Linc Salinger and I have nothing in common. He’s a smooth PR executive; I’m his disciplined office rival.
And he’s just stolen the project I’ve been working on for months.
After tough negotiation I manage to bargain my way back on, but there’s a catch. We have to travel to a tropical island and present to the client together.
Sharing a beach cottage with only one bed, we plan to stay professional. But the island’s magic starts to thaw our animosity, sparking unexpected chemistry. Every laugh and touch intensifies our connection.
It’s obvious there’s no future between us.
He’s a confirmed player. And I’m a single mom with a teenage daughter and a home that’s falling down around us.
So I make a bargain with myself. A few nights of pleasure in paradise and then we’ll head back to New York and pretend this never happened.
We can go back to being at each other’s throats the way we always have.
The only problem is, Linc doesn’t seem to get the office memo…
Enemies-to-lovers and forced proximity collide in this sizzling romantic comedy set on a lush tropical island.
My Rating:
Favorite Quotes:
I feel like I’m at a crossroads, having to choose between the dull, straight road ahead of me, and the twisty one that winds into a forest and gets lost in the hills. I can’t see where it ends up but it looks so much more enticing.
I glance over at Angela, who seems very interested in her nails. She’s turning her hand this way and that, staring at it like she might find all the answers to the meaning of life in her cuticles.
His standards aren’t just double, they’re cubed.
I love parties. Or I used to. But it all felt… less… without you. Like somebody had turned the color down on life.
My Review:
Carrie Elks’s writing is so smooth and enticing that I fell right into this one and didn’t want to come back out as I was enjoying these characters and their snappy banter all too much. The storylines were interesting and the characters who inhabited them were likable and alluring. Each book in this series has been top-shelf and cleverly amusing.
Carrie Elks writes contemporary romance with a sizzling edge. Her first book, Fix You, has been translated into eight languages and made a surprise appearance on Big Brother in Brazil. Luckily for her, it wasn’t voted out. Carrie lives with her husband, two lovely children, and a larger-than-life black pug called Plato. When she isn’t writing or reading, she can be found baking, drinking an occasional (!) glass of wine, or chatting on social media.
