Falling for your to – be boss, always a bad idea, right?

Synopsis

At 28, with a Ph.D under her belt and a meteoric rise to head of Research and Development at Mercer Robotics, Reese feels her decision to put her career first has worked out pretty well for her. Sure, she doesn’t have many personal relationships to speak of, but she does love her team and they like her too.

So when she’s called to the Big Boss’s office and told she will be looking after his son while he does a rotation in her lab, she’s not thrilled that her hard work and achievements have boiled down to being a glorified babysitter – especially to a billionaire playboy with zero experience of mechanical engineering.

But then tall, blond Thomas walks into her office, and Reese realizes this assignment is going to be even harder than she thought. Because the CEO’s son is not only extraordinarily gorgeous, chiseled, and charming… he’s also on course to become her new boss one day, and so extraordinarily out of bounds. As the pair get to know each other, can Reese hold her nerve and her beliefs, or will she fall victim to the billionaire charm?

A gorgeously funny enemies-to-lovers, work-place rom com, perfect for fans of Sarah Adams, Lynn Painter and Jo Watson.

My review

Reese may be only 28, but she already has a Ph.D and has even become head of Research and Development at Mercer Robotics. Her career comes before everything, and as she has been burnt by love before, she doesn’t have time for personal relationships. But that doesn’t take away that she has a great and passionate team, who has each other’s back no matter what.
So even if she doesn’t have that aspiration herself, she is a bit flabbergasted to learn from her Big Boos himself that he has planned for his own son to become her boss one day. And that Reese has to look after him while doing a rotation in her lab.
Because Thomas has absolutely no background in mechanical engineering and Reese has no time to babysit him.
But the moment Thomas walks into her office, there sparks something between them. And it doesn’t help that Thomas doesn’t stop flirting with her and Reese get to know the Thomas behind the suit and the money.
Yet with Thomas one day going to be her boss, and him feeling even a bit inferior to Reese, is there a future truly possible?

I absolutely love Camilla Isley and her books. So obviously I was very very very eager to read Thomas’s story and learn who he would fall in love with.
But did I expect to completely devour this book in one long session? Nope…
And did I expect to have a huge smile on my face from the very start until the very end? Nope…

Yet I had one small fear, that the technical explanations would be too complicated for me and I wouldn’t understand one bit that was being said.
And yes, at moments that was indeed happening, but luckily I could count on Thomas’s likewise ignorance and he has the possibility to ask the questions I had! 😊

Throughout the whole story, I had such an admiration for Reese. At that young age having achieved so much already, she for sure deserves my respect!
But it saddened me also to read how on a personal level she has become victim of her own success, making her not be looking for love anymore.

Nevertheless she has a great to work with, and I liked every member of it, with the exception of one… 😊
And obviously she is also very protective of the work they do, and is obviously very wary learning that Thomas one day will be her boss. Because how can someone without any mechanical background make the right decisions?

But Thomas isn’t just anyone, is he? I already liked him in the previous books, and I truly couldn’t wait for his tale. And boy oh boy, I even fell more in love with him!
Yes, Thomas has the looks and the money and has perhaps had a rather privileged life. But it was a real delight discovering so many different layers of Thomas.

Because Thomas may be very flirty, he also knows to respect boundaries, and is truly and genuinely interested in what Reese’s team does. Even if perhaps he doesn’t understand everything, he is eager to learn and even succeeds in finding the solution for a problem, even if it was unintentional.

We also see the funny side of Thomas more, the little jokes, remarks, and post – its. It only adds to his charm even more. And I could for sure understand how difficult Reese it found to resist him.
And that was frustrating in a way, the both of them holding back for so…long… Not fair Camilla, not fair! 😊
But it was also understandable why Reese would keep her distance, predicting problems in the future when Thomas would be her boss. Not an easy situation, but for sure there would be some loopholes, right?

Reese and Thomas are two very different characters, but opposites attract, and these two lovely characters for sure complement each other. Both Reese and Thomas have self – doubts, for one reason or another. But it was lovely to see how when this pair is together, things just go naturally.

There is one character that stole my heart even more than Thomas did. Or rather, a droid. Because
K – 2P felt for me like the secret treasure of this book! Where can I get my own droid? But perhaps not one with my characteristics, because that would be terrible I think! 😊

I said it before, the whole long reading session, I had a big smile on my face. But I also had several laugh – outs, swooning moments, and yes, even a few gasps…
And it was of course great to see my other friends from the previous books again! And how Thomas’s story entwined with Blake and Gabriel, running simultaneous and even Marisa’s appearances were a great addition!

I never thought I could possibly fall even more in love with this author, but with this marvellous book, she now turned me into a real groupie! 😊