I have been trying to catch up on the Copper Ridge series, so this one being set at Christmas and available on audio through my library was perfect. Poppy Sinclair has worked for Isaiah Grayson for over ten years and has been in love with him almost as long. He has decided to place an ad in the paper to find the perfect wife and has asked Poppy for her help. She is supposed to interview the candidates. Enough is enough and she finally blows up and lets him have it. Can they become more than boss and assistant, does Isaiah have too many fears to have a real relationship?

Isaiah is quite the character. As I read about his social issues and clueless nature about others, I felt that he must be somewhere on the spectrum. He is a brilliant businessman, but can't see or decipher social cues at all. Poppy was raised in foster care and has an unhealthy allegiance to her foster sister. She dated Isaiah at one time, but is not happily married. Poppy still feels it would be wrong to get together with him. Two people who should be together, but keep putting up walls. Both Isaiah and Poppy were insecure and worried to show the depth of their feelings beyond the arrangement they strike up, but they find out that they are very compatible, at least in the bedroom. It takes Poppy to finally show she has a backbone before they realize that a relationship might just work, and find out that the emotions between them make it impossible to keep each other at arm’s length. This is a story of unrequited love that blossoms into more when they open their hearts to see the truth. A nice romance, that has some steam, but also a sweet romance.

As I've learned to expect, a beautifully written and fun read. Yates writes wonderfully believable stories with flawed but truly good heroes and heroines

When you boss gives you the task to find him a wife, you might look at him funny, but for Poppy she knows the man and how his mind works. But that doesn’t mean she is going to put the ad in the paper without a few words of her own to him. See Poppy has been in love with the dope for years, but their working relationship of 10 years is something she treasured and didn’t want to ruin. Now she wants to fill this position.

Isaiah is a brilliant man who can’t read people. He doesn’t suffer fools easily. Not being a people person is putting it mildly. Poppy has been with him for ten years and was the one person he knew he could trust. There were only a few others with that honor. Now he wants a wife so placing an ad seems logical to him. Only having Poppy interview them seems logically to him, but thoroughly demeaning to Poppy who basically does the things he needs in a wife from his ad. His past colors his way of thinking of love and he doesn’t realize until now that Poppy is the dream woman in his mind.

The two weren’t perfect. They both did and said things wrong. There is also an action that happens that you know right away will have consequences. Some hate this troupe and some don’t mind. I am about 50/50 if the circumstances are right or wrong. This one straddled the line … I am being vague, but you will see why when you read it.

Overall, I like getting to know a hero who wasn’t the perfect alpha, who struggled reading people and struggled just wanting to be loved. Poppy had a bad childhood and feels guilty for something her sister did. This colors the way she acts. The two weren’t perfect by any stretch, but I liked the way the author wrote them. Perfection is overrated.

This was a short read and good for an afternoon curled up in your favorite chair. I jumped in the middle of the series, but that didn’t hamper me and it should hamper you!

She’s kept her feelings for Isaiah Grayson a secret for a decade, but now Poppy Sinclair’s infuriatingly gorgeous Stetson-wearing boss has enlisted her help in finding him a convenient wife. Poppy threatens to quit and Isaiah counters with an interesting proposal.

This romance is full of heated clashes and red hot passion. The characters are strong, vibrant and really stand out to readers as they navigate a passionate relationship that starts off with friends and co-workers and blossoms into a rocky romance full of emotional turmoil and volatile encounters. Readers can’t help but become caught up in all the turbulence and the fiery relationship of this couple.

The plot is steady pace and keeps the suspense and excitement of this relationship building throughout ups and downs and ‘real’ reactions of what Poppy feels as she tries to accept a relationship where she shares his life and his bed but not his heart. Readers can’t help but smile and cheer Poppy on as Isaiah and her reach for their happily ever after and the get a feeling of joy during the holiday setting of the conclusion of this fiery & exciting romance.

