General Fiction (Adult) | Humor | Romance
What happens when the most hated man in town goes after everyone’s favorite girl-next-door?
Reason #1: Big, bad CEO Aiden Beaumont wears his grumpy mask every day like a badge of honor. Mia Sparks wants nothing more than to honk his nose or throw a pie in his face, à la The Three Stooges, just to see if he’s capable of smiling. Unfortunately, she can’t. Because he’s technically her boss, and she’d like to keep her gig at the new five-star beach resort for longer than two weeks.
Reason #2: Everyone in her small hometown of Shell Grove, SC hates the man. He brought big business to their little beach town, and as far as her fellow citizens are concerned, that makes him the devil incarnate. But he won’t be staying forever, which works for Mia. She doesn’t go for the flashy city types anyway. She’s quite happy living her quiet life in Shell Grove. The faster the cranky—albeit stupidly hot—CEO is out of her life, the better.
Reason #3: Every time Aiden frowns at her, it hits her like a thousand-watt smile. He has a language all his own, and it’s starting to make way too much sense to her. She can’t avoid him in a town the size of a postage stamp, and it finally hits her that…she doesn’t want to escape him. This always-irritated, too-serious businessman couldn’t possibly be the stable safe haven she’s been looking for. Could he?
Aiden knows there’s a million and one reasons to stay away from the sugary sweet Mia. But who runs away from sunshine after living their entire life in a secluded cave? And when someone from her past unexpectedly emerges and tries to drive a wedge between the two of them? All bets are off. Aiden has never lost a fight in the boardroom, and he’s not about to lose the fight for the woman he wants to deserve. He just has to prove to her that he’s not the PUBLIC ENEMY CEO everyone thinks he is.
5 STARS
What a surprise this story turned out to be. Starting from the first meeting between Aiden and Mia. Now there was a meeting to remember!
Mia is one fun main character. Her best friend Maggie was too but on a much wilder scale. And she was so funny too. Put the two of them together and you just didn't know what was going to happen next. Maggie was the prank master and she often had led quieter Mia into the more adventurous things over time. It's easy to see why Mia was so universally loved in her hometown.
Aiden is SO out of his comfort zone but after a while it was easy to understand why he appeared so stiff and somewhat anti-social. He just didn't know any better. Mia tips his world upside down in the best way.
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole story, the town of Shell Grove and it's unique residents. I could have probably done with a bit less of the raunchy sex talk and scenes but the rest of the story was good.
It ends with a H.E.A. that made me smile. Once again. I say once again because I found myself smiling often as I read this story.
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
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