Saving the CEO Series: 49th Floor #1
on October 20, 2014
Pages: 253
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Synopsis
Real estate mogul Jack Winter has rules. Lots of rules. After all, a man doesn’t build an empire without a little discipline. And on page one of the rulebook? Don’t sleep with your employees. Especially when there’s a multimillion dollar real estate deal at stake...
Luckily for Jack, Cassie James isn’t really his employee. She’s a hot bartender who just happens to be the math genius he needs, and if they share a wicked chemistry? Well, that's just a sexy little perk. So they strike a deal: Cassie helps Jack with the merger. And until the deal goes through at Christmas, they can indulge every sexy little impulse they desire. But the more rules Jack makes, the more he seems to break...
My Review
3.5 Scorching Stars!
It’s taking everything in me NOT to say “for a debut novel.” So let me go on not saying that.
I truly enjoyed this book. I loved that Cassie was not a perfect ballerina, but instead was an attractive, curvy, smart woman struggling her way through college and supporting her loser mother with a bartending job. Jack was a loner. By the time we got around to meeting all the people around him, I found it hard to believe he was still alone in his thirties, even working as hard as he does. He had enough time to turn friends into family, so why not a woman?
The chemistry between these two was scorching hot. I really liked the sexy times they shared. I liked the misunderstanding that was set up for us for the climax of the story.
There were two glaring plot and character problems that caused me to slash a star from the total.
- Scotch … really? I had a hard time believing that a college girl with a limited income and an alcoholic mother was a scotch connoisseur. As a bartender in a class establishment, I could see how she would have known the best way to serve it, not because of taste, but because she was well-trained.
- Pasta swears? What? These were mentioned throughout the book, and were even discussed in the Acknowledgements. What are pasta swears? I did not notice one being used, tried to search with my Kindle, and searched my memory for ANYTHING. I got nothing. WHAT is a pasta swear? I don’t get it.
Oh, and I did not think Junior said anything smarmy enough to warrant the texts to Cassie’s gay bestie. I didn’t get the feeling Junior was being sexual when he said to say his name. He seemed more like a whimpering little boy who knew he would never be good enough. So, I guess that makes it three problems and 3.5 stars.
Overall, it IS a good debut novel. Okay, I said it. I would buy another book by this author. She has marvelous ideas for future books. I’m sure of it.