*****THIS BOOK CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE*****
Being the daughter of a big-city mayor, twenty-one year old Skye Summers has giant shoes to fill in her first real job out of college. With the public spotlight on her family, and her dad’s expectations running high, she jumps at the chance to work side-by-side on an important project with her sexy new boss.
Playboy entrepreneur Landon Steele has built a successful entertainment PR firm and broken more than a few hearts along the way. He’s counting on his enthusiastic new assistant to help him expand his business into LA… until he discovers she’s a pampered rich girl who’s in the public spotlight as much as his famous clients. Still, he agrees to give her a chance, and soon the two are heating up the bedroom as well as the boardroom.
But when Skye’s ex-boyfriend threatens to reveal a dangerous secret from her past, her job, relationship with Landon, and her father’s career are suddenly all on the line. Will she be forced to leave Landon? Or will she pursue her heart, regardless of the cost?
Being the daughter of a big-city mayor, twenty-one year old Skye Summers has giant shoes to fill in her first real job out of college. With the public spotlight on her family, and her dad’s expectations running high, she jumps at the chance to work side-by-side on an important project with her sexy new boss.
Playboy entrepreneur Landon Steele has built a successful entertainment PR firm and broken more than a few hearts along the way. He’s counting on his enthusiastic new assistant to help him expand his business into LA… until he discovers she’s a pampered rich girl who’s in the public spotlight as much as his famous clients. Still, he agrees to give her a chance, and soon the two are heating up the bedroom as well as the boardroom.
But when Skye’s ex-boyfriend threatens to reveal a dangerous secret from her past, her job, relationship with Landon, and her father’s career are suddenly all on the line. Will she be forced to leave Landon? Or will she pursue her heart, regardless of the cost?
I had really wanted to read this book, so I couldn’t wait to dig
in! I had loved the first book in this
series (another standalone) and was pumped!
This book did not disappoint!
Skye is a politician’s daughter.
Born with a seeming silver spoon in her mouth, she could use her
father’s connections to make her way in the world, but wants to do it on her
own. She lands a job at Steele and
Associates PR firm as the assistant to Landon Steele, she finally feels like
she is forging her own path. However,
they have an intense attraction to one another that could make a professional
relationship difficult to maintain. On top of that, skeletons from both of
their closets threaten to take away all they’ve worked for.
I loved the sexual chemistry and tension between Skye and Landon. This is exactly how a romance novel should be
written. You know they’ll eventually get
it on, but getting there is most of the fun…and boy is this fun! It’s funny, sexy and deliciously tense.
I also liked that it wasn’t the same story as the first book in this
series. I mean, there are recurring
characters but it does a good job of giving you a different reading
experience. That’s not always the case
and it was something I really enjoyed.
Now for the best part of this book – Landon. Oh my, is he delicious. Not only is he
successful and incredibly sexy, he’s a good guy. Sure, he can be fierce when he needs to be,
but I just love the contrast of hard and soft that he is on the inside. He has a big heart, even if he doesn’t want
everyone to see. How he opens up to Skye
is wonderful, and I just really enjoyed his character.
Overall, this was a great book.
Elisabeth Grace is quickly becoming one of my go-to authors in romance,
because I have loved everything I’ve read from her. 4.5 stars!
It was an
unseasonably warm day for December in L.A. so the pool deck was busy. I was
relaxing on the chaise inside the cabana after giving my drink order to the
waiter when I saw Skye making her way across the pool deck. She had on a pair
of sunglasses and a floral cover-up with long, billowing sleeves. When she
reached the cabana, she smiled wide and dropped her beach bag onto the coffee
table in the center.
“The waiter
just left. I didn't order for you because I wasn't sure what you'd want,” I
said.
“I think I'm
going to take a dip in the pool. Do you mind ordering me an iced tea when the
waiter comes back?”
“Sure thing.”
She slid off
her sandals and then proceeded to pull her cover-up off over her head.
I was in
trouble.
I was in so much
fucking trouble if I thought there was any
way I might get through this trip sleeping only a few rooms away from her when
she looked like that.
Her swimsuit
was a gold one-piece that had a slit all the way down to her belly button and a
belt around the waist. I'd been imagining what she'd look like completely naked
since I’d first seen her. This swimsuit was giving me a pretty good idea, but
apparently my imagination hadn’t been doing her justice.
She smiled at
me before heading over to the pool and diving in. It was clear she had no idea
the effect seeing her in that tiny bit of fabric had on me. That or she hid it
well. Now I'd be trying to hide the wood I'd no doubt be sporting all
afternoon.
The waiter
returned and I ordered Skye's drink. A few minutes later, he dropped it off
just as Skye was returning to the cabana. He did a double-take as she came up
behind him. I couldn't blame him but it still fueled my competitive nature,
seeing another man appreciate her rocking body. Even if she wasn’t mine.
I tipped him a
couple of dollars and said, “We're good for a while. Thanks.” Skye smiled her
megawatt, draw-every-man-to-her-within-twenty-feet smile as he passed by her to
leave. Fuck me, but I loved that smile. “How was the water?” I asked.
She grabbed a
towel off one of the tables and began to dry herself off. “Warmer than I
thought it'd be. We got lucky it's such a nice day out today.”
“The warmers
help, too,” I said, motioning to the heater in the roof of the cabana.
“There is
that.” She laughed, her entire face lighting up.
She really was
breathtaking...and pure...full of light. When I was with her, I forgot about
the pressures of growing my business and my strained relationship with my
father—everything else just faded into the background and I was just here with
her…in the present. And none of the other shit mattered.
When she was
done rubbing that damn towel over every inch of her porcelain skin, she came to
sit beside me on the couch and grabbed her drink off the table. I watched as
she took the straw between her lips. This had to be some form of foreplay
torture. First the swimsuit, then rubbing herself down, and now this? As she
sucked the liquid down, I began to get hard just thinking about what those lips
would look like wrapped around the end of my cock.
I couldn’t
watch her a second longer. I pulled the drink away from her mouth and she gave
me a quizzical look. “We need to talk.”
I have a soft
spot for romance novels with happily ever afters and a HOT spot for alpha
males! I currently live outside Toronto, Canada with my hubby, two small
children and cat spawned by the devil. Life is busy, but never to busy for a
good story and to share my love of reading and writing with others. Things I
can tell you that sum me up...I'm a sugar and carb addict, self-professed Gandy
Girl, a disaster in the kitchen, a LOVER of all music, I enjoy reality TV and
I'm an early riser! When I have a moment to breath you can usually find me
typing furiously on the keyboard to get my next story on paper, or curled up
reading about someone else's HEA.
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