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Falling For My Mom's Boss (A Man Who Knows What He Wants

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Billionaire CEO, completely ripped and with a bad attitude…and my mom’s boss from hell. So why can’t I stop crushing on him? Mom’s having a hard time at work. She’s always exhausted. So, when she asks me to pick up something from her office, I agree. What I don’t expect is the brooding CEO to catch me rifling through her desk. He thinks I’m an intern, offers to help me on a project. The gig’s real. We become partners in crime. Jacob is older, more than twice my age. He could have any woman he wants. So why did he just kiss me? I’m curvy, inexperienced, have never had a first kiss until the steamy, possessive CEO. Worse than being her boss, I think Mom might have a crush on Jacob. Can we keep our steamy relationship hidden from Mom, or is it all going to blow up in our faces? * Falling for My Mom’s Boss is an insta-everything standalone insta-love romance with a HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.

225 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 27, 2023

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7,006 reviews31 followers
March 29, 2023
Their Rollercoaster Ride To Forever -
Madison was only looking to go in, pick up something her mum left in the office and leave, but she run into her mum’s boss and lied to him, even though she felt an inexplicable connection with him. The moment Jacob laid eyes on Madison, the first thing that went through his mind was that she was his forever woman. Jacob decided to help Madison investigate a case she was working on, so he could have the opportunity to spend time with her.

They tried to keep their relationship platonic because they thought it would jeopardise a deal Jacob was working on, but their intense sexual chemistry broke down their will power, which led to someone trying to blackmail them. Fortunately, the attempt at blackmail gave them the courage to finally acknowledge their feelings for each other and embark of a proper relationship. I really enjoyed reading this story, but I certainly didn’t expecting some of the twist that happened.

All I can say at this point is, grab a copy of this book, switch off your phone, grab yourself a drink and park your backside on the nearest comfortable surface and enjoy the rollercoaster ride this story will take you on.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Terra Oenning.
3,530 reviews
March 30, 2023
This is a fast paced insta love story with older man and younger woman and her mothers boss. Madison mom works gor Jacob and leaves something at work and she offers to help her out but getting caught by the ceo wasn't part of the plan but Jacob isn't as cold as everyone thinks once he sees Madison. He offers to help her out but will it destroy his career and hurt her mom? Great story!.

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1,507 reviews107 followers
July 14, 2023
Fun read!

I liked this and even though they fell in instalove the path to smexy times was a bit of a slow burn.

I also enjoyed putting in there that the mom might have a crush on Jacob too. I thought it kept things interesting but I do wish it had turned out differently (what can I say? I’m a drama loving B)

The thing that got repetitive and preachy was all their talk about “The Truth” and how important it is. It just happened over and over again and the dialogue surrounding it got plane cheesebally.

A fun read with a little bit of length from a normally short author.
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1,871 reviews46 followers
November 28, 2023
Falling For My Mom's Boss was about 19-year-old Madison "Maddie" Lewis, a wannabe journalist, and 42-year-old Jacob Jennings, the CEO of "a large media distribution conglomeration".
Maddie and Jacob met when her mother forgot something at work and Maddie offered to retrieve it. She hadn't expected to meet Jacob, her mother's boss, while there, and since there seemed to be a mutual attraction between them, Maddie lied to him about who she was and why she was at the office so late.
Jacob knew the instant he laid eyes on Maddie that she was his. He arranged to meet her after work the following day to assist her on one of her journalistic investigations, but what he hadn't expected was to learn that she was one of his assistants' daughters.
While attending the meeting with Maddie, they both learned some interesting information that surrounded a merger that Jacob's company was in the process of making, and it also involved the story Maddie was pursuing. In the process of learning more, they continued to grow closer, but there was one major concern for Maddie. It seemed as though her mother had feelings for Jacob too, or at least, she seemed to hint at such a thing whenever she talked about him to Maddie. At one point, Veronica was talking with Jacob, and even HE began to think she had a crush on him, which made things a bit uncomfortable for him.
There was a good deal of angst and drama in this story, along with a lot of tension and misunderstandings. The emotional rollercoaster was once again full of twists and turns, with some surprises around a few corners.
Both of the main characters were mature and well-developed, with plenty of room for growth. There were the odd moments when Maddie seemed to revert to a child-like personality, but it wasn't enough to diminish her character.
There were some unresolved issues, and there were some plot issues where they went on an errant path that led to nowhere which made the story less enjoyable than it could have been. The grammatical errors were few and far between, but they were still noticeable enough to be an irritant, and the added fluff was easily overlooked. However, none of that detracted from the three-star rating that the story earned.
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1,713 reviews185 followers
March 29, 2023
Age Gap/Curvy Girl/Dual POV/First Person Insta Love Quick Read