I have not read a Maisey Yates book I did not love. I highly recommend reading this book. It will make you laugh out loud.

Thank you Harlequin and Netgalley for allowing me to read this title for an honest review..

Maisey Yates delivers yet again a power packed read in the latest Copper Ridge Novel.

Isaiah Grayson is a business man who made a place for himself. Isaiah took it hard after his break from Rosiland, the betrayal from Rosilind has hindered his heart. The only that came from their relationship was Poppy. He threw himself in to his business so when Poppy Sinclair entered his thought process imagine his shock. He wanted Marriage…He wanted compatibility… He wanted someone who knew him almost as good as he knew himself. He Needed Poppy.

Poppy Sinclair work for Isaiah Grayson for ten years, she was the only person who could stand to work along side of him and not want to strangle him, well on most days. Poppy has been half in love with Isaiah most of her life. Just when Poppy thinks her life is on a even plain Isaiah “The Pain” pushes into her so called life.

Isaiah and Poppy were to much fun to read about. It was a close race to see which one would win their daily debates. Both with heavy baggage from their relationship with Rosiland. Is it possible to heal after the betrayal card has been played? Can Poppy convince Isaiah that he deserves happiness as well? Maisey Yates creates hero and heroines that sure know how to shake things up. Witty banter is a total turn on.

The Grayson’s as well as Roiland were a great enjoyment. They all complemented Isaiah and Poppy without taking over. They all help Isaiah and Poppy understand that sometimes love happens in the strangest ways and when it does you need to strap on and hold tight. The plot is what every great romance hold, Strong characters, intense moments and backdrops that make you wish you were there. Want Me Cowboy has that is spades. Maisey Yates is a true master at writing Cowboy Love right along with Carolyn Brown & Diana Palmer and much, much more.

Rated 5 Stilettos by Deb!

Poppy Sinclair has been in love with Isaiah Grayson for a decade. He hired her as his personal assistant at the urging of his then fiance, and she's still with him even though the fiance isn't. Isaiah has never seen Poppy as a possible girlfriend, but asking her to interview possible brides for him is the last straw. He doesn't see the problem, but each blonde bombshell who applies is yet another stab to her heart. When she throws her resignation on his desk, he knows there is a problem now. How can he possibly find another assistant to make his life run as smoothly as Poppy did?

Isaiah Grayson doesn't see the world like other people do. For him, everything is black and white, and ordered numbers. Emotions are for other people, so when Poppy quits rather than continue interviewing brides for him, he is genuinely baffled. When she finally tells him why she quit, everything he knew about her is flipped upside down, and he finally sees her as the beautiful, sexy woman she is.

Can Isaiah convince Poppy to marry him, even though he doesn't love her? Yes, he cares for her, and respects her, but he gave his heart away once, and doesn't think he has it in him to do it again. He'll even resort to blackmail, if that will get him his bride, but can Poppy settle for less than everything?

I liked this story. Poppy spent most of her life in foster care and went directly from that to working for Isaiah. At first, she simply loved that he took a chance on an 18-year-old, then she fell for the man. Isaiah, for his part, is clueless. He doesn't see that Poppy dies a little every time he dates a woman so completely opposite to herself, and he believes that choosing a bride is something she should be able to do for him. Who knows him better than she does?

Readers who love a boss/assistant romance, or a multi-ethnic romance, or just a romance that sizzles, will like Want Me, Cowboy.

I usually LOVE Maisey Yates and I did enjoy this story, but I think Isaiah is a little bit too abrasive. For ten years Poppy worked for him and loved him from afar. He decides to place an ad for a wife of convenience. Then he has the great idea of having Poppy marry him since they work so well together in the office. Both of them have been hurt in the past. Can Poppy marry him knowing that she loves him and he will never love her back? Quick and sassy read.

