Title: Romance with Mr. Bossy Pants
Author: Brooke Benson
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 196
Genre: Romance
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤

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Romance with Mr. Bossy Pants

Chloe has just landed a new job—and she was the only applicant for a reason. The boss of the company, Daniel, is known for being extremely grumpy. He has gone through at least ten assistants in the past few years.

The moment Chloe steps into his office on her first day, Daniel sends her home to change. Apparently, her clothes are too colorful and not formal or professional enough. The day only gets worse when she spills coffee all over important documents and is forced to retype everything before the end of the day.

But Chloe isn’t the kind of person who lets her boss walk all over her, so she stands up to him. He may have lost his wife a few years ago, but that doesn’t give him the right to be rude to everyone. Over time, Chloe also grows closer to Daniel’s daughter. They start spending time together and get to know each other outside of work as well.

Review

This was a cute little love story. It has less than 200 pages, so it’s much shorter than most of the books I usually read, but that was actually quite nice.

I liked the characters. Daniel’s daughter was super cute and basically tried to find a new girlfriend for her father. Daniel is very grumpy, mostly because he lost his wife years ago. But Chloe opens his eyes. He suddenly starts acting nicer to everyone, which comes as a shock because everyone knows him as the angry, grumpy CEO. He also truly cared about Chloe when she was sick. Underneath all that grumpiness, there’s actually a man with a big heart who genuinely cares about others.

The story was short but nice. For readers who prefer romance without spice, this is the perfect book. It’s a closed-door romance, so nothing spicy happens on the page. There is chemistry between the main characters, although I didn’t always feel it. Sometimes the chemistry was definitely there, and other times it felt like they were just colleagues.

I’m giving this book 4 stars, although it might be closer to 3.5 stars. Unfortunately, I can’t give half stars on Goodreads. The story was cute, but I don’t know if it’s just me or if I simply haven’t found the right short romance yet—romance books under 200 pages rarely really hit me. When I read a romance novel, I want to giggle, blush, and maybe even scream a little, and that just didn’t happen with this book.That said, I still liked it more than the last book I read (The Stopover by T.L. Swan), so it deserved a higher rating.

The author of this book, Brooke Benson, has written many similar books, and I’m definitely planning to read more of her work. These books are perfect when you want to read something quickly and you’re not in the mood for a 400+ page novel. They also seem like the perfect kind of books to take with you on your next vacation.

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