This could possibly be the worst holiday season ever…
My ex-boyfriend just booked the best suite at the resort where I work (with his new girlfriend, not me), half of the staff has called in sick with the flu (they’re lying so they can attend a huge festival in town), and my sister is driving me crazy with her incessant wedding planning.
These things wouldn’t normally be a big deal during any other season, but “Christmas” changes everything.
And this Christmas, my “little big lie” about a non-existent fiancé is finally in danger of being exposed to my family …
To prevent that from happening, I decide to download The Office Guest.
It’s an app for anyone who needs to hire a “fake & attractive businessman” to impress close family and friends.
At least, that’s what I was hoping for.
When the guy I selected bails on me at the last minute, the app promises to send me “an even sexier replacement.”
They must’ve meant “the devil wrapped in red,” because this guy is not some random actor.
And he’s definitely not a “fake” businessman…
He’s my former boss.
The asshole who fired me last Christmas.
Okay, now it’s officially the worst holiday season ever…
Georgia was on the verge of having her dream job in the family business when her own grandmother fired her. Grandma Hattie told Georgia to go get some real world experience and maybe she could come back eventually. She gets a job but hates every single thing about working in an office, especially Dominic Reis, the head of the company. Sure, he’s gorgeous enough to melt panties with a smile (I imagine a young Don Draper, but that’s just me) but his workaholic personality and utter lack of humanity for his employees is the worst. Well, the feeling is mutual because while he’s incredibly attracted to this beautiful woman in the office, she’s the worst employee he’s ever seen and she drives him crazy in all the wrong ways.
She’s got a loser boyfriend and a job she hates, so Georgia passes the time by pranking Dominic relentlessly, until he can’t take anymore. He finally fires her so she’ll get a job she actually wants because he wants her to be happy but he has an ulterior motive as well since he wants to date her. But Georgia doesn’t give him the chance to speak. She’s incensed when he fires her and cuts him out of her life, but for additional long-distance pranks executed from back in her hometown. She returned to the family business with her tail between her legs after catching her loser boyfriend cheating with her best friend.
Georgia knows she deserves to run Grace Estates and thinks Grandma Hattie will finally realize it, but there’s one small hitch. Her family thinks she’s engaged to the guy who cheated on her and she’s been afraid to tell them the truth so she’s spent the past year sending herself gifts from her fiancé. He’s due to finally meet her family at Christmas this year so she needs a fake fiancé stat. When her ex shows up and realizes that she’s been lying to everyone, she doesn’t think things could possibly get worse. Then the fake fiancé she ordered finally arrives and it’s Dominic Reis.
This is a short, sweet, holiday romance with a lot of humor and heart. I really like these characters and their story is a fun read. I’d like to thank the author and Candi Kane PR for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