While the premise and main characters of Want Me, Cowboy reminded me a lot of Shayla Black's More Than Crave You (a white male lead who has an aversion towards socializing decides he wants a wife, has his female African American assistant fill out a personal ad to that effect as well as tasking her with vetting the applicants, meanwhile she's secretly been in love with him and he gets the bright idea that she is in fact the perfect candidate for wifey but refuses to invest himself emotionally) something about the characters and plot of this book drew me in more. Perhaps it was Poppy's background as a child that grew up in the foster care system, or the fact that Isaiah had once been willing and able to participate in a committed romantic relationship, or maybe it was the way the story developed as well as the side characters that are included - but I enjoyed Want Me, Cowboy more. In fact, I fully intend on reading the previous books in the series as well as the next one! The writing is excellent and engaging, the characters are real and relatable, and the steamy bits are perfection. I also really appreciate that the female lead is a WOC but that is not fetishized or even made into a major plot point. She's just a woman and he's just a man and they just happen to be attracted to each other. In fact, the way that her skin color is addressed is completely relevant to the situation and understandable. I sincerely look forward to reading more from Maisey Yates - in this series and others! 4 out of 5 wine glasses.

Want Me, Cowboy by Maisey Yates Is the fifth book in the Copper Ridge Series. I adored my visit with Poppy and Isaiah. The pair were made for each other. They grew together by working side by side daily. To the point that neither had any interest in anyone else but wouldn't acknowledge how they felt for one another till push came to shove. This was such a great intense read.

I'm not a huge fan of cowboy romances, but I have to say that after reading this book, I will definitely read another cowboy romance by this author. I felt that I was right there in the midst of the story and the characters were like people I've socialized with in real life, so they were very believable and fleshed-out characters. I recommend this book to any romance reader who enjoys a good story.

Maisey Yates is a popular Harlequin author and this is her 5th book in the Copper Ridge series. It revisits previous couples but can be read as a stand alone. Poppy has been working for Isaiah for 10 years and has always loved him. When he comes to her with the idea of her finding him a wife she decides it's time to do something. Both have trust issues and there is a good bit of conflict before the required happy ending. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

3.5 Pure Cowboy Stars
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LOve me some Cowboys and Maisey Yates has these men down pat. Whenever I feel the need for horses, country, strong men and women who tame them... I reach for Yates.

This Author is a hit or miss for me in the most part. Unfortunately, this one did not pull me in. Perhaps it is because of the lack of original story. In almost every story she writes, one of the main characters always gets upset because their sexual fling wasn't supposed to turn into more but they fell in love in any case. Okay, so I'm bored with that. Use it a few times if you must but don't use it on every single one - every single time for Pete's sake!

As much as I usually love this author, this particular book reminded me why I generally leave the category romance reviews in the hands of my friend and (not nearly frequent enough) guest reviewer Amy Daltry. (She loved Hold Me, Cowboy, a previous book in this very series)

Because as much as I usually love this author, this particular book made me want to throw it against the wall. I don’t have this reaction often because my iPad is just too damn expensive to treat that way.

Let’s just say that Want Me Cowboy is not exactly a contemporary romance for the #MeToo era.

And that’s just for starters.

Except that, for starters, I really liked the setup of the story. I like a good friends to lovers romance. I also like a good lusting after the boss romance. And the opening of the story was hilarious – it reminded me of all those fake ads for a wife or a husband where the previous candidate had an impossible condition – or at least impossible for most respondents. You know the kind, the ones that usually end with the woman keeping her cats or the man keeping his cabin. Or in the case of this particular ad, Isaiah Grayson starts out by saying he’s keeping his beard.

And telling the assistant who has been in love with him for a decade that she’s the one who will be interviewing any prospective candidates. The possibilities for humor are endless. And I wish the story had gone there. Or pretty much anywhere else instead of where it actually went.

Not that I didn’t hope that they would get together, because I initially did. Until I didn’t.

