They make the story better, as they interact with Richard and Katy. The big engaging family who runs the new firm are delightful, people I’d love to know. I love lots of characters in books, never content with just the two main protagonists, and this book has plenty of fun characters to satisfy me. We see it happen in ways that work absolutely, in ways I could see it happening with real people. The gradual change in their relationship took the exact right amount of time, not too fast, not too drawn out. The character development is believable in such a way, that I went from disliking Richard to adoring him, and from sort of sneering at Katy for putting up with him, to applauding the way she can take him on outside the job front, and put him in his place. This sort of plot may have been done before, but never so well as in this delightful book by Melanie Moreland. Enemies, become friends, and then, maybe more. She despises Richard, but she can tolerate anything for a year, right? It will lighten the heavy burden of always trying to find the money to pay for the care.

Who does he know who can fill the role? A woman who is loved by all who meet her, who can charm everyone, and is just the type to make anyone believe the romance is real? Katy, of course.įor Katy, this contract will help her support her aunt and improve the care her aunt receives.

Find a fiancé, a fake fiancé, and make the owner of the new firm believe it’s real. The problem is that the firm’s owner is family-oriented and would never hire Richard, due to his lack of stable personal relationships. When he doesn’t receive a coveted promotion, Richard decides to try to get a job at the only other major firm in the area. Who’d ever dream these two opposites could ever fall in love?

But she has a reason for tolerating Richard’s attitude, an aunt with Alzheimer’s Disease, whose care Katy pays for. She puts up with behavior that would have me telling my boss where to stuff it and send me running to Human Resources. Katy, an all-suffering assistant, perfect at her job but unable to put her far too demanding boss in his place. Richard, an high-flying advertising exec, an unrepentant tyrant to everyone around him, a man who despises everyone, especially his personal assistant, Katy.

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