Dirty Money is the first book in the Roughneck Billionaires series by Jessica Clare. I have been on an adult romance kick lately so when I saw this one, I was interested. I mean, these guys are definitely on the rough side and grew up dirt poor and now that they have money, they don’t really take crap from anyone and they know what they want/like.

Boone is the oldest of the Price brothers and this is his story. I’m a bit on the fence with him as a character. As I mentioned, he grew up poor and now that he has money, he is sharing the wealth with his brothers. I liked this about him and thought it was great that the brothers were still so close.

I do admit, there were times that Boone was frustrating. I get being willing to do whatever he can to get Ivy’s attention but there were times where I felt like he didn’t really come off as someone who valued the life he had now that he had money to have the things he wanted. His approach in some situations came off as heavy handed and I wasn’t really on board with some of his actions. With all of that said, once Boone sees Ivy’s picture he decides she is the classy lady he needs in order to change what people think of him.

Ivy was an interesting character. I loved her drive to care for her sister and give her all of the things she never had when she was younger. When Boone Price barrels into her life, she finds someone who pushes her to see that she could be the person she wants to be. Little does Boone know that she is actually struggling to keep her car running and that the persona she puts out there for the realty company is wishful thinking…at least at this point in her life.

Overall this was an ok read for me. It didn’t totally win me over but I may check out the next book just to see what happens next for these guys.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the review copy.