Let me explain…

The first thing to understand about Isaiah Grayson is that he seems to be somewhere on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum. Not that it has ever been officially diagnosed, but both he and his family are more than aware that Isaiah has never had any skills in processing what other people are thinking or feeling. And he uses that lack of awareness as an excuse to be an asshole.

He’s usually not mean, or at least not mean per se. But he has decided that he is usually right, and when someone tells him something that he doesn’t want to hear or that he thinks is wrong, he overrides everything they say and everything they do, leaving them no choice but to either go along or walk away – and he makes it incredibly difficult to walk away.

As he finally realizes late (too late) in the story, he did give Poppy a choice. However, he has the financial power to restrict that choice to the point where the least bad option is the one that he wants. It’s not necessarily that she wants what he has decided is best, just that all of the other choices are so horrible that it might as well be no choice at all.

Things in this story begin going pear-shaped when Poppy Sinclair finally snaps back at Isaiah about giving her the job of interviewing his wife candidates. She’s fed up with his hunt for a convenient wife who will be the equivalent of her, just at home. And with sex. Otherwise, he IS looking for her clone.

He gets the bright idea that he can have his cake and eat it too by just marrying Poppy. This could have been a great story, but the problem is the way that Isaiah goes about it. Once he’s kissed her and discovered that they have AMAZING chemistry together, he decides that no one else by Poppy will do, takes over her life and NEVER listens to any of her objections or concerns.

Including the concern she never gets a chance to raise. Their sexual relationship has the definite aura of him pushing her boundaries until she “realizes” that she really didn’t want to say no in the first place. The way this feeds into the whole narrative of “no means yes” that men fall back on when consent is forced or withdrawn made me grit my teeth.

That he, in spite of his own internal dialog about his sexual experiences, can’t be bothered to use a condom is just plain wrong. She’s a virgin, so the idea that she wasn’t remotely prepared to have sex with anyone isn’t surprising. That he doesn’t seem to even think about protecting her from either pregnancy or any consequences of his past is selfish and thoughtless, to say the least..

That she becomes pregnant from her first sexual experience is part of the story. Because it becomes yet another way that he takes her choices away from her.

You’re thinking that she can raise the child alone, that in the 21st century pregnancy does not equal a choice between marriage and eternal shame and damnation. And you’re right.

But, and in this case it is a huge gigantic butt, he has decided that marriage between them is the right thing to do. Because for him, it provides him with the perfect, stable family that he has decided that he needs.

So when Poppy tries to back out of the engagement he has pretty much coerced her into, he informs her that if she doesn’t marry him he will fight her for full custody, and that with his money and his resources, he will win. And he’s right about that. So when she won’t do what he wants, he makes all her other choices so horrible that she has no real choice.

For me the whole story was like that. He has decided what he wants, so he takes over her life. She has doubts and tries to back away, or at least to slow things down. He rides roughshod over her. Over and over again.

Her answer to his behavior is to just love him more. And to give him more. His mother convinces her that a successful marriage is one where she gives everything and eventually he will see what’s right in front of him. This sounds like the kind of advice that abused spouses receive.

Ironically, it is not the kind of marriage his parents actually have, so there’s an element of “do as I say and not as I do” involved along with the guilt trip.

He does eventually figure out just how big an asshole he’s been, and he does seem to learn just a bit of his lesson. But I’m not nearly convinced that he’s learned enough of a lesson, or grovelled nearly enough, to get past the “if you don’t marry me I’ll take your child away” threat.

Escape Rating D+: It’s been a long time since I’ve dragged out the D+ rating, and this book wasn’t nearly as much fun as the last time I did. But I did finish the damn thing, and that’s what puts it into this category. There was the germ of a good story in here, but it just derailed for me into questionably consenting assholishness.

I could go on (and on and ON) but I’ve ranted long enough.

I still love this author, and will pick up her next book that is NOT a category romance. (In fact, I already have an ARC) But if there are any future books in the Copper Ridge: Desire category series, I’ll leave them to Amy.

