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Carter and Evie meet at a costume party through mutual
friends. They soon come to find out it was a setup, a “blind date” so to speak.
After an amazing couple hours chatting and getting to know each other, they
come to the conclusion, after realizing that they both are Talent Agents and “married to their jobs”, PLUS they work
for two major Los Angeles rival agencies (Creative Talent & Media (CTM) and
Price and Dickle (P&D) ), that they are better off being friends, so they exchange
numbers. But after MANY fun and flirty texts between them, they decide to meet
up for dinner. Well…one thing leads to another and they end up back at Evie’s
place. Now they find themselves in this newfound relationship, which is all
wonderful until one day they show up to work to find out that their competing
companies are now ONE company. P&D and CTM have merged. P&D acquired
CTM, so now they work TOGETHER. They find themselves in this unusual “dating
co-worker” situation. This doesn’t really bode well for either of them because
there’s nothing like putting a strain on a new relationship than to add a
little competition. On top of working together, Evie and Carter find themselves
vying for the same position, but only one can win. (Both have contracts up for
renewal within the next 6 months). Let
the shenanigans begin! Shady
things are happening in the background that are causing Evie and Carter to
question their allegiance. They went into this merger thinking they could help
each other out and make each both indispensable to the company, but now they
are finding ways to sabotage each other in the most juvenile of ways, and finding
immense enjoyment (and some pleasure) out of. “This whole thing would be about a million times easier if I didn’t
want to kiss him as much as I want to shove him.” –Evie. “Simply put, Evelyn Abbey is my former-girlfriend-turned-archnemesis-turned-tentative-ally
whom I would now very much like to permanently seduce.” –Carter. But
eventually they come to their senses and realize they are both better than they
are acting, they come to a truce. Both know how to “play this game”. They’ve
been working in the talent agency for years, so they know the ins and outs, but
with a major power play happening behind the scenes that neither of them know
about, will they be able to both keep their jobs? What about their
relationship?
This was a “Happy
fling-turned-rivals”, forbidden office romance type of story. It was packed
with a deeper meaning about woman vs men in a work environment and the effects
of sexism and how to overcome that.
Unfortunately, this story did not quite resonate with me. I
felt as if my love for the couple lost significance in the face of the bigger
picture…the conflict of who’s going to get the job in the end. The “battle to
win” seemed to overshadow their relationship for most of the book. I loved
their chemistry right in the beginning and I saw that chemistry shine through
maybe two other times throughout, but all in all, I needed MORE of the lust.
MORE of the want and desire between them. This almost felt like a tamer version
of Christina Lauren’s novel, BEAUTIFUL B*STARD, without the combustible passionate
scenes. The plot was exceedingly well developed, like I said, it had a deeper
meaning with the sexism angle, but for me, it lacked the usual flare I’ve come
to love and expect from their books and I hate to say that.
I do want to reiterate that I strongly believe that this
story will connect with others out there, but I was just not one of them. This
will not stop me from buying their next novel J
3 stars!
xoxo, Vivian 💋
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