“Falling for My Mom’s Boss” was a unique trope flip. It usually is My Dad’s fill-in-the-blank. But, this time, it is all about falling for the Mom’s Boss. Madison (FMC), a 19-year-old, is raised by her single mother and is taught that men will eventually leave and cannot be trusted.

Madison focuses on being a journalist and building her new blog. But, unfortunately, she has developed a crush on her mom’s boss and, awkwardly enough, believes her mom may too.

Jacob Jennings (MMC) is 42 years old and described as “cold, blunt, and scary.” He is a CEO and in the middle of a company merger and Madison’s Mom’s boss.

One evening, Madison volunteers to get something forgotten at her mom’s office and runs into Jacob. After fumbling her way through a conversation with him, it comes out that she is a budding journalist. Despite the age difference, Jacob is intrigued and instantly attracted to her even more. Finally, he agrees to help her with her journalistic endeavors.

As Jacob and Madison work together to investigate a lead of hers, they find they have more in common than their initial pursuit of getting to the truth for a news story. The attraction for each other grows as well.

Flora Ferrari can consistently deliver an instant story, instant steam, and an instant HEA.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Rebecca Grove.
3,492 reviews26 followers
April 6, 2023
Madison's mom works for a hot older business CEO billionaire named Jacob. Madison has a big crush on Jacob. When her mom suddenly remembers that she left an important flash drive at work, Madison volunteers to pick it up for her mom. While she is at the office, she is discovered by her mom's boss, Jacob. To protect her mom, she lies and pretends to be an intern. Jacob asks her to help him with a project. Sparks are flying between the two. When she tells him about her investigative blog, Jacob is both interested and concerned. He offers to go with her to interview her next witness the next day. When she goes to meet him, her mother greets her by her real name. Jacob backs away immediately but she still sees an interest in his eyes.

Jacob and his business is in the middle of plans for a big merger. His assistant and board of directors keep reminding him that everything has to be on the up and up or the deal will fall through. When Jacob meets Madison, he is instantly attracted to her. He wants to make her his but when he finds out she is the daughter of one of his assistants, he knows he should back away. The scandal would be a deal breaker if it ever came out. However Jacob can't resist Madison.

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355 reviews
March 13, 2025
4/5⭐️
moms boss
age gap: h [19], H [42]
office romance (ish)
h is freelance journalist
no cheating
small owd based on wrong assumption
insta love/lust

”I’ll take the compliment, and I’m nineteen.”
This is wrong. That’s the message I try to send to the heart of my desire. She’s less than half my age, but her youth, her wide enthusiastic eyes, that young curvy body capable of giving me not one, not two, but many children… Is it less wrong that I want her for life, not just for pleasure?


Normally instalove annoys me but this was the setup:

•h has a crush on moms new boss

•H when he meets h for the first time falls into insta-love/lust. But something about the H’s personality made the absurdity of his insta attachment funny & endearing.

(Aka, I wasn’t insta-turned-off my the ‘insta’ trope in this book)

Side Note:
this made me LOL-

h is telling H about her “not important” passion of being a journalist & the H responds with:

“That’s not nothing,” I say, voice fierce...The deranged urge comes to me to tell her I’m proud, which would be insane.

