TAMING THE BOSS (Billionaires in the City #7) by Mallory Crowe-a review

Taming The Boss

About the book: Release Date January 12, 2016

Cali thought the handsome stranger who kissed her was nothing but a mistake. But it turns out he could be the biggest payday of her life.

Cali has spent the last year of her life bending over backwards for the Devereaux brothers and she’s had enough. But when she threatens to quit, she’s given an offer she can’t refuse: If she brings the third, estranged, Devereaux brother, Rourke, back to the family, she’ll get a two million dollar reward.

Rourke Devereaux vowed he’d never have anything to do with his family again, but it’s hard to remember that vow when the sexy blonde he never thought he’d see again comes knocking on his doorstep. Even after he hauls her over his shoulder to carry her back to the car, she’s not ready to give up.

But as the two draw battle lines in his small, Maine coastal town, her old enemies pay them a visit. Now the one woman Rourke wanted to leave is under his protection and the longer he’s with her, the more he realizes he doesn’t want her going anywhere.

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REVIEW: TAMING THE BOSS is the seventh installment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult BILLIONAIRES IN THE CITY romantic, suspense series. This is billionaire Rourke Devereaux, and PA Cali Carson’s story line. Taming the Boss can be read as a stand alone but for cohesion and backstory I recommend reading the series in order as the story lines are interconnected and a number of the characters cross over between installments.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Cali and Rourke) TAMING THE BOSS focuses on Cali-Luke Devereaux’s former personal assistant (whom we have met throughout the series)- and a woman wanted for questioning as to her involvement with a man named Easson Harper –a man hoping to destroy the Devereaux family. Cali was tired of playing the corporate monkey and decided it was time to walk away but found herself in the arms of the Devereaux prodigal son. Enter Rourke Devereaux, a man estranged from his family, and the man Cali will be tasked with bringing back into the Devereaux fold when they make her an offer she cannot refuse.

Rourke Devereaux has been estranged from his family for close to ten years and with it comes heartbreak and betrayal, and the loss of the family he once loved. Now a man who restores older homes, Rourke finds himself immediately attracted to his brother’s PA-the woman sent to bring Rourke home. The relationship is one of insta-lust to love although there is plenty of push and pull between our leading couple especially as it pertains to Cali’s safety-someone is hunting Cali, and the FBI is having a difficult time tracking him down. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive without the use of over the top graphic language or text.

Most of the Devereaux siblings play secondary and supporting roles including Luke and his significant other Evelyn Price; Michael and his fiancé Lori Briggs; Emma Devereaux and Jace (by way of mention). We are introduced to billionaire Walter Farrell, and his right hand man Colin Carter. Colin’s story line will be told in RUTHLESS-the first installment in Mallory’s new spin off series Fractured Farrells-A Damaged Billionaire Series-as Colin goes in search of something he believes he is owed.

TAMING THE BOSS is an entertaining and spirited story line with a little bit of mystery, suspense, romance and love. The premise is intriguing; the characters are energetic; the romance is a quick build to a happily ever after.

Reading Order
Teaching the Boss
Teasing the Boss
Tempting the Boss
Trusting the Boss
Touching the Boss
Testing the Boss
Taming The Boss

Copy supplied by the author

Reviewed by Sandy