I love a book that makes me laugh out loud. After reading the first in this series, I knew I had to get my hands on this one! I love the character development. Emma and Pierce are fun to get to know. I hope there will be more from this author!

Imagine if George R.R. Martin was a sexy, aristocratic, misanthropic guy. That’s basically the conceit of this very enjoyable novel. Pierce Davenport has written a series that mirrors A Game of Thrones. Just like Martin, he hasn’t been able to finish the final book and the HBO fictional-counterpart is fed up waiting for him to get over his writer’s block. They’re threatening to finish their hit TV series based on his book by having the showrunners write the last season. And Pierce knows how inferior their treatment will be. Since that is exactly what happened with the HBO series of Game of Thrones, this was a very set-up. Since Pierce is super rich, he decides to hide away at an exclusive island resort where he’ll be the only one there in order to meet the deadline he’s been given for finishing his novel.

There he meets Emma, one of the family who runs the Paradise Bay resort. She’s just graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and is excited to return to the family resort and, she hopes, take over as chef at one of the resort restaurants. Except her brother assigns her to be the personal chef to Pierce.

Their first meetings get off to a very bad start with Pierce coming off as a real “wanker” with his demands about his food and his request that she not distract him by delivering the food in person.

After some humorous plot complications, she ends up having to type up Pierce's writing as he works to finish the novel. Of course, they fall for each other and then end up facing numerous other plot complications.

I found the set-up very intriguing and the dialogue and narration was snappy and witty. This was a very fun read.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.