series made my heart happy." ~ bookishbec2021

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B083XR6T63
Publisher ‏ : ‎ LE Publishing (February 24, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 24, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2428 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 234 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B084DPDBQP

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Marie Johnston is an award-winning, best-selling writer of paranormal and contemporary romance, and a RITA® Finalist. Marie decided to pursue her passion for writing and traded in her lab coat for a laptop to write her first book ever, Fever Claim. She lives in the upper Midwest with her husband, four kids, and old kitty. Other than hanging out with her family, Marie enjoys reading, movie dates with her hubby, getting outside on sunny days, and the all too rare - girls' night out.

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Lorene

Really enjoyed it.

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024

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When I was 23 I dated a 36 year old man. Although it didn’t work out long term, it was still wonderful. This story made me happy with the happy ending, and the love of family intertwined. Definitely a good book to read.

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024

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The characters blended together very well. The storyline flowed smoothly with a believable scenario.The female lead character had a feistiness that made me want to keep reading until the end

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Not my normal choice - but really enjoyed it.

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2023

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This is very well written, with great human insight, banter, struggles and emotions that may not always be pretty but feel oh so real. The interaction between the characters are fantastic as they have depth and real life limitations. This is not my normal choice of storyline, but I am so happy to have stumbled upon this series and this fab author. It felt like a true love story.

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Merryone

A cute couple Gentry and Kendall

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023

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This is book one in the series. The over arching story is about the Gentry King family. He married his high school sweetheart Sarah. Unfortunately she passed away and now he is trying to recover, save their businesses, and help their children. During a work trip, Gentry meets Kendall. She is a breathe of fresh air and supposed to be the administrative assistant for his son Beckett, the CEO, of their tech company. They are thrown a curveball when the snowy weather grounds their further travels. Gentry and Kendall get stuck together and the sparks fly. Read On!

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Lisa

First part in a series, More than second chances

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2021

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Our first introduction to the King family was actually the second book I read in the series, even though it is the first in order. I highly recommend reading them all and in order. This is Gentry and Kendall’s story, but even as they become secondary characters in the other four books they are key and continue to grow as a family.

In this story we meet Gentry, who has loved and lost, and been working hard all his life. He’s given up a lot for his family, but along the way he didn’t realize what he gave up with his family, his sons until his oldest gets married. Then he realizes many things and makes changes. His past since his wife’s tragic death hasn’t been good, he’s made a lot of bad decisions. I do not like players and the lifestyles some characters have of too many one-time hookups, but Gentry does grow and has many admirable qualities once he changes. He continues to grow in this story after he meets Kendall, and finds himself again and eventually reconnects with his sons better. He gets more than second chances.

We also meet Kendall who is the physical age of Gentry’s sons, but responsibility wise has more in common with him. She’s willing to listen and to Gentry’s surprise he’s willing to talk with her. She also finds he’s willing to listen to her, pay attention and that hasn’t always happened. Even when others didn’t mean harm or to take advantage in the past they did. She has to find herself and her own way in this story. That ex of hers was a real piece of work. Both are realistic characters, though.

We also get brief glimpses, albeit from Gentry and Kendall’s perspectives, of the King sons; Aiden, Beckett, Xander, and Dawson. And we get to venture out to the ranch for the first time.

And of course we can’t forget meeting Emilia, Gentry’s mother-in-law (his first wife’s mother)… aka Grams, who borders on villainy through much of this series. She’s hard on her family, who loves her, and really tough on Gentry. She focuses on money rather than family and doesn’t care if they have love or lives. She’s not a kindly Grandma, and she seriously needs a boot-kicking.

I enjoyed this story. I loved how Gentry and Kendall connected while snowed in; over board games and cards. Old-fashioned fun, good times, and talking. I love our introduction to the ranch and the King family. This is a good-kickoff for the series.

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King's Crown (Oil Kings Book 1)

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2021

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I’m an age-gap junkie so of course I jumped at the chance at reading this story as part of the blog tour for book 3 in this series, King’s Treasure. I just met this author’s writing no more than about 5 or 6 months ago so I don’t have a whole lot of experience with her writing but what I do have has been really great and so far, the first three King books are following that same path!

I enjoyed Gentry and Kendall’s journey even though it was drama fueled, and when I say drama, I mean DRAMA. It came from all sides. And you know what? I was okay with all of it because it was expected. This particular story needs the drama in order to be an effective, well thought out plot. So props to Marie Johnston for accomplishing that with me rolling my eyes or wanting to stab someone. Okay, it’s possible I maaaay have wanted to stab one or two people along the way but maybe just like a shallow stab LOL There are already a ton of reviews that in my opinion give away too many plot points of the story so I’m not going into any more detail than that. I just wanted to make the point sometimes, soap opera (ish) storylines are necessary for not just the story to make sense, but also to set up future books. Okay, that’s it on that. Let’s move on.