What if you had a crush on your boss? What if you went above and beyond for him and he didn't even notice you? What if he asked you to find him a wife?

Poppy has been Isaiah's Personal Assistant for a decade. She has become an excellent employee, often anticipating his needs and going the extra mile to keep the office running smooth. He has managed to surprise her with this new request. It is time to take a stand. If he wants a wife just like Poppy then he should choose Poppy. If he doesn't want her then perhaps she should find a new place of employment.

When I started reading Yates’s upteenth Copper Ridge novel, Want Me, Cowboy, I thought of abandoning it because it was too much like Helm’s A True Cowboy Christmas. In both cases, hero and heroine have known each other for years and SUDDENLY the hero decides he wants to be married and SUDDENLY notices the heroine’s appropriateness for the starring role of wife and mother in his soon-to-be neatly arranged life. The heroes think everything will be emotionally tidy, calm, organized: he and the heroine will cohabit, get along like affectionate roommates with sex and segue into being calm, adult, responsible parents. Bwahahahaha … “famous last words.” A great premise, a great trope, but did I really want to read another one? Turns out I did and I would recommend you do too. Review over. They’re both good and worth reading.

After my initial eye-roll of exasperation over the sameness of Yates’ and Helm’s novels, Want Me, Cowboy had me thinking about the Romantic in romance. If the Romantic (yup, those guys, early 19th century, etc.) ethos, and I’m simplifying here, posits the primacy of emotion over reason and nature over intellect then, quite often, the romance genre is about the same: the “irrationality” of reason when it denies the primacy of not just “feelings”, but emotional connection with the other. No one does this better than Yates. In Want Me, Cowboy, uber-rational billionaire Isaiah Grayson advertises for a wife and asks his PA, Poppy Sinclair, to interview the candidates.

Nuts, right? The idea that marriage can be an arrangement between two compatible adults, agreeing upon shared values and way of life, why wouldn’t that work? It’s not long before Isaiah realizes that the best candidate for the wifely job is none other than Poppy herself. He argues rationally why she’s the best candidate:

“You’re good with people. You’re good at anticipating what they want, what they need. You’re organized. You’re efficient.”

“You make me sound like an app, Isaiah.”

“You’re warm and … and sometimes sweet. Though, not to me.”

“You wouldn’t like me if I were sweet,” she pointed out.

“No, I wouldn’t. But that’s the other thing. You know how to stand up to me.”

And she sure does, witness this delightful exchange: ” ‘Lead with being less of an asshole.’ ‘I am an asshole,’ Isaiah said.” Of course, Isaiah is right: Poppy is all those things and more. His reason has anticipated what his heart has yet to discover. Poppy, on the other hand, is and “was tragically in love with him.” Because she knows he doesn’t love her back. He respects her, cares about her; he’s a good, loyal friend and appreciative, considerate boss, but he isn’t in love with her. Or at least that’s what reason tells him.

While the Romantic poets had nature as an intermediary between their rational selves and their desire to tap into the sublime, romance, much more entertaining, has the body. Sex. Isaiah may tell himself that he doesn’t, can’t, love Poppy, but his rational self is already being superseded by his physical desire: ” … as he looked at her, as those familiar grey eyes, so cold and rational most of the time, went hot.” Just as reason is swept away by Isaiah’s physical need for physical possession. This is an equal desire, as Poppy wants him as much as he wants her, except Poppy knows that her desire is a result of her love for Isaiah and that love is expressed by physical fidelity, a value that is eminently important to the genre and categorically distinguishes it from erotica. It isn’t long before Isaiah is disturbed by his exclusive physical need for Poppy: this is good old Biblical “cleaving”, so important to the genre’s HEA.

As the novel’s emotional tension builds, Isaiah and Poppy have to overcome their brokennesses, their emotional impediments to love. Especially Isaiah. In trying to understand their woundedness and why they’re suddenly caught in this philosophical conflict between reason and feelings, Isaiah and Poppy begin to articulate that very argument. As Isaiah says to Poppy:

“Things are easy for me when I can line them out. When I can make categories and columns, so whenever I can do that, I do it. Life has variables. Too many. If you turn it into math, there’s one answer. If the answer makes sense, go with that.”