-yeah THAT is what would be insane not ur entire internal monologue leading up to this 🤣🫶…
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20.7k reviews359 followers
March 29, 2023
Jacob and Madison's Story . . .

Madison, a 19-year-old aspiring journalist, and 42-year-old Jacob Jennings, CEO of a large media distribution conglomeration, are about to meet their destiny as Madison is asked by her mom to get something from her office. Jacob sees her going through his assistant’s desk and believes her when she tells him she is an intern. She gives her name as ‘Michaela’. As they chat, she tells him about her journalism blog and the last items she worked on about stolen dogs. She wants to do a follow-up, and he surprisingly offers to go with her to keep her safe. The two of them have connected quickly with each other. If she could only hear his thoughts, she would never stop blushing! The combination of their age gap, her mom working as his assistant, and suspecting her mom has feelings for him as well, makes them hesitant to move into a relationship. But his wanting to be with her just may convince her that she wants this as well. Can they find their HEA with each other? Would her mom understand?
2,182 reviews14 followers
March 30, 2023
This is the 315th book in the A Man Who Knows What He Wants series featuring the sweet age-gap insta-love romance between Jacob and Madison. Madison's mom works for Jacob and one night she leaves an important flash drive on her desk at work and Madison offers to go get it for her. Madison has a crush and daydreams about Jacob her mom's boss so he's the last person that she expects to run into while retrieving the flash drive. As soon as Jacob sees Madison he is captivated by her and he knew that she would play a big part in his future. As they talk and get to know each other Madison tells him about her blog and the story that she's investigating and he offers to help her. While working together doing the investigation on the company that Jacob is supposed to merge with they grow closer. I don't want to say anymore and ruin it for anyone else with spoilers. You really need to read this sweet age-gap insta-love romance to see what happens. I would recommend reading this book.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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308 reviews6 followers
March 30, 2023
Three things were established from the beginning: this is a HEA story, it is an age-gap romance, and Madison is a journalist. The last bit is what made this story more exciting because the journalist persona does play a factor in their relationship and made their dynamics more exciting.

Then, just for giggles, let's throw in the mom who is younger than Jacob, btw and possibly has a crush on him as well. Boy, can this get any more confusing?

What I like about this story is that it gives women, especially plus-sized women, who read the book, a positive body image. It lets us know that there are men out there who like curvy women.

Is love at first sight and happily ever after a possibility? I certainly hope so.

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Profile Image for Ash Juillet.
660 reviews6 followers
March 29, 2023
Oh, God, is there ever going to be a story by Flora Ferrari that I won't love? Ever? The answer is a resolute no. No, there won't ever be a story by Flora Ferrari that I won't 100% recommend to anyone who is interested in instalove that will make you cry because it's fictional by possessive alpha males who will make you cry because they're fictional. Every time I read a book by Flora Ferrari, my expectations for real life men just get higher and higher, and no one ever is going to reach them. Not a single one.

I'm going to honestly binge read all her books one day and no one can stop me.

Hands-down, my absolute favourite author. Thank you Booksprout for not just a copy of this book but also for introducing me to Flora Ferrari's works.
4,982 reviews27 followers
March 29, 2023
Madison's mom has new job that while it pays more requires more as well. She asks her to go pickup something from the office. Who does she run into but Jacob, CEO of the company, her mother's boss. Nervous she tells him she is an intern, and her name is Michaela.

She tells him about her our journalistic aspirations and quotes him often. Jacob is completely enamored of the curvy cutie. It just so happens she is working on a story that might be connected to the company they are looking to merge with.

Jacob knows the minute he sees her, she will be his wife, he just needs to let her get used to that fact. This one is a little slower burn than the authors other book but it fits with the story.

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4,657 reviews9 followers
April 11, 2023
This Book 321, a well-written, OTT, instant everything in the series A Man Who Knows What He Wants was an amazing short story with well-crafted characters who have fallen for each other. She is a 19-year-old, is raised by her single mother and is taught that men will eventually leave and cannot be trusted and he is an older man, who is a CEO in the middle of a company merger and her Mom’s boss. They have to figure out how to overcome the obstacles to be together: her mother, her mom's history with men and how that affected her raising of her, and their age difference. These characters work their way to their HEA. It is a great, quick read like all Ferrari stories. A must read short romance.

