Description:
Sally Friday is a mess. Not only is she tortured by self-doubt, but she is also clumsy and has no fashion sense. However, these qualities are exactly what her boss is counting on when she sends her to spy on reclusive millionaire playboy, Roman Daniels. Sally, normally an office clerk for the gossip magazine, Normandy, interviews for the position as Roman’s new secretary.
His jealous PA, Antonia, immediately hires the girl, confident that her disheveled appearance will make her invisible to Roman’s wandering eye. Reliably disaster-prone, Sally makes a memorable first impression, and Roman wonders if he will survive her employment. But there is something about Sally that Roman can’t dismiss. Unlike every other woman, she is unswayed by his masculine good looks, and he keeps catching intriguing glimpses of her feminine potential. When Sally takes a midnight dip in his pool, Roman makes an eye-popping discovery: Sally is hiding a luscious hour-glass figure beneath those baggy clothes. Her hidden assets as well as her refreshing innocence have Roman hooked.
That is, until his growing feelings and fear of commitment get in the way and he decides to back off. With the help of Roman’s best friend Paul, Sally plays to Roman’s jealousy and gives him a taste of his own medicine. But what will Roman do when Sally's deceit is revealed?
Review:
Rating: ☆☆☆☆
This is a story about a young poor woman that meets and falls in love with a millionaire. What makes this story different is that she doesn’t just trip over the millionaire, she’s sent to spy on him for a news article. There’s love, heartache, backstabbing and loyalty in this book.
When we first meet Sally, she is frumpy, doesn’t take care of herself, barely making ends meet and stuck in a job with no advancement that she hates. Oh, and she’s a walking wrecking ball of accidents. I had a hard time in the beginning with Sally. She is so down on herself, that no one wants her and she’s ugly.
It was hard to get into the book at first due to Sally’s thoughts about herself, but about a quarter of the way in I started to see her like Paul, her first GBF. Slowly unwrapping her story and understanding why she is down on herself. Of course, this is about the same time that I found myself sobbing for most of the rest of the book. All of us have been where Sally has been and experienced things where we wonder what is wrong with us when it has nothing to do with us at all.
I was happy that the twists we all expect in ugly duckling becomes swan types of stories did not happen when we expected them or how. We feel the emotional grief that both Sally and the people around her experience. Which kept me on an emotional ride. I was happy to see when the book ended that Sally had blossomed and taken control of her life, she still didn’t lose all of her doubts and insecurity. Books that cure the heroine in just days or weeks of a lifetime of self-doubt are unrealistic. If you have few days and lots of tissues, you should try this book.
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Hello and welcome to my corner of the world :)
I live on top of a mountain in Wales ideal in the summer not so in
the winter months or when it rains, which is a lot in Wales!
My three children have left home, however my life is still manic. I
live with my husband he sadly won’t leave home but I live in hope
(joke). I have one suicidal cat that really does
have nine lives.
I have five Alaskan Malamutes. They own me literally as I never go
anywhere without taking their hair with me, they insist! My hobbies are
showing and working them.
My first love though is writing, it’s a total escape for me my
selfish time :) Writing my books takes me from the mundane chores of
work into another universe.
Since a child I devoured any written word and enjoy acting out my fantasies in print.
My ambition is to pack in my nine to five job and become a full time
writer. Another one of my many dreams. I have stockpiled work of
various genres, including my first love erotic romance,
followed by psychological thrillers and supernatural so be prepared I
am making my mark on the world of literature
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