Mason ‘The Machine’ Steele makes grown men cry in the boardroom, but his temp assistant Lucy Pembroke’s got him eating out of her hand by lunch. When a ‘pet whisperer’ meets NYC’s most terrifying CEO, who’s really the boss?
Everyone at Steele Technologies knows two things: don't use Papyrus font, and don't get on the boss's bad side.Lucy Pembroke needs quick cash to save her struggling pet hotel, and her aunt's temp agency emergency offers the perfect solution—one week as executive assistant to notorious CEO Mason Steele. The pay? Five thousand dollars a day. The catch? The man sends temps running for the exit in tears.
But Lucy's handled Manhattan's most high-maintenance pets and their owners. How hard could it be to manage one grumpy billionaire?
Mason "The Machine" Steele demands perfection from everyone—especially his assistants. So when the attractive, curvy, sunshine-bright Lucy shows up instead of the usual "seasoned" type of temp he prefers, he's determined to see her gone by lunchtime.
Except she doesn't flinch at his glares. Doesn't apologize for breathing his air. And somehow knows exactly when to slide dark chocolate across his desk before his blood sugar crashes and makes him an even bigger bosshole.
As Lucy secretly applies her pet-handling techniques to Manhattan's most feared CEO, something unexpected happens—The Machine starts to thaw. Between rescheduled meetings and heated glances, what begins as professional becomes anything but.
With only five days until Lucy's assignment ends, these opposites will have to decide if what they've found is just temporary... or if they're falling for the one person they never expected.
Settle in for:
✓ Grumpy billionaire CEO meets sunshine assistant
✓ Forced proximity workplace romance
✓ Steamy scenes that'll fog your e-reader
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Genre: Romance
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