Author: Clare Gilmore
Series: None
Publication Date: October 10, 2023
Publisher: Griffin
Pages: 352
Obtained: publisher via Netgalley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 5/5
Bottom Line: A fun read with depth about healing
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Summary: Casey Maitland has always preferred the reliability of numbers. Now a twenty-four-year-old finance expert working in Manhattan, she wonders if the open project manager position at her company―magazine powerhouse LC Publications―is a sign from the universe to pursue a career with a little more sparkle. That is, until she’s passed over for the job in favor of the board chairman’s son. Alex Harrison is handsome, Harvard-educated, and enigmatic. Everybody loves him―except for Casey. But when the two are thrown on the same project, what they discover about their company might change everything―including the dreams each of them is chasing and their mutual love interest. ~amazon.com
Review: I've been really loving romance books lately. I mean I've always read them but the books being published now are so different than the ones I grew up reading. For me they are more rooted in things that could actually happen in real life to anyone and Love Interest fits that. Given that we spend a great amount of time at work, romance has to happen there on a regular basis. I'm not sure I would classify this as an enemies to lovers trope but more like an opposites attract. Casey just doesn't like Alex because 1) He got the job she wanted; 2) She thinks he got it because of his last name. Of course, things aren't always what they seem which is what Casey finds out pretty quickly. Plus, there's a pretty clever meet cute for them right off the bat.
While Casey didn't get the job, she is assigned at the financial analyst to the project which puts her and Alex in very close proximty to each other. It becomes evident very quickly why Alex got the job with his vision and excitement. Alex is the opposite of Casey in every way but not the point where they don't find common ground. Casey is pretty quick to let her guard down with him especially after spending some time with him for the company YouTube series.
I was afraid that it was going to follow the usual trope of a misunderstanding that leads to a big fight to tear them apart but Ms. Gilmore did not go that direction and I appreciated it. This book left me with a big smile on my face and a feel good feeling. There are some serious messages in the book but nothing that felt preachy to me.
I highly recommend this one for all you romance readers out there.
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