SLEEPING WITH THE OPPOSITION (Bad Boy Bosses #3) by J.K.Coi-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 2, 2016

Leo Markham has everything a man could want. Money. Power. Respect. But there’s only one thing he needs—Bria. The trouble is, she’s determined to move on, despite the breathtaking passion still between them. Sure, he’s made mistakes, but he’ll make her forgive him. He has to.

Shocked to find herself facing her devastatingly gorgeous ex as opposing counsel in the courtroom, Bria knows she can’t let Leo hurt her again. He’s the only man she’ll ever love, but he wasn’t there when she needed him most. She’s just going to have to learn to resist the pull of his lethal magnetism.

Leo is determined to win Bria back no matter what it takes. He isn’t about to lose the only woman who’s ever had his heart.

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REVIEW: SLEEPING WITH THE OPPOSITION is the third installment in J.K. Coi’s contemporary, adult BAD BOY BOSSES romance series. This is lawyers and married couple Leo and Bria Markham’s story line- a second chance for two people whose lives fell apart months before. SLEEPING WITH THE OPPOSITION can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Leo and Bria) SLEEPING WITH THE OPPOSITION focuses on the breakdown of a marriage due to loss, lack of communication and misunderstanding the little cues and nuances that make up the individual, the couple and the marriage.

Leo and Bria have witnessed heartbreak first hand; unexplainable loss; and the dissolution of a marriage once thought brought a happily ever after. But things changed, emotions were caught unbalanced, and misinterpretation of actions resulted in Bria wanting out-out of her marriage, our of her law practice, and Leo out of their house. What ensues are Leo’s attempts to win back his wife; and Bria finally coming to realize that what one sees on the surface is not necessarily what one finds underneath.

SLEEPING WITH THE OPPOSITION is a tough read especially for anyone having experienced loss and divorce. Not only is the subject matter difficult for some readers but the actions and attitudes of the heroine amped up my anxiety and dislike for the story line female lead. Bria is a woman who is determined to end her marriage but is unwilling to look beyond her own pain and at the pain that her husband bears as well. There is no denying that each individual grieves and suffers in their own way but to presume that someone else feels differently or not a all leads the potential for disaster right up to your own door step and beyond. Bria Markham is a difficult character to like; her attitude and emotional distance from Leo is worthy of a teenage tantrum and an immature ideology on life. In this, I found my dislike for the Bria Markham enhanced my dislike of the story line premise which does not reflect on the author’s writing style but on my own personal dislike of the heroine’s actions and personality. It is not until Bria recognizes herself and her situation in others, does she begin to understand there is always more than life in black and white. The premise is profound; the characters are passionate; the romance is a struggle towards a happily ever after.

Copy supplied by the publisher through Netgalley

Reviewed by Sandy