The Boss Project by Vi Keeland Genres: Contemporary Romance
Published by C. Scott Publishing Corp. Publication Date: July 11, 2022
Pages: 351
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The first time I met Merrick Crawford was during my job interview.
Well, technically, I’d met him twenty minutes earlier when he’d barged into a fitting room a few doors down from my appointment.
I yelled. He yelled. After an argument while standing in my bra, I proceeded to smash the door into the gorgeous jerk, trying to yank it shut.
As you might imagine, I was freaked out when I discovered that the rude guy was my potential new boss.
Yet he didn’t seem to recognize me. Or so I thought… Until we wound up bickering again during my interview and he told me to go sniff my armpit.
Okay, so maybe I hadn’t exactly been changing when he walked in on me. In my defense, I’d been stuck on a hot train for two hours and wanted to make sure I didn’t smell.
I obviously didn’t expect to get the job. But somehow an invitation to a second interview arrived in my inbox.
Before I left, I asked to see Merrick. I needed to know why I was even in consideration after our disastrous start.
Turned out, Merrick only wanted to hire me because I was the least competent candidate. It seemed his board was making him fill the position, against his wishes.
I didn’t really want to work in a place where my boss expected me to fail. But I figured maybe I’d enjoy proving him wrong. It was a little thing I dubbed the boss project.
What I wasn’t prepared for was that there would be other things I’d enjoy doing to Merrick Crawford.
Getting involved with the boss wasn’t the smartest choice.
But you know what they say about choices: Some we regret, some we are proud of. I just had no idea where this one was going to land.
Vi Keeland does this trope very well. This isn’t her first foray into the “falling for the boss” storyline, but she manages to keep each story different and fresh I don’t mind that she’s done it before. The Boss Project is no exception.
Forced into hiring a therapist for his trading firm to help with it’s corporate culture, Merrick Crawford doesn’t want the hassle. He figures his employees need to grow a thicker skin because his attitude is part of being a trader. Hiring what he feels is the least competent person, makes him think he’s won the game against his board. But the joke is on Merrick when Evie not only proves to be beyond competent but becomes vital to him.
I really enjoyed Merrick and Evie together. The snappy, witty dialogue between them from their first meeting was superb. Add the chemistry and you knew these 2 would compliment each other perfectly. It didn’t hurt that Merrick’s grandmother was as vital to Evie and she was to Merrick. She helped both of them see their respective baggage shouldn’t define the rest of their lives and to see what was right in front of them.
As always, I get to the end of a Vi Keeland book with a smile on my face and am a bit disappointed that it’s over.
About Vi Keeland
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times Bestselling author. With more than a million books sold, her titles have appeared in over fifty Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twelve languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
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