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307 reviews2 followers
June 17, 2023
Madison mom is exhausted and asks her daughter to go to her job to get something that she left on her desk and not wanting to get in trouble for leaving important equipment on her desk so the mom sends her daughter to her place of work. Madison is getting the equipment when her moms boss walks into the room. Jacob sees Madison and is instantly attracted her and in his mind this the woman for his forever.
I love the pining, Jacob is a billionaire, and Madison a journalist. It had wonderful chemistry, amazing character development. Jacob and Madison took the time to get to know each other, and a little bit of mystery suspense involved in the storyline. Great plot, romantic, age-gap, and workplace romance.
1,162 reviews5 followers
March 29, 2023
I absolutely loved this book! Jacob is a big CEO of some newspapers and pretty much a loner. Madison is 19 and wants to be a journalist - she has her own website and some articles on there as well. Each is looking for something more. When they meet, they each feel like they have found what has been missing. Madison is curvy and does not find herself to be attractive. Jacob does his best to show her that she is beautiful inside and out.
This book held my attention and got me from the fist line. I read it in one sitting because I wanted to see how their story played out. It was definitely worth it!.

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3,142 reviews26 followers
March 29, 2023
I enjoyed Falling for My Mom’s Boss Book 321 of Man Who Knows What He Wants. Madison felt something shift inside her when she saw Jacob’s picture. Her mother works for him. She panics when she meets him, he brings out thoughts of marriage and children. Jacob had the same thoughts when he met Madison. Working together they are investing the company Jacob is supposed to merge with. Throw in an overworked mother, blackmail, an overactive imagination and undeniable attraction, and you have one heck of a story line. I loved these characters and I would definitely recommend this book.

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13.1k reviews154 followers
March 29, 2023
When Madison agrees to go to her mother's office to retrieve a disk drive, she never expected that it would start her along an intriguing journey. Jacob spots Madison as she goes up to the office and it does something to his heart and he knows that she is the woman for him. As they embark on a story and getting to know each other they are caught up in story by his rival that was designed to bring his company down. Will he be able to protect Madison and himself from the from the fallout and will they get their chance for happiness. This story kept me glued to the pages.

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12.2k reviews91 followers
April 1, 2023
Madison’s decision to help her mom out by picking up a flash drive from her office might just be the best decision she ever made when it brings Jacob into her life.

Jacob is the CEO of his company who is in the middle of a large business deal. From the moment he sees her he is enchanted and agrees to help her out on a story she is investigating so they can spend time together however they uncover other truths along the way.

Both Madison and Jacob are cautious about their relationship in part due to her mom and in part due to his business however they prove that when it comes to love everything else is secondary.
6,168 reviews58 followers
April 1, 2023
I loved that this story had Mom in there and not Dad's best friend. Madison ends up going to grab something for her mom from work and runs into her Mom's boss, Jacob, who Madison has had a crush on. When Jacob see Madison for the first time he knows right away that she is the one for him. They both feel the connection right away when they meet but there is that age gap again plus Madison thinks her mom likes Jacob too. Is there going to be a problem with Madison's Mom? Will Jacob and Madison be able to get to their HEA? I enjoyed the story very much and recommend reading it.

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4,396 reviews33 followers
April 2, 2023
I received this book with the understanding that I could leave a voluntary and honest review.

In this book we meet Madison & Jacob. Madison just planned on getting in and out of the office with the USB drive her mom needed her to get. She never thought she would run into the one man she can't stop thinking about. Or lie to him in their first meeting while he talks about honesty. Jacob can't believe he has just met his future. From the moment he lays eyes on Madison he can't stop thinking about her. What happens when the truth comes out will there be a HEA or will it all blow up in their faces?