“But life isn’t math,” she said. “There’s not one answer.”

If Isaiah knew anything about higher level mathematics, neither is math. But probability is still about the ability to predict rationally and that’s not what Poppy is trying to tell Isaiah. Her impassioned cry to him is a perfect counterpoint to his logical reasoning:

“So don’t try to tell me you’re being logical. Don’t try to talk to me like I’m a hysterical female asking something ridiculous of you. You’re the one who’s scared. You’re the one who’s hysterical. You can stand there with a blank look on your face and pretend that somehow makes you rational, but you aren’t. You can try to lie to me. You can try to lie to yourself. But I don’t believe it. I refuse.”

I loved that an emotional impasse is “hysterical”. Women’s “wombs” are so often the site of their irrationality, their hysteria, their excessive, immoderate, overblown, disproportionate FEELINGS. But it’s Isaiah’s impassivity, his lack of emotional expression that is the illness here. As Isaiah realizes, he has way TOO many feelings, all of them centred on his love for Poppy, that prove to be the ultimate in denial and the true cause of his half-life, half-soul, and mixed-up, misunderstood, and ignored heart. But there must’ve been something in Isaiah to lead him to decide on that ridiculous ad: it was his fist step towards emotional resurrection, the recognition that connection is the raison d’être of life, not money, success, or keeping safe from being hurt. It’s a story I’ll never tire of and so, in the end, both Helm and Yates told it and told it well. In this case, with Miss Austen, we say Want Me, Cowboy proves there is “no charm equal to tenderness of heart,” Emma.

Maisey Yates’s Want Me, Cowboy is published by Harlequin Books. It was released on November 1st and may be found at your preferred vendors. I received an e-galley from Harlequin, via Netgalley.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I do not give Maiseys books great reviews because I'm a fan. I am a fan because she writes books that EARN 5 star reviews. Cowboys, romance, romantic tension, realistic human interactions, gorgeous settings. What's not to love, seriously? Want Me Cowboy is truly a good read. But it, read it and you will love it.

Multi talented author Maisey Yates is back with a smart, sassy and sexy contemporary romance that has got winner written all over it: Want Me, Cowboy.

Isaiah Grayson doesn’t do emotions. Having had his heart broken into a million tiny pieces by the woman he thought he was going to be spending the rest of his life with, Isaiah had built a wall around himself and vowed not to allow anyone to breach his impenetrable defenses. Sure, he has no problems when it comes to attracting women, but Isaiah likes to keep his relationships short, brief and casual. With his business and his many commitments, Isaiah has got plenty to keep him occupied, but with his siblings having recently settled down to a lifetime of marital bliss, he has realised that maybe the time has come for him to take a wife and enter into a marriage of convenience that is sensible, practical and free of any emotional ties. Writing an advert in a national newspaper seems like the most logical of solutions and luckily for him, his assistant Poppy Sinclair, is more than happy to help him pen this lonely heart advert….or is she?

Poppy has worked for Isaiah for ten years – and been in love with him for just as long! However, Poppy is well aware that a relationship with Isaiah is out of the question for not only is he her boss, but he is also the former fiancee of her foster sister. When she hears of Isaiah’s plan to advertise for a wife, Poppy is appalled – and incensed that she is going to have to watch the man she loves with all of her heart get married to somebody else! Realizing that she simply cannot go through all this pain and anguish, she comes to the conclusion that the only option available to her is to quit her job and seek greener pastures elsewhere. However, she hadn’t counted on Isaiah’s powers of persuasion – or on his ability to turn her knees to jelly with a single kiss.

