I was hired to survive him—not to fall for him.
Many assistants didn’t survive Julian Haven, billionaire, business shark, and a walking storm cloud. Now, I’m lucky number seven on the assistant list. The one who’s supposed to run screaming before the ink on my contract dries.
Except I’m not like the others, and he isn’t impressed that I’m the sunshine that he never saw coming. His grumpy scowls? Don’t scare me. His impossible demands? Don’t faze me. The twisted little games he plays? I’ll be his match. His habit of peeling off those crisp white shirts in his office like sin? Not. Even. Blinking…really, totally…okay, a little.
But then came my solid evening dress choice.
His eyes were possessively on me.
The first crack in his icy armor—and my eager lips.
Somehow, I became his—kept close, kept hidden. And I want it that way.
But Julian uncovers a secret he never knew he was keeping—one that will make him fight for me, even when I promise that he’ll never have me.
Now, he isn’t just my boss—he’s the man determined to keep me, even if it means following me back to my tiny hometown and staying until he makes me his again.
The first book in the new Haven Crossroads series, where city billionaire egos collide with small-town hearts. A spin-off from Everhope Road and can be read as a standalone.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3.5 Stars
Clashing Hearts is a billionaire boss/enemies-to-lovers/workplace romance that kicks off a new series from Evey Lyon.
Savannah has been an executive assistant at her company for years, and has a stellar reputation. But when her boss, the COO, retires, she is reassigned to the prickly CEO, Julian — who has a reputation for never keeping an assistant for longer than a few weeks. It quickly becomes a battle of wills between Julian and Savannah, and I enjoyed the back-and-forth between these two. The banter is sassy and fun, and the heat between them is sizzling.
The relationship is further complicated when a development company threatens to shut down the riverboat dinner restaurant that Savannah’s aunt runs. (Her aunt raised her after her parents passed away.) As it turns out, Julian’s estranged father’s business is the one behind the redevelopment, and that becomes the main source of conflict for the couple.
Overall, Clashing Hearts was enjoyable. I’ve read other books by EL that I enjoyed much more, but the breadcrumbs that were dropped for the future of this series interested me enough that I will definitely return to see what happens next in Haven Crossroads.
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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