The Work Wife (On the Job #3)
Allison B. Hanson
From boardroom to bedroom… Jamie Witmer recognizes a good thing when she sees it, whether it’s the elegant buildings she helps design, or her effortless working relationship with her partner, Weston Archer. But being the top team at their Boston firm doesn’t get Jamie and Wes invited to the couples-only bonding retreats and deluxe marital getaways. So Jamie has an idea—she and Wes will become married friends with (company) benefits… Wes has been attracted to Jamie since she walked into his life five years ago, and her crazy plan has opened up all kinds of new possibilities. Fake marriage leads to even closer contact. Contact leads to temptation. And when they finally act on all that heat, the passion is more intense than even Wes could have imagined… They say if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But now that their friendship is irrevocably changed, it might be time for something even sweeter to begin…
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**I received an ARC of this book courtesy of Net Galley and the publisher. All opinions expressed are my own and given freely. **
What is going on? I swear, I have read book after book that is just blowing me away lately. So many new releases in the last month or so that are absolutely stellar. I’m not complaining! Especially when this book is by a new-to-me author and part of a series where I haven’t yet read the first couple of books. That had me a bit nervous, but there was no need. This book was wonderful and there was not anything I felt I was missing in this story by having missed the first two stories…although I now plan on going back and reading them since this was such a winner.
This story has such a slow burn, and I mean that in a good way. To get to know Wes and Jamie as friends was a lot of fun. The author showed us that relationship for a while before the characters even realized they had something more than “friend” chemistry. And since this is not only a friends to lovers story but also a fake marriage I had a great time watching the whole progression. I loved how they were already so close and knew so much about each other that the marriage came so naturally to them. And it was so sweet that they so quickly got used to the little touches and affection they had to show each other in public so it became like second nature in private.
Thrown into the friends to lovers/fake marriage mix are Jamie’s dad who may or may not have cancer and Wes’ super rich and uptight family. There’s a side story that involves Wes’s brother Ben that was a great addition to this story. It wasn’t hard to figure out what was going to happen on that front, but it was still extremely romantic and delightful. The whole dynamic between Jamie, her dad, and Wes was truly touching and really gave this story a lot of heart. Too bad I absolutely hated Wes’s mom. But isn’t it also good that the author could get a strong feeling out of me…love or hate? I think so.
I strongly recommend this story. As for me, I cannot wait to get my hands on some of her other books.
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