This book follows the Aggie, a woman from the "wrong side of the tracks" and Max, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, as they are forced together due to the meddling of their two grandmothers. This book takes place in Kansas City and Aggie & her grandmother lay the Southern Charm™ on thick. Neither Max nor Aggie want to be set up by their grandmothers, but both wish to please & honor them, so they go along with the scheming while trying to pull their own punches. The book quickly goes from Max and Aggie hating each other to them liking each other (while still saying they hate each other), with talk of like-like and jealousy. This would be what I consider an enemies to lovers story, but it isn't so clearly delineated as others you might read with this troupe.

Spoilers below in terms of pros/cons:

Pros: They feel like real people with real problems. Aggie has a lot of baggage and familial issues that lead her to act irrationally. Max comes from a very privileged background and therefore has a hard time seeing outside of his bubble at times. The way they eventually fall for each other doesn't happen in a lightening strike moment which is more realistic in my opinion.

Cons: This is probably a personal thing, but I really couldn't deal with some of the bullheadedness that Aggie and Max had. I know both of them have baggage and were protecting their hearts, but they both were making things worse for themselves by not communicating like adults and just acting without thinking. They were constantly quick to provoke one another, yet were very slow to try and work through anything.

Overall, this was an easy read that I did enjoy, and I would give it a 3.5/4 out of 5. Pick it up if you want a nice weekend enemies to lovers.

This book reminded me of one of my favorite rom-com books: The Hating Game. I liked the dialogue between the two main characters. But most of all I liked the free spirit Aggie and I liked that how her relationship with Max developed. This is a great summer read and adds it to your reading list.

A sexy funny story about two single who get to work together for 2 months and try to resist their feelings . Their grandmothers were amazing characters . It had some very funny moments but also some very sad that made me cry .
I received this novel from net galley and the publisher as an ARC. Thank you! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I'm a huge fan of romance and when this book came out on NetGalley I was intrigued by its Synopsys and the beautiful cover. So thank you for granting me the privilege of a copy.

Now, let's talk about the book.
I believe this is a debut novel for Lisa Wells and I must say is not as bad as some debut novels are, is not perfect (what book is, anyway) but is not awful either, so I give it 3 stars.

It's longer than I would have expected from a romance, but it's easy to read and it comes to an end pretty quickly.

The story revolves around Agnes and Maxwell who couldn't be more different from each other, Agnes (Aggie) lives on the poor and wrong side of the railroad in Kansas City (like...literally) with her grandmother, she graduated bottom of her class from college, and can't keep a job, Maxwell (Max, or Maxi for his Granny) is rich, well educated and a little bit snob.
The two meet because their respective grandmothers are good friends and love to play matchmaking, since Agnes needs a job and Max of a new assistant, two and two together!

The premisiss are good, but unfortunatelly are not very well executed.
I loved the general idea but I've found the plot a little bit too crowded and sometimes a little messy, this should have been an "enemies to lover" but I've read a lot about lovers and a little of the enemies part.
Max and Aggie like each other from chapter 2 and start to flirt, I thought it was way too soon, let them fight and hate each other, everything else can develop throughout the rest of the book.
I also think the way Agnes flirts is a little too racy and Max gets aroused way too quickly (he just looks at her and BOOM!).

There's also too much drama, the relashionship between Max and his father, the main chatracters background, the main characters present, Aggie's mother...too much on the plate.

Some events are not credible (such as the fact that Agnes manages to paint a whole office by herself, in hal a day), but hey, if those are the circumstances given by the author one has to believe them...so I just let it go.

Moreover, I think that the use of "Grandmother", "Father" " Son" and "Memaw" is a little bit too much, it's heavy to read and sometimes unnecessary (there are parts where a simple narrator voice would have done the job), I believe is custom of some parts of the US, but international readers cannot really relate to that (🙋🏻‍♀️).

The ending it's fun and looks like a movie ending, even though I'd have cut the spicy scene in the last chapter 😂 (fun but not that romantic). The Epilogue is a very nice closure though.

Now, let's talk about what I actually liked: The characters.
I think Agnes and Max are very well written, they have their own personality and have a reason to be that way (finally, I've read too many books with dull and plain characters lately).
Also, Maxwell is such a good name, great choice.

Their arc is also well written, they both try to hide the best part of themselves that comes out at the end.
The reasons why the characters behave the way they do and have the personalities they have, is much more profound than one would expect and the author explains it masterfully (they both have a painful background).

My favorite was Aggie, the best quote of the book? Hold the rocks, leave the bottle. SO FUN!
She's a force of nature and is very fun to read, maybe she could flirt in a more subtle way but she's still the "comic relief" of this book.
The grandmothers are awesome and so sweet, just as I thought a Midwestern granny would be.
Such peaches (to quote Aggie again).

So, as I said, the plot is a little bit messy and too crowded, but the characters writing balance that pretty well.
To be a debut novel I wasn't that disappointed and I hope Lisa Wells will come out with another book, her characters are truly unique and fun.

I'll follow up with a similar and more reader-friendly review on GoodReads.

Thanks for giving me this opportunity, please keep on writing great charachters.

Thank you NetGalley, Entangled Publishing and Author for this advance ebook copy!

This book was so excellent. like the blurb says, its about a lady Aggie, who shows up for an interview and she totally didn't expect to see entrepreneur Max. So now she has one goal in in mind..... To not get offered this job! Her grandmothers who are trying to play matchmaker will be disappointed because they pressured Max into hiring her. She wants nothing to do with this pity job.....

The last thing Max wants to do is give the job to Aggie. The woman is who is annoying and lets not mention how many other jobs she's has already been through! But he might have promised grandmother he would hire her. So hopefully she won't take it..... It won't be his fault... Right?
His company is is roaring and the last thing he needs is some one to screw it all up as a person assistant!

Obviously they want to disappoint their grandmother's so they find themselves stuck working together.
Aggie's only option is to be that worst assistant ever!
Max can just wait till she quits.... How hard van this be?

But no one could have ever seen what happens next!!!
Read to find out!


The writing was great, easy to read and fast paced. The characters are the best thing in this book.
I seriously couldn't have enjoyed a better romance novel!
This was seriously great, I enjoyed the way these two characters carried on, the banter was hilarious.

You'll just have to read this awesome romance!

Thank you again for this advance ebook copy!
I'll post to my Goodreads and Bookstagram account closer to pub date!.