Testing the Boss by Mallory Crowe
Date of Publication: November 19, 2015
Blurb
Billionaire Luke Devereaux gets what he wants and what he wants right now is to bring down the shady organization threatening his family. Teaming up with the FBI is his only option--even if that option comes in the sultry Evelyn Price, the ice-princess who's all business.
Refusing to be distracted by the sexy, rich playboy, Evelyn forces herself to stay focused on the case, gearing up for the criminal takedown of her entire career. As the enemy closes in with Evelyn as its next target, it's up to Luke to keep them out of danger. The more they work to protect each other, and fight for control, the harder it is to resist their undeniable attraction.
And the one thing Evelyn has learned from working with him is that Luke Devereaux gets what he wants.
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Excerpt
"You don't want to work out with me," she warned. He leaned forward and she realized that she'd made a horrible mistake. "Oh really? Think I can't handle it?" Great. Now she'd activated his competitive side. "Oh, I think you can handle it. Far away from me, though." "So I'm free for the night?" "No! I'm going to be there for the damn phone call, Luke." "So we are working out together?" She opened her mouth to say no again, but he cut her off. "Because you normally work out right now and we've got nothing better to do. Unless you have any bright ideas?" She had at least fifty reasons why she didn't want to work out with Luke, and every single one had to do with not wanting him in her space. But she wasn't about to admit it. "You don't even have workout clothes with you," she settled on. He held up his duffel. "I always have workout clothes with me. I have a treadmill in my office." "We're not working out," she repeated. He cocked his head and considered her for a moment. "Do I make you uncomfortable, Agent Price?" Those blue eyes were on her like a spotlight and she racked her brain for a good lie. Because he did make her uncomfortable. Incredibly, intensely uncomfortable in the worst way. "Of course not." "Then give me the address and we'll go." "You're not a member of my gym." "I'm a member of whatever gym I want to be. You just give me three minutes alone with the manager and I'll be in." She snorted. "I doubt that. I'm the manager. I have a home gym." "The exclusive club Evelyn? Well, now I really want to go."
Review:
Testing the Boss is another gread addition the Billionaires in the City series. In it we get to see Evelyn Price and Luke Deveraux fall hard.
Evelyn wants to wrap up her current case, find out who the bad guys are and get them sent away and be on her way out of the City. She's willing to do just about anything to get the job done, even if it means sucking it up and working closer with Luke Deveraux.
Luke holds his own animosity towards Evelyn, but it's not necessarily a hatred. They don't get along, that's for sure, but now that she's putting a closer cinch on their working relationship, things are changing.
Testing the Boss, like previous books, draws you back into the running storyline, a touch of suspense, and wondering what information will come next. Evelyn is a wonderful character, determined to catch her man so to speak and move on to another job. Luke wants more than anything to move past the working relationship with the FBI and guarantee his family's future safety. The banter between Evelyn and Luke builds throughout the book and as it does, it easy to see cracks in the shileds both Evelyn and Luke use to shield themselves from the other.
Testing the boss is funny, thrilling, and will leave you feeling swoony a time or two. The characters and the running plot build on from previous books, pulling you even further into the story and feeling more for the characters as you learn more about them and the situations they are in. Luke and Evelyn work really well together even to their chagrine and it was fun to watch as their thoughts and feelings about each other changed throughout the story. The book starts with an idea forming, and you think immediately to yourself, this is either going to end very well or its going to blow up in everyone's faces; thankfully this time, it worked out for Evelyn and Luke.
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About Mallory Crowe
Mallory Crowe has lived in Michigan her whole life and has been in love with romance ever since she'd skip to the end of every novel, just to make sure the hero and heroine survived and ended up together. She lives with her husband and three dogs. When she's not writing, she's spending too much time in front of the TV, hiking, or working with various animal rescues.
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