What I loved:

Female positive friendships, great messages for working toward a goal, the humor, plenty of back story for all the characters, the writing was great

What I didn't love:

The putzy, almost ex-husband who never feels quite fully authentic for this story, the way the plot seems to get side tracked by yet another one page anecdote, the plot that was never really clear until past the half way point

I wish the plot was arranged in a more linear way and focused more on Toni's business goals rather than meandering all over the place. I wasn't sure if the main point of the story was about Simon, or a new love interest or her dream of running her own business. The writing was good but the story only started to come together in the last three or four chapters. Tbh, I think an editor should have seen where to tighten up the focus of the plot or move things around to make the flow work much better.

I wish I would have loved this book more because I can see what this novel should have been.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Boss lady has it all: authentic characters, well-timed humor, and an irresistible emotional pull. I highly recommend this one and look forward to more from these authors.

Boss Lady by A. Frank and A. Youmans, published by Montlake is a stand alone romance novel. I have to be honest, finishing this book was a challenge for me.
I read the blurb and was intrigued.
Toni's life is all mapped out by her overbearing mother. Only she has other plans - so far soo good. What I didn't expect was the pace and the one dimensionaity, the slow pace.
First I wanted to give three stars because I was bored at times but I trecked on and somehow I just can't, so here it is, I give 3,75 stars and hopefully someone else loves this story better than I.
Blurb:
In this funny and inspiring novel from the authors of The Better Half, a mess of a heroine is desperate to resolve her past so she can finally rediscover who she was always meant to be.

Antonia “Toni” Arroyo’s protective mother has outdated notions for her daughter’s life: employ her natural beauty and marry young. But Toni has wholly different aspirations.
A promising inventor and budding entrepreneur, she fights to keep her passions alive as a financially strapped mother of twins with a job in airport transportation services that has her going in circles. One treasured frequent passenger is elderly traveler Sylvia Eisenberg, Toni’s sage but unofficial adviser and cheerleader. When Toni meets Sylvia’s grandson, Ash, a striking venture capitalist, luck just might bend her way.
With a game-changing new business endeavor in development, Toni hustles an opportunity to pitch her idea on TV’s Innovation Nation. Toni’s unexpected challenger? Her very own recently resurfaced, self-aggrandizing not-quite-ex-husband. As Toni’s interrupted past collides with her future, she is more determined than ever to follow through on her delayed dreams.

Amazing book!
I was thoroughly engaged throughout this book and I didn't want to put it down! The author captured my attention from the get go! Five stars from me :)