BLURB
From Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author Winter Renshaw comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about the journey of self-discovery that follows a life-changing event.
After a brush with death, I realize it’s time to make changes in my life. Big changes.
First, my job. I love being a journalist, but I hate my megawatt magnate boss, West Maxwell. When he demands I rewrite an article on short notice, I turn the tables on him with a scathing new column and quit in a blaze of glory.
But West isn’t about to let me go that easily, the jerk. He offers me an unexpected new position: mentor to his rebellious teenage niece. For some reason, I agree—I like helping people, but I’m also admittedly curious to glimpse the man behind the mogul.
However, I soon discover that my new assignment isn’t what I expected. As I learn about the private side of my enigmatic boss, I start to see the heart he hides behind his icy facade. The old Elle hated West…but maybe—just maybe—the new Elle can tame him.
“You’re a walking contradiction. Hard yet soft. Closed yet open. Shallow yet deep. The world’s most likable jerk.”
ARC REVIEW
From start to finish I loved this story.
I loved Elle. She has a near death experience and that changed her outlook on a lot of things in her life and had her thinking differently. She wasn’t afraid to just take a plunge when it came to her life and her career. I love that she wasn’t afraid to just completely call out her jerk of a boss, West. I loved that West was complex. There is a lot more to him than what you get and it is exactly what he wants people to see of him. As each chapter continued it was like peeling back the layers of an onion discovering West and who the man really is.
While Elle and West’s story was a slow burn, it worked so well for them. I loved seeing them go from coworkers, to having some mutual respect for each other, to eventually something more. It just felt so natural and not rushed in any way. They had a connection and tons of chemistry so when they finally crossed that line it was perfection.
I loved Scarlett, too. She brought a different aspect to the story and to West. I felt so bad for her and seeing her struggle with major life changes including leaving behind her friends and her small Nebraska town for the big city. The story might not have been focused on her, but I loved her growth throughout the course of the story and seeing her really come out of her shell.
If you’re looking for an enemies to lovers, workplace, slow burn this is one to check out.