Another amazing hit by this author, I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.
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4,061 reviews19 followers
April 2, 2023
Another well written addition to Ferrari's A Man Who Knows What He Wants series. Standalone reads that are age gap, alphas who - know what they want - and go after it no hold bar. Insta love / lust romance reads that are prefect for an afternoon escape. This is Madison and Jacob's story. Madison is 19 and her mom works for Jacob who is CEO of a media distribution company. Madison is asked to go to the office after hours to pick up something her mom forgot and meets Jacob and the chemistry between them ignites!

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939 reviews9 followers
April 7, 2023
Ahh Flora Ferrari does do great insta-love stories - and I might add she's a wizard of bridging any 'unconventional' story set-ups that might cause discomfort in some readers. For me, that 'ick' feeling is usually around too big an age gap - as it's just creepy in my view if a 40yr old goes out with a 19yr old.

However, here the age gap makes sense even though it's actually wider than 20yrs!
Cute seduction story - not sleazy, but just two people who find they have a lot in common on a human level and the chemistry is just a MASSIVE bonus!.

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4,907 reviews
March 29, 2023
A wonderful story where the attraction and the chemistry are equally present for the two main characters Jackob and Madison, she has been in love with her mother's boss Jackob for a long time and as soon as she has to fetch something from her mother at work, he immediately knows that she belongs to him and remains. Their story contains some drama, dilemmas, complications, and a whole lot of steam and sweltering moments. This book is definitely a must read.

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2,286 reviews13 followers
March 29, 2023
I volunteered to read this ARC for an honest review. I enjoyed this story about Jacob and Madison. He's the CEO of a media conglomerate. She's the daughter of one of his assistants. They meet when she stops into the office to find her mom's missing memory drive. They both feel the instant spark between them. But because it's the age difference he's hesitant. But when a story puts her in danger he stands to protect her unconditionally. Great HEA in the making.

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204 reviews4 followers
March 29, 2023
Madison meets Jacob, her mom's boss, when she goes to her mom's work to get something for her. Jacob is attracted to Madison right away despite their age difference and is even more intrigued when they have a common interest. There is a bit of intrigue or mystery running through the story as well as tons of very hot and steamy scenes between Madison and Jacob. There is no cheating or cliffhanger and, this is a happily ever after.

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9,375 reviews140 followers
March 29, 2023
Another great older man/younger woman romance by Ms. Ferrari. She once again brings strong characters and weaves an interesting storyline. She brings all the feels as she brings them together in this sweet and steamy romance. It's well written with perfectly painted scenes, moves fluidly and is an enjoyable read.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own and freely given.
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767 reviews25 followers
March 29, 2023
This was a great instalove story between a woman with a crush on her mom's boss, her older, wise, and hot boss who catches her in his building one late night looking suspicious. The chemistry between the two was strong, cute, and forever. They just have to play nice as a billion dollar business deal goes through with no scandal (like the boss with a younger woman), her mom's crush on the same man as her daughter, and the need that grows between each other to be together.

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1,006 reviews
March 29, 2023
Madison had to fetch something from her mom's work and had ran into her mom's boss, whom she's had a crush on. The moment Jacob laid eyes on Madison, he knew she would be a part of his life. As he helps her uncover a story for her website, the attraction grew. This was pretty much an instant love story and a bit over the top. The age gap was addressed but ultimately, it was a cute story.

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2,507 reviews3 followers
March 29, 2023
Loved this hot and steamy read. Madison is a small time journalist and does her on blog but wants to become big and when she meets Jacob her moms sexy grumpy boss things are about to get interesting, Jacob knows Madison is meant to be his but can he convince her and help her with her story and get a happyly ever after?.

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3,199 reviews26 followers
March 30, 2023
Flora Ferrari has written another awesome love at first sight steamy romance sure to melt your kindle. Madison and Jacob were simply amazing together. Madison first meets Jacob when she goes to pick up something for her mom at her office. She is surprised to see the man she has been crushing on but there is no denying the intense connection they share. Another 5 star insta love romance.

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