When Isaiah heard that Poppy wanted to quit as his assistant, he realised that he couldn’t let her walk through the door and out of his life for good. As he is in desperate need of a convenient wife, Isaiah thinks that Poppy would be the perfect candidate for the position and he has found the perfect way to convince her to stay and be his bride: seduction! The chemistry between the two of them is off the charts and the passion absolutely electrifying. Could their marriage of convenience one day give way to something more?

Will Isaiah realise that his convenient bride is the woman who has been right for him all along? And will Poppy find the courage to tell her handsome cowboy that she cannot imagine spending the rest of her life with anybody else?

Want Me, Cowboy is simply terrific! Maisey Yates is a terrific writer of romantic fiction who imbues her writing with humor, sensuality, emotion and heart and in Want Me, Cowboy she has penned an outstanding marriage of convenience story I simply could not stop reading. Giving a fresh twist to a much-loved trope of category romance, Want Me, Cowboy is a story of new beginnings, second chances and inconvenient attraction that I absolutely loved.

Poppy was such a great heroine. She was sarcastic, intelligent, tough and believable and sexy Isaiah is sure to have readers everywhere falling madly in love with him.

Want Me, Cowboy is a hot, heartwarming and captivating contemporary romance guaranteed to make readers laugh and cry! Emotional, engrossing and enthralling, Want Me, Cowboy is another keeper from Maisey Yates’ immensely gifted pen!

This eye-opening short of how we as humans can dig in and believe what we talk ourselves into. In order to not face the world head-on while feeling the emotions.
As in Isaiah Grayson’s case. All his life he has had a hard time processing info quickly. Which freezes him to the bones. So, instead of requiring him to work through it he was allowed to avoid it all throughout his life. Better yet, there were siblings to buff the road for you.
Therefore, his inability to work out his emotional embarrassment, hurts, anger and so many other feelings from his only big relationship have stumped him. When he asked his assistant and friend, Poppy to place an ad, interview, and weed through the women from them he can’t understand her anger over the matter.
Poppy Sinclair, started working for Isaiah when she was just eighteen. When her foster sister was then dating him. Rosalind asked him the favor of helping her out with a job and he did it. Every time he moved jobs, he took Poppy with him. When he and his siblings opened their own business, she was there on the bottom floor, right there with them. She was basically part of the family. For a foster kid that meant a lot.
It killed her when she knew that her foster sister, Rosalind was the cause of the heartache that Isaiah had been going through those five years back. You see the day she started she fell in love with him on sight. She never once stepped over the line and now there has been a decade gone by and she still has never said a word about her crush.
She has seen him on dates and seen his taste of women and she is not on his list. Because he likes blonde hair and blue eyes. She is mahogany skin, brown hair, and eyes. Just her luck. But she loved Isaiah quirks and all. She never minds being his go-between when it came to the world during their working hours. She also cherished their friendship. But she knew he still had major scars on his heart.
When after interviewing at least six women she has had enough and confronts him. He is obtuse when it comes to emotions so he can’t read her. But earlier in the day he had made the statement in a pissy smartass way in reference to being ‘her boss’ not ‘boss/friend’ just ‘I’m your boss.’ So, it had played on her all during the interviews no self-respecting assistant at any other place would even be asked to do this for their boss. So, she quit!
She had job experience, a nest egg, and at a larger company, she could get comparable pay. She didn’t have to stay with a man who didn’t appreciate what she had to offer. Why continue to torture herself watching the man she loves date other women and now marry one too. It shouldn’t be a requirement to find him a wife. She questioned him asking if he was looking for a clone of her but for at home to do wife things for him.
That’s when she got the surprise of her life. When he realized he needed a PA for all areas of his life. Then, asked her to marry him. In making the proposal he forgot an aspect of the venture, SEX…

I enjoyed the push and pull of this emotional war of feelings of their past experiences. They seem to overcome them for the most part. Yet, you see some rawness as they try to deal with their own personal turmoil. I give this: 4 stars. Provided by netgalley.com. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com