So Gentry and Kendall were a great match as far as I’m concerned. They may have had a rather sizeable age-gap, but Kendall was all grown up before it was time for her to even be a grown-up. Life circumstances made sure she matured rather quickly, which matured her past her age. I felt their connection in the story and I loved their chemistry!

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cynthia

LOVE HAS NO AGE LIMIT

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2023

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Gentry and Kendell are polar opposite, he is older, she is younger , and when they meet she is supposed to be interviewing for his son. When they get snowed in they find out they have alot in common, but when they returns things heat up and than they have to deal with Emilia and his sons. On twist after until things blow. Will they get to stay together? Will they be able to show his sons and their grams that they are more than a one time thing? An amazing read full of emotions, and so much more. Can't wait tomread the next.

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Javdan

Good

Reviewed in Germany on January 7, 2024

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Eigentlich sehr gut . I loved the age gap .But it was so short Iwanted more

Junelh

a great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2023

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Loved this storyline. Gentry and Kendall’s story. Kendall is let go from her job, she also loses her house to her ex-husband, she is short of money and applies for a job that one of the lads she works with had told her about. The lady who interviewed her asked her son-in-law Gentry to take her in their private plane over to her grandson to meet Kendall and work in his tech company. Gentry has a meeting to go to so he takes her with him and the weather changes with heavy snow so they can’t take off and are stuck looking for available accommodation. Unfortunately they only manage to find one place but only one bedroom! They are locked in for a few days and gradually get to know each other. She has 5 siblings that are constantly ringing her with their problems. Gentry is 20 years older, a widower, with 4 grown sons. He tells her that his manipulative mother in law’s offer a job with his son is so they can get married. Kendall is shocked and refuses. There is lots more to this story, the mother in law the boss of Gentry who she made him CEO and his son Aiden works for the company Kings Oil. She is forever at Gentry and threatening his job if he doesn’t do as she says. A great read, a great romance with problems from the mother in law and his son Beckett being awful to Kendall. Would definitely recommend this book.

Avid Reader

Great story

Reviewed in Canada on February 5, 2021

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You have to read this book. It has humor and interesting characters. You'll be hooked quickly and you won't put it down. Hot sex will keep you reading to the end. Just get it. You won't regret it.

Chrissy’s Book Shelf

Not Your Typical Age Gap Romance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2021

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I’d probably give this 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.

I was really pleasantly surprised by this book. I thought I was getting a bog standard age gap billionaire romance and what I actually got was a well thought out and sensitive romance.

Kendell is 28, divorced and living with her ex-husband to avoid having to move back home and end up having her entire life taken up with caring for her younger siblings. On the day she loses her job her husband tells her that his new college aged girlfriend is moving in instead of letting her sign the new lease. So she is jobless and homeless when her ex-colleague tells her about a job his friend told him about that pays lots of money.

She goes on the interview that requires she take her potential employers company jet, that also has a wealthy business exec on board. They get halfway to their destination when a big snowstorm hits and they end up having to share the last hotel in Douglas, Montana for four days.

Gentry King is the CEO of King Oil. He is 49 years old and has four grown sons. He’s worked for his deceases wife’s family oil company since he was 19 and they had their first child. His mother in law has the company in a death grip and treats her family like pawns she can move around a board. Stuck in a hotel room with the gorgeous and more I importantly, young, Kendell is a kind of torture because not only is she gorgeous but she’s funny, kind, bright and approachable. They spend four days playing board games and talking.

The reason I say this is a different kind of age gap romance is that though there is a 20 year age difference, they are actually at similar stages in their lives. Kendell started raising her siblings from the age of 5 when she changed her first diaper. She takes her siblings to baseball games, to the library and pays for their school trips. She helps with homework and talks them through panic attacks. She may be 29 but she’s already lived a lifetime.

Kendell and Gentry can really talk to each other and they respect each other and the hold their respective families have on them. They fight their attraction, though not for long, not because of their ages, but because of what other people might think or do about it.

I love how real this relationship felt. Talking over the kitchen table about work and eating lunch together, holding hands on long walks and having sex in the back of a pick up truck. Their was passion, but it wasn’t the glue that held the relationship together, that was their respect for each other and the fact they genuinely liked each other.

I also liked that though Gentry was ridiculously wealthy he didn’t hold the purse strings on the family coffers. He also only helped Kendell out a little bit and she wanted to find work more than anything, whether that was with him or anywhere else, preferably one that used her brain.

There was a lot to this book, with the way the family members interacted, to the business that Gentry and his sons were involved in. I loved how the two families were equally important the way they wove together was interesting to say the least.

This was a really good book and had a nice HEA, but also left me really wanting to know about the rest of the King family and how their immediate future was going to look. I will definitely be reading the next book.

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C Halstead

Romance

Reviewed in Australia on August 15, 2023

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For a member of the over 30s club I loved this book!
Where are all the silver foxes at!
This book is perfect for someone looking to read something within the over 30, early 40s groups where it could possibly happen… I mean give me a widowed millionaire anyway:)

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