Her brother’s best friend. The guy she can’t stand. One business trip together and Josh Ives is no longer just her boss, he’s adding baby daddy to his credentials …
As co-owner of Ives & Wells, I’m ready to nail the most important business trip of my career. But does it have to include my business partner’s moody younger sister, Layla? Yes, it does, and she happens to be escorting me to New Orleans. As much as we hate each other, it isn’t completely crazy. Technically, she’s an employee and someone decided I should be her boss. But one fight after another leads us to an explosion in the bedroom… more than once.
I definitely wasn’t planning on nailing more than a good business deal on this trip.
Unfortunately, our plan to leave the antics in the bedroom and out of the office falls apart as soon as we return home. First, because some of our mutual talents can’t be forgotten. Two, because there is a business partner that may kill me as soon as he figures out what happened. And three, because some secrets can only be kept for so long, give or take nine months…
My Review
We begin this story with Josh’s POV and Layla arguing like normal for these two stubborn people. But the chemistry between them is fire. Oh, the plot thickens as we find out she is his best friend’s younger sister and is forbidden.
This book gets steamy fast as their work travel turns into something more. I like the double entendres and the banter. They treat this business trip more like a honeymoon. The New Orleans vibes in the story are refreshing.
The unexpected card leads to an unexpected surprise for these enemies to lovers. But it wasn’t unexpected with the copious amount of steamy scenes in the book. This book gets sweeter as they juggle the unknown. But I do love how much Josh steps up. He becomes a dreamy man, and Layla is a fortunate woman. I also enjoyed the taste of the forbidden best friend-sister romance. Layla is quite neurotic, and the author portrayed her character fantastically while staying true to her bark and bite. This book ends perfectly and sweetly.
I enjoyed this refreshing contemporary romance read with midlife characters and just the romance as the story’s focus.
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