In this fun, over-the-top romance, billionaire Adam is caught in a tricky situation: he must fake date a friend all summer to win a business bet with two friends. However, he's irresistibly drawn to Ella, an auditor hired to examine his company, who also happens to be his unforgettable one-night stand. They agree to keep things professional, but their chemistry is undeniable. To avoid the tabloids and win the bet, they plan a secret Caribbean getaway once the audit is over. This book is filled with tension, humor, and romance, making it a compelling part of a trilogy featuring three billionaires navigating love and reputation.

In order to acquire a business that the H wants, he must curb his playboy ways. Unfortunately he meets the h who who is at his business to conduct an audit.

Three billionaire friends make a deal to acquire a business that each one wants. Hero devises a plan in which he has a friend fake-dating him to win the bet but the problem is he had a ONS with heroine who now works for him and he can’t stop thinking or lusting after her. To do anything with heroine would mean he loses the bet.

This was an okay story but it didn’t pull me in and I struggled a bit to finish. Had I known that he already had an OW who he was fake dating and not heroine, I don’t think I would have picked this one up.

Sometimes I’m just in the mood for a quick and sexy read. Harlequin Presents definitely cover that for me. A friend of mine on Twitter and I were talking about wanting something like this, so we both grabbed Boss With Benefits from Netgalley.

This is a book in a trilogy written by different authors, with the same premise-ish. I love when Harlequin does this! So the basic idea of the 3 books is that there are 3 friends who are all in the middle of acquiring a certain business in a deal. But since they’re friends, instead of a bidding war, they are going to all make a deal. See, the tabloids haven’t been nice to these 3 billionaire buds. In fact, the media has presented them as playboys, and no one wants to do business with men with that reputation. So the deal between them is that they all will either date only one person for the summer, or at least fake date someone so the tabloids think they’re all turning over a new leaf. Whoever wins by making it the whole summer gets to bid for the company they all want.

Adam is the billionaire of this book, and the problem with this slam dunk of a deal is that while he’s got a friend playing his fake girlfriend, he’d had a one night stand (before the bet) with an amazing woman he can’t get out of his head. And that woman, is the auditor there to go through his company’s finances. He can’t escape her. But he can’t date her because it’ll mean he loses the bet.

Ella is stunned when she sees her one night stand from a few weeks before is her new boss. And she has a promotion on the line based off this job. She needs this audit to go smoothly, and she needs Adam to cooperate, but she refuses to let their attraction interefere.

Sounds easy, he’s telling himself she’s off-limits, she’s telling herself he’s off-limits…but it’s never easy, is it? So they make a deal. As soon as the audit is completed, they’ll go off to the Caribbean and hide away for 3 weeks so no one will ever know he’s not being “faithful” to his fake-girlfriend, and they’ll get each other out of their systems.

This book is fun, a bit over the top in all the best ways, and sexy. I need to read the other books to find out how the other billionaires handled their bets.

***ARC courtesy of Harlequin Via Netgalley

A big thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Presents for the eARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. Wow amazing chemistry between Ella and Adam! Both have some insecurities about relationships but it has a great ending. Fun quick read. 4 stars

Another great romance from Lucy King! We have seen this storyline before (they had a hot night together and oops... he's her new boss!) but this was an absolute delight. I adored Ella and Adam and while both come into the relationship with baggage, they worked everything out.