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Synopsis
It’s just business, nothing personal.
Until you have to work with your ex.
Nothing Personal, an all-new standalone romantic comedy by New York Times Bestselling author Karina Halle is live!
Nova Lane is having the worst week possible. Her latest relationship ended while on her much-needed vacation, then upon her first day back at work, she learns that her beloved boss has quit – and despite having worked so hard for it, she’s not being considered for his position.
Who is being considered for the position is none other than Kessler Rocha. Her ex-coworker and ex-lover, Kessler’s the man who broke her heart five years earlier and the reason she moved thousands of miles away, switched jobs, and created numerous voodoo dolls in Kessler’s (very burly, very handsome) liking.
Yup. Worst week ever.
New in town and on her turf, Kessler promises he’s not the same man he was – and considering he’s now a single father to a precocious toddler, he’s telling the truth. But he’s still an arrogant, devilish and dangerously intelligent man who’s taking over the position Nova feels she deserves. The fact that he’s gotten even more sexy over the years doesn’t help either.
Now Nova and Kessler have the choice to let bygones be bygones, or fight with each other every chance they get, with unresolved sexual tension only adding fuel to the flames, creating a fire that might just burn down the whole office. In the corporate world they say it’s just business, nothing personal.
Nova and Kessler are about to show just how personal things can get.
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Review
4.5 stars!
Another great read from Karina Halle! Fun, funny and sexy with fantastic characters and a sweet, swoony second-chance-enemies-to-lovers-romance, I loved this one!
Nova works in marketing for a Hawaiian-based hotel chain and after learning that her boss has unexpectedly resigned, she is expecting the promotion that she has been working so hard for. But that’s not the case, and she’s horrified and enraged to discover that the new guy who will be her boss turns out to be the man that broke her heart five years earlier.
Kessler was the man I never quite got over.
My level-ten heartbreaker.
And he’s now my motherfucking boss.
Kes is an ex-NHL player who previously worked for the same hotel chain as Nova, and the last time the two of them worked in the same office they started a steamy affair. Nova fell hard for Kes, but he was clueless to that fact and wasn’t ready for an actual relationship, and after he left her shattered she moved to Hawaii for a fresh start. And now he’s back… with his three year old son in tow, and from his first glance at Nova, he knows that it was a mistake to ever let her go.
“Let’s just let bygones be bygones and pretend you and I never happened.”
“That’s not going to be easy,” I tell her.
Because I don’t want to pretend we never happened.
I want to do the opposite.
I want…I think I just want a second chance to see if things can work this time around.
I love this set up! And the story gets off to a great start when Nova makes it clear that she’s not happy to have Kes back in her life. Getting over him was the hardest thing she ever did, and though he’s looking better than ever, she is determined to protect her heart and that means staying away from him as much as possible.
“I hate you,” I hiss at him.
He smirks. “You only hate that you want me.”
“Same difference.”
“I don’t think so,” he says.
Karina Halle writes wonderfully real, flawed characters. They aren’t perfect, they’re relatable, they make mistakes and they sometimes say the wrong thing, and that’s what makes them so much fun to read. And she’s done a great job with Nova and Kes. I love them individually, and together they are an absolute powerhouse, with fantastic chemistry, great banter, and so much emotion between them. The sexual tension sizzles off the page as they argue and bicker, and you can feel all of that passion from so long ago effortlessly rebuilding until it reaches boiling point, and with their feelings and lust for each other all twisted up, it just gets better and better.
Nothing has felt hotter, the slick sounds, the way he’s exerting himself, grunting with each powerful thrust.
“Come for me,” he bites out. “Fucking come for me.”
“Fucking make me,” I tell him through a moan.
It’s hot, sexy, and a little dirty, and it’s absolutely fantastic! They have their ups and downs, but it’s all very believable, and watching them follow their hearts and figure out the journey is funny, gorgeous, and beautifully swoony.
“I am not your enemy. Okay? You can go on thinking that all you want but it’s not true. I am not your enemy. I’m barely even your boss. I am your equal and you are mine.”
“I am not yours,” she says but her words falter.
“You very much are.”Every cell in my body is begging for her, wanting to know what it’s like to have her heart. I want her heart, to possess it, to protect it and never let it go.
This is such a great read with lots of laughs, heart and steamy time and just the right amount of drama to keep things interesting without bogging the story down. Karina Halle writes great sexy rom/com, and I loved this one!
4.5 stars.
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Meet Karina
Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.
Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.
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