Wolf Bait by Nina West
Blurb:
When life turns to hell, most people talk about running away. Abbi Mitchell actually does it. Determined to escape her humiliating heartbreak and her overbearing mother, Abbi takes a summer job at a resort in Alaska. It's supposed to be four months of snow-capped mountains, peaceful wilderness, and figuring out if she should wait for her lifelong sweetheart to come back, as he has promised he'll do.
Instead, it's Henry Wolf.
Owner of the luxury hotel chain, Henry Wolf is cool and composed, successful with everything he touches, and undeniably beautiful. And for some reason Abbi can't fathom, he wants her—the farm girl from small town, USA with no corporate experience—as his personal assistant.
Abbi scrambles to meet his professional demands while she battles her growing attraction to him. Physical feelings she shouldn't have because he's her boss, because she's way out of her league with him, and because they'll never be reciprocated.
Until they are.
Will Abbi be able to let go of herself—her values, her dreams, and her inhibitions—to give him all that he's demanding of her?
My thoughts:
What better way to get away from a cheating fiancé than by moving to Alaska? I hate temperatures below twenty degrees, but even I'd be tempted to visit Wolf Cove if it meant meeting Henry Wolf. Wholesome Abbi applies for a job as a landscape gardener, but due to an administrative mistake-that-wasn't, instead ends up as PA to a hot billionaire. Drool. In between being chased by a bear, spying on him in the shower, and dealing with some interesting roommates, she manages to fit in some hot sex. Like, hot. Really hot.
Sure, this is a trope that has been done many times before, but it's rare that a book sucks me in like this one did. Unfortunately, it did so at approximately 10 p.m. on a Sunday evening, and I didn't finish reading until four in the morning. The conference I attended the following day might have been interesting, but I was too tired to notice.
Anyhow, the yawning was worth it. The storyline was entertaining, I loved the characters and the chemistry between them, and the setting made me want to hop on a flight across the Atlantic. And the writing was as smooth as Mr Wolf himself and beautifully edited.
I can't wait for the second book in the series.
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