Dynasties Crumble

 American Prince by Sierra Simone 

This did not grab me as much as the first book, but it was still enjoyable. This book picks up immediately following the previous book. Embry is hard to like and hard to hate. He is dysfunctional and self-destructive. He is also loyal. Most of his actions are done out of loyalty. He is desperately in love with Ash but gives him up so he can have the future he deserves. Then, he meets a girl he really liked, Greer, and when he finds out that Ash is into her, he gives her up. Then he watches them get married. They decide that the three of them should make this work, and then she gets kidnapped. He leads the rescue, and they get her back. But, her kidnappers aren't done. They release a tape of Embry and Greer having sex, which they did, but the White House says is faked. They try to make things work, but then her cousin shows up and tells him and Morgan that she knows the truth; not only did Ash sleep with his sister, he had a baby with her. So, now Embry has to pretend to be dating the cousin, who was involved with the kidnapping, to keep his sister safe. Also, she drugged him and raped him and is pregnant; there's a good chance it's his so he is going to marry her. Then Greer's grandfather is killed; it is staged to look like revenge from when he was VP 30 years ago, but everyone knows that's not true. Ash isn't doing enough to deal with ending the threat to Greer and Embry calls him weak, then tells him he is resigning as VP. He also comes clean about everything, why he didn't marry him, how much he loves him, and he drops the baby bomb, which he has been hiding to protect Ash. Everything he does is for him. Ash never deserved him. And, Embry is going to run against him in the upcoming election. This sets us up nicely for the third book in the series. I am interested in seeing where this goes and how things get resolved.