Marissa Clarke

For the last five years, bookish Claire Maddox has been living for the dying. Now that her stint as caretaker is over, she's off to see the world. She needs quick cash first, so a temp job at Anderson Auctions seems perfect, especially with the unexpected benefits, including the hottest man she's ever laid eyes—or hands—on. Former Marine William Anderson has been burned one time too many. His military training makes him the perfect man to flush out the spy undercutting his family business, but no amount of training can prepare him for the kind of undercover work he'll have to do when the sexy new temp is implicated. Desire lands them in bed...but duty may cost him his heart. Each book in the Anderson Brothers series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Sleeping with the Boss Book #2 Neighbors with Benefits Book #3 Chance of a Lifetime

Sleeping with the Boss

Angela Guilherme

"Sleeping with the Boss" is the first book in a series whose protagonists are the Anderson brothers. This time the protagonist is the middle brother, Will Anderson, a former military and now responsible for the security of all of the family's businesses, including the main one, the antiquities brokerage business. Will is called to the office because his brothers suspect there is a spy in the company, since they've been losing several businesses with regular clients who are approached by a mystery woman with knowledge of what they have to sell and that proposes more advantageous deals. And since the clients in question had only contacted them, the only explanation is that there is a spy in the company. And the prime suspect is the temp Will has just met on the elevator. And whose pink thong he doesn't seem able to forget...

Claire Maddox attracts bad luck (I really related to her...) and she's so used to everything happening to her that she even calls her bad luck Claire-isms. But this morning has been too much. Besides being already late and having to skip her coffee, she gets on the elevator and a woman is wearing a perfume so strong she can't stop sneezing (I really related here too...) and when there is no one else on the elevator besides her and an extremely attractive man and he offers her a handkerchief, she drops her purse and its contents all over the floor, and as she drops to pick them, the seam of her skirt rips open from top to bottom... And yes, things really can get worse, since the man turns out to be one of her employers...

Will immediately refuses to believe Claire's guilt (which I found weird because he really didn't know her), even when everything seems to point to her culpability. And he's determined to uncover the identity of the real culprit and lift the cloud of suspect hanging over Claire's shoulders.

The thing is, the attraction between them is intense and they seem to be incapable to fight it, even if they are, in a way, boss and employee (it's a grey area: she doesn't really work for the Andersons, but for a temporary work company who has placed her there, and he only deals with security, so he's not really her boss...). Besides that, he's been burned before and has no interest in getting in a serious relationship again, but since she'll be leaving for Egypt soon, they agree on a no-strings-attached relationship until Claire's departure. Yeah, things are obviously going to go along to plan, right?

I liked the story and the characters. The chemistry between the protagonists is very believable and the intimate scenes are scorching hot. I also really liked the author's writing style and her sense of humor, and I cannot wait to find out what she has in store for the other Anderson brothers. Thankfully I got to read the second book immediately...

Sleeping with the Boss

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