4.5 Stars

I really enjoyed this.

What it had:
Two reasonable adults.
Some cute fateful conveniences.
A somewhat realistic wedding crasher/office romance.

What it didnÂ’t have:
Contrived big miscommunications.
Manufactured drama.
Evil Queen characters.

Just a fun read. 5-stars favorite-couple office-romance ...more323 s4 comments Vi KeelandAuthor 101 books32.5k

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***4.5 STARS***

Vi Keeland did it again and proved why she is and will always be an automatic buy. The woman could write a phone book and I would read it because she knows how to tell a story.

Hudson and StellaÂ’s story is why I read romance. They epitomized the perfect romance novel couple. Hudson was just spectacular. We all need a Hudson in our lives. He was the perfect businessman, boyfriend and father. His interactions with his daughter were priceless. His expressions of affection and openness of his feelings was so damn sweet.

This book has it all. You have some laugh out loud periods at the wedding that was crashed. I went through the whole spectrum of emotions including welling of my eyes.

You canÂ’t go wrong with this one. I just wished it had more steam but the love scenes seem to fit this particular couple. I HIGHLY recommend it.billionaire-millionaire book-husbands boss-employee ...more206 s Bibi1,288 30

I'm positively giddy about this book, not for the romance which, btw, was ah-mazing but rather because of the Private Equity aspect. As you may or may not know, I've worked in Investment/Portfolio management for a while and Keeland's depiction of the process was accurate which just got me even giddier.

I know, right? Bliss. jessica2,575 43.4k

well, another great VK book not about a woman who needs a man, but about the type of woman a man needs.

with strong lead characters, effortless writing, engaging plot (even though i guessed the ‘twist’ 25% into it), and a realistic and root-worthy romance, this is everything i have come to know and love about VK books.

the only thing preventing me from loving this more is how much page time is spent describing a start-up business. , i get enough work in my own life, i dont want to spend my free time reading about someone elses job. lol. but i guess thats the risk you run with office romance stories.

overall, this is another great addition to VKs bibliography.

? 4 stars143 s Penelope WardAuthor 85 books24.8k

OMG. Just wait til you meet Hudson and Stella and immerse yourself in this sexy, funny and unique story. One of my top favorites from Vi...threaded together so masterfully. Unputdownable until the very end. 127 s Krazy?•?•?Koala231 89

Update : (This is not related to book) I researched about secret diaries . I came across a few entries of a person who was suffering from bipolar disorder, depression, a lot of hallucinations and I guess two more mental illnesses. I read it and it was really disturbing. All I can say is that I won't be reading secret diaries anymore. My experience with them turned out to be bad.
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2.5 stars
I have read only one book of the author Vi Keeland before and I had d it but I can't say the same for this book. I have always avoided her books, not because I thought they are bad or something but because they always gave me vibes that of 'YouTube Clickbait Videos'. This book proves exactly that. The synopsis sounds interesting, were it not for that I would have never read this book. The 'wedding crashing' that is mentioned is also interesting unfortunately after that it's not so 'interesting'. I had thought of DNFing the book after the third chapter because a part of me knew it will no longer be interesting, but since this book has been appearing a lot on my update feed, in Goodreads monthly newsletter and many people had d it so... I continued reading. Now, I feel I should have DNFed it, I would have survived... and saved time.

Good things about the book:

I have given this book 2.5 stars for the wedding scene and Stella (heroine). Stella is unique and different, well for her work, hobbies, senses, and chocolate giving habit. These were the only things I d in this book. It gave me a glimpse of what happens in the perfume and business world which I d and now I am going to research secret diaries and probably buy one, they sound really interesting.

Now let's talk about why I didn't this book.

Unfortunately, this book failed to deliver the major thing that it was supposed to be: Romance. I didn't feel the chemistry, sparks & connection. It was all instalove. I mostly don't romances where main characters already love/ each other and are still not a couple because of some drama or worse because of some stupid reason. Here that thing was pretty average, everything between the main characters was average. I didn't understand that even after the misunderstanding was cleared why things didn't move on. All these caused the book to be a bit boring.

The second thing there wasn't a plot, not really. As simple as that.

Finally, the second part of the book, the other plot that was going on, was pretty predictable, really as soon as I read one line, I understood and just knew what was going to happen. Also the only book I read of this author before this book (Egomaniac) the kid thing was similar, which also I was able to predict.


Overall it was an okay/decent read. You can read this book, give it a try but I don't recommend it. It's not the 'read once in life book' or 'read for enjoyment book' you can live without it and reading/not reading it will not affect your reading experience in any way (I guess)


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2,5 stars

I had high hopes for this book because the blurb sounded interesting to me; however, it didnÂ’t live up to my expectations ?



The heroine is sweet, interesting and very likable, and moreover, the hero is awesome, too but sadly, two amazing characters couldnÂ’t save this book no matter what.

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I donÂ’t know what to call this book. Most of the time it sounded more a business venture book rather than a romance book. It had an immense amount of business talk.



It seems that the writer was bored with the romance stuff and she didnÂ’t feel writing a good romance so she tried the business world. Those parts were very boring for me.

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Other than that, it seems that the writer is also extremely bored with writing hot scenes so either she skips them or she cuts them very short. For example, during their first time, she gives us a short oral sex scene and after that it is already morning and the heroine just says how many times they did it. And the next intimate scene after so many pages is a blow job scene, followed by a very short sex scene.



Therefore, if you want your romance book to have some heat in it, go elsewhere, this doesnÂ’t have any good hot scenes in it. It is more emotional than being hot. But still, there is more business talk than the talk about emotions - so there is that!

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And as it is a rule with Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward, there is a plot twist which you can predict early on and waiting for it to happen becomes a torture as it is so clear what will happen.



And these two ladies have also started to use "fate and unbelievable coincidences" in their romance books but this much of a coincidence is for childrenÂ’s fairy tales. I am sorry but it is too much for an adult romance book. Why do their books have to have GIANT coincidences?



This book has too many similarities to the book "Happily Letter After". I didnÂ’t that book and this one also has the same effect on me.

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While writing this review, I checked my rating for all Vi Keeland books. I always try to give her books a chance because there are some I really loved but it seems that I used to give her books 4 or 5 stars in the past, then her books started to feel more 3-star books and lately with the fiasco of "Dirty Letters" and "Happily Letter After", I started to give her books 2 stars. Such a shame, such a pity, indeed.

There is only one book that she wrote last year and I rated high and it is “All Grown Up”.

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As for the rating of this book, I can say that the characters, both the hero and the heroine get 5 stars from me, so you can read the book for the sake of them if you . However, the book as a whole is too boring, so I cannot give it more than 2,5 stars. And as it didnÂ’t feel 3, then 2 it is once again!

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Safety:

Safe with no cheating between the main characters. They do not have sex with other people after they meet.

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Here are the two QUOTES that I d...

"We don’t get jealous of things we don’t want.”

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"YouÂ’re not a woman who needs a man. YouÂ’re a woman a man needs."

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Since when does Nick Bateman do covers for romance books
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