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Blurb

Mr. Santillian,

Despite the fact I’m currently living out of your guest room and sleeping with you most nights, I am writing to announce my resignation effective two weeks from today.

In other words, I’ll locate someone who is both obscenely overqualified and willing to devote their days to the handful of tasks you are able to wrench from your perfectionist, micromanaging grip. It may be difficult to find a Nobel laureate genius looking for basic filing work on such short notice, but I’ll do my best.

Don’t worry about your sister’s wedding this weekend. I still plan to attend as your date, assuming you’ve finished hating me by then.

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Zelda

 

Ms. Besh,

Resignation not accepted.

I’ll see you at home.

Ash

 

BOSS IN THE BEDSHEETS  is a full-length steamy contemporary romance standalone.

 

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Review

“I’ve figured out you’re something I need … And I think I might be something you need too.”

4 stars!

This is a great read. A smart, witty, banter-and-chemistry-filled romance that is passionate, intense and beautifully functional.

This book follows on from The Magnolia Chronicles. Ash is Magnolia’s older brother, and though those characters appear this in this book, this one can easily be read as a standalone.

Ash Santillian is a grumpy, work-obsessed accountant on the way home from a business trip and is having the morning from hell. And then Zelda literally lands in his life, plopping down next to him on the plane, telling him off and talking him in to giving her a job. By the end of the flight, they have developed a firm connection, crazy sexual tension, and Ash promptly moves Zelda into his apartment. And she’s about to turn his world upside down.

“I’m going to assist the shit out of you,” I announced. “I hope you’re ready for the full force of me and my sanctimonious assisting.”
He gave his watch another baleful stare before glancing over at me. “I’m not sure how I could possibly prepare for something like that.”
I nodded. “Fair point.”

It’s such a great set-up, so much fun, and the dialogue between Ash and Zelda is snappy as hell! I loved watching them bounce off each other, and seeing everything start to build between them.

He was salty as fuck and secretly adorable and he didn’t look at me like I was a shopping cart with a wonky wheel. He looked at me like I was magic.
All the pieces fit, save for him being my boss and me being in the most discombobulated stage of my life imaginable. Just those teeny, tiny, wee issues.

They easily and naturally fall into a relationship. It’s smooth and effortless. They don’t hold back or hide anything from each other, they just follow their feelings and go with it, and I freaking love that! And oh, holy hell it’s hot! Ash has a definite dominant streak, and as assertive as Zelda is in life, she likes to let Ash take control in the bedroom, and it’s really freaking steamy – but always an extension of their feelings for each other, so it’s all incredibly emotional as well.

I wanted to take the energy crackling between us and make it explode, and I couldn’t say I cared if I burned in the process.

“Quiet now, love. Let me have you. Let me keep you.”

Ash and Zelda both have personal issues. Nothing too substantial, but vulnerabilities, personality traits and bad experiences have left their mark and they have things they need to deal with and overcome, but they do it together, without any external drama, just working through it, and it was gorgeous watching them do that.

“I’m not overwhelming. You were overwhelmed. That’s about you, not me.”
… “Okay, yeah. I was overwhelmed. I was fucking leveled by you—and I still am.”

I did have an issue with this book, and that was the over-use of internal monologue rather than dialogue. The dialogue in the beginning is absolutely gold, and though it continues to be quick and smart, I wanted more of it, instead of pages and pages of thoughts, feelings and reactions. But I liked that we got to know these characters so well.

I still didn’t believe in signs, not the ones outside of mathematics, but I believed in Zelda. More than that, I believed in me and Zelda. Us, together. Always.

There’s some great follow-on for Magnolia, and this book finishes off Ash and Zelda’s story beautifully! I can’t wait to revisit this family when third triplet, Linden, gets his book.

Great fun all round, this is an intelligent, sexy and emotional romance, and I loved it!

4 stars!

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

 

The Santillian Triplets

 

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About the Author

Kate Canterbary doesn’t have it all figured out, but this is what she knows for sure: spicy-ass salsa and tequila solve most problems, living on the ocean–Pacific or Atlantic–is the closest place to perfection, and writing smart, smutty stories is a better than any amount of chocolate. She started out reporting for an indie arts and entertainment newspaper back when people still read newspapers, and she has been writing and surreptitiously interviewing people—be careful sitting down next to her on an airplane—ever since.

Kate lives on the water in New England with Mr. Canterbary and the Little Baby Canterbary, and when she isn’t writing sexy architects, she’s scheduling her days around the region’s best food trucks.

 

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