Sloane Howell honestly wrote a true romance with a hint of kink, a love story with a very fitting HEA and a book that I will definitely go back to when I need a fix. ~ Kitty, Guilty Pleasures
Description:
He’s the boss. But she’s ready to take charge.
In this provocative and sexy* office romance, a cheeky new hire tempts a hotshot sports agent to mix business with pleasure.
Jenny: Job interviews are a bitch under the best of circumstances, but when your potential boss is the world’s biggest prick, that’s when you should simply walk away. It’s just that I need this job so badly—and I’m mesmerized by Ethan Mason’s piercing gaze. Men like him aren’t supposed to exist in real life. But under the tailored suits and GQ looks, Ethan simmers with barely restrained ambition. And no matter how hard I work to fight the attraction, I’m going to get burned.
Ethan: You don’t become a top agent without learning how to close a deal. I always get what—or who—I want, by staying cool and in command. Then Jenny Jackson walks into my office with her lush curves and “screw you” attitude and blows away my intentions of keeping things professional. All I can think about is exploring the perfect body hidden beneath those conservative clothes or shutting her saucy mouth with one hot kiss. Jenny’s worth breaking the rules over—if I can convince her to break the rules for me.
*By sexy, we mean sexy. Like, 18+ sexy.
I was not expecting the story that I ended up reading in Bossed. Sloane Howell hit one out of the park with this book. I absolutely, positively 
loved it! It was fresh, exciting, sad, happy, fun, loving, sexy as hell … well, the list goes on and one. So, what I did expect was a take-charge boss and a sassy secretary. What I got was a take-charge boss with issues because of his past, a woman who can seriously hold her own against him … consequences be damned, and BASEBALL!
Jenny is a hot-mess when she walks into her interview. Raised by a single father, she knows how to dish out the sass and the come-backs as well as any man on the planet. Knowing the interview is blown, she decides to leave with her dignity, her head held high and a parting statistic for the prick behind the desk. She’d put him in his place and leave knowing that he just let the best candidate for the job walk out of his office.
Mason was not ready for Jenny. He screwed up every piece of common sense that he had. She was smart, sassy and could probably recite stats better than him. A sexy, baseball loving woman that he could not – would not, hire. There was no way he could work with her. Then, why did he hire her on the spot after she schooled him?
From the time Jenny is hired, Mason cannot keep his head in any game. She put him in his place whenever she got the chance. She called him on his inappropriate behavior, his treatment of his employees, his attitude. She didn’t stand for anything … and that just turned him on more. It was time to get the game out of the first inning, grab his balls, act like a man and take charge. Yea, fat-chance on that. He soon found out that the only place she would even allow him to think he had control was in the bedroom.
I can honestly say that I laughed my ass off through most of this book. There was the issue with Jenny’s dad and the outcome that I suspected, but, how we got to the end of this story was just so much fun. I loved watching Mason turn from a bastard to a human being. I loved Jenny’s way of getting him there. Seeing the air knocked out of his lungs, his feet swept out from under him was just so enjoyable.
The supporting characters were required to make this story work. Matt Stallworth was the perfect man to compliment Mason. Knew him better than anyone else and knew that it was time for some hard love to get his head out of his ass. And, Kelsey was the perfect fit for Jenny. Between Matt, Kelsey and Mr. Jackson, Mason and Jenny didn’t stand a chance of not being together.
Sloane Howell’s writing was spot on. It was fresh and exhilarating. What angst there was in the book was needed and not overly done. The characters all came alive and there was nothing that disappointed me in the least. He honestly wrote a true romance with a hint of kink, a love story with a very fitting HEA and a book that I will definitely go back to when I need a fix.
Review copy provided for a voluntary review.
Glad you enjoyed